Fully funding the TB response is a smart investment

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)
 
As per WHO’s Global TB Report 2018 financing for TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment continues to fall short of the amount needed and commitments from both domestic and international donor sources need to be stepped up.

Ending antimicrobial resistance is the lynchpin to #endTB as well as health security

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)
[हिंदी] While reaffirming their commitment to end TB by 2030, the draft Political Declaration in the fight against tuberculosis by governments at the first UN High-Level Meeting on TB (#UNHLM to #endTB) acknowledges that "TB, including its drug-resistant forms, is a critical challenge and the leading infectious disease cause of death, the most common form of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally."

[Podcast] Despite challenges, Indonesia making progress towards ending TB by 2030

Despite challenges, Indonesia makes progress in fight against TB


Rotation of pictorial health warnings on tobacco products

Manjari Peiris, Sri Lanka
[First published in Asian Tribune]
Sri Lanka initiated implementation of Article 11- as envisaged in WHO’s Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)- on packaging and labelling of tobacco products, in early 2015. Eight pictures on Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs ), that covered 80% of the surface area of cigarette packets, were introduced.

Tip of the iceberg? Not just a health hazard, tobacco devastates development

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)

(हिंदी) Tobacco kills over 7 million people annually. Every tobacco-related disease is preventable, and every tobacco related untimely death could have been averted.