Our May grassroots conference call discussed the need for for a ‘whole of society’ approach to fighting TB, including social factors such as poverty and stigma as well as medical interventions.
Links shared during the call:
Parliamentary candidates action materials: https://results.org.uk/news/contact-your-election-candidates/
School meals toolkit: https://www.ipned.org/news-and-views/mps-welcome-school-meals-toolkit
New vaccine data: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/new-data-shows-vaccines-have-saved-154-million-lives-past-50-years
Blog post on vaccine hesitancy for World Immunisation Week: https://results.org.uk/2024/04/29/world-immunisation-week-lessons-from-vaccine-hesitancy-in-the-us/
Gill’s article in ICN for World Immunisation Week: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/49628
Results UK Summer Gathering: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/results-uk-summer-gathering-tickets-885586792937?aff=oddtdtcreator
A flavour of last year’s event: https://results.org.uk/2023/08/07/grassroots-movements-effective-interconnected-sustainable/
A year of encounter election resources: https://svp.org.uk/encounter
Sahera’s report on TB, ‘Stigma kills’: https://results.org.uk/publication/stigma-kills-why-medicine-alone-wont-end-tuberculosis/
May campaign materials on the need for social support for TB patients: https://results.org.uk/news/stigma-kills/
How Myanmar achieved the 2020 milestone of reducing TB disease burden: https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/feature-stories/detail/how-myanmar-achieved-the-2020-milestone-of-reducing-TB-disease-burden
WHO Multisectoral Accountability Framework for TB: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-multisectoral-accountability-framework-for-tb-(maf-tb)-baseline-assessment-checklist-for-country-use-in-pursuing-a-national-maf-tb
U-based social project for people with TB: https://sjog-olallo.uk/tb-care-accommodation.php
Written questions, answers and statements: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/