CNS at TB 2016 and AIDS 2016: Integrated responses are a must for achieving SDGs by 2030

[Read full report here] CNS onsite team led by Shobha Shukla (CNS Managing Editor) provided thematic conference coverage and focused its advocacy and communications around specific issues at the International TB Conference (TB 2016) and 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) held in Durban, South Africa.

Tackling the HIV-TB co-infection

Josephine Chinele, CNS Correspondent, Malawi
Last week global health professionals, TB and HIV specialists, researchers, civil society members and communities affected by TB and/or HIV deliberated at TB 2016 (followed by AIDS 2016) in Durban, South Africa. These two conferences were convened by the International AIDS Society (IAS).

[AIDS 2016] We cannot eliminate TB if we leave children behind

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)
"Children are central to where we are heading for in TB control. If we aim to end TB in the next 20 years we should know the trends in infection and disease in the paediatric population and amend it," said Dr Jennifer Furin of Harvard Medical School, at a session in International TB Conference (TB 2016) - a two-day conference dedicated exclusively to this infectious disease - that immediately preceded the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) being currently held in port city of Durban. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that nearly 1 million children get infected with TB and more than 30,000 children become sick every year with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).

[AIDS 2016] Can we afford to lose gains made in fight against TB and AIDS? Integrated responses must to meet SDGs!

[TB 2016 and AIDS 2016] Tuberculosis and malnutrition: Double trouble?

International AIDS Conferences: From Durban to Durban - has anything changed in 16 years?

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)

Photo courtesy: The Hans India

AIDS2016, the XXI International AIDS Conference - (with the theme of 'Access Equity Rights Now') which will be held in Durban, South Africa, from 18 to 22 July 2016, marks a dramatic change in the country’s AIDS response in the 16 years since XIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2000), which was also held in Durban.

Webinar in lead up to TB 2016 and AIDS 2016

[AIDS 2016] Can we afford to lose gains made in fight against HIV and TB? Integrated responses must to meet SDGs by 2030!

[Watch the recording of this session at AIDS 2016] A Press Conference session will be organized jointly by AIDS Society of India (ASI), CNS (Citizen News Service), Lilly MDR TB Partnership, Gujarat AIDS Prevention unit ISRCDE, ARUNA and partners around International TB Conference (TB 2016) and XXI International AIDS Conference 2016 (AIDS 2016).

[Call to register] Webinar for media in lead up to TB 2016 and AIDS 2016

[Watch webinar recording] We welcome you to register for an exclusive media webinar in lead up to International TB Conference (16-17 July 2016) and XXI International AIDS Conference (18-22 July 2016) in Durban, South Africa. Governments of all UN member nations have committed to end TB and AIDS by 2030 by adopting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But unless we ensure people living with HIV are not dying of TB we will not only fail to meet SDGs but also lose gains made in fighting TB and HIV globally.