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Achieving 100:100:100 + zero HIV transmission is warranted to #endAIDS

138 months left to #endTB globally: Are we on track?

This Podcast features insightful conversation with few experts on the urgency to end TB as countdown is on! "78 months left to end #TB in India (by 2025) and 138 months to #endTB globally (by 2030): Are we on track?" This conversation took place at 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019) in Mexico.

Effectiveness is the driver of sustainable development

This Podcast features a conversation with Marita Gonzales, co-Chair of CPDE (CSOs Partnership for Development Effectiveness - CPDE); Mónica Novillo, CPDE co-Chair; and Anibal Cabrera Echeverria, CPDE regional coordinator (Latin America). They were in conversation with CNS Managing Editor Shobha Shukla on sidelines of 1st Senior Level Meeting (SLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) which took place at the United Nations, New York, on the margins of High Level Political Forum (HLPF).

This Podcast features Dr Eduardo H Gotuzzo, infectious disease expert from Peru, and Emeritus Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto De Medicina Tropical Alexander Von Humboldt, who was in conversation with CNS at TB HIV Symposium organized by Stop TB Partnership and partners before 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (#IAS2019) in Mexico.

Preventing TB is a critical cog in the wheel to #endTB and #endAIDS

Every case of active tuberculosis (TB) disease comes from an individual with latent TB infection. And every new case of latent TB infection is a sign of failing infection control, as someone with active TB disease transmitted the bacteria to an uninfected person. Quarter of world's population has latent TB. TB continues to be the most common opportunistic infection among people living with HIV, and also, the lead cause of death. With TB being preventable, treatable and curable, we need to do a lot more to make this slogan a reality.

Implement TB preventive therapy to large scale with speed to end TB

This Podcast features conversation with Dr Patrick Lungu who is the head of Zambia's national #TB and #leprosy programme. He spoke with CNS at the TB HIV Symposium,organized by Stop TB Partnership, International AIDS Society (IAS), and partners, before 10th IAS Conference on #HIV Science (#IAS2019) opens in #Mexico (July 20, 2019).

This Podcast feaures message from Dr Suvanand Sahu, Deputy Executive Director of Stop TB Partnership who shares his message from TB HIV Symposium organized before the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (#IAS2019) opens in Mexico. He shares his insights on latent TB, as well as why ending #tuberculosis is so key to accelerate progress on ending #AIDS as well as other #SDGs.

Is UHC an opportunity to accelerate progress to end AIDS and TB?

Inis Communication, CNS, AIDS Society of India (ASI) and People Health Organization (PHO) are organizing this press conference at the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019): "Is UHC an opportunity to accelerate progress to end AIDS and TB?". This session will be held on Wednesday, 24 July, 16:00 – 16:45 pm, in Press Conference Room (PCR), Casa Montejo 3, Centro Citibanamex, Mexico.

Vote For Health campaign, Asha Parivar and CNS (Citizen News Service), AIDS Society of India (ASI) and People Health Organization (PHO) are organizing this press conference at 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science, on "People living with HIV but dying of NCDs: 78 months left to #beatNCDs by 25% by 2025 (138 months left to #endAIDS)". This session will be held on Wednesday, 24 July, 13:00 – 13:45 pm, in Press Conference Room (PCR), Casa Montejo 3, Centro Citibanamex, Mexico.

CNS (Citizen News Service), The Work For Change, AIDS Society of India (ASI), People Health Organization (PHO) and partners are together hosting this press conference at 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019), on "78 months left for India to end TB and 138 months to end TB globally: Are we on track?". This session will be held on Monday, 22 July, 13:00 – 13:45 pm, Press Conference Room (PCR), Casa Montejo 3, Centro Citibanamex, Mexico.

AIDS Society of India (ASI), CNS, People's Health Organization and partners are co-hosting this press conference at 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019), on "Achieving 100:100:100 + Zero HIV transmission is warranted to #endAIDS". This session will be held on Monday, 22 July, 11:00 – 11:45 am, in Press Conference Room (PCR), Casa Montejo 3, Centro Citibanamex, Mexico.

Key decision-makers and senior representatives of several constituencies are convening to review progress on the effective development co-operation (EDC) agenda and to discuss how to accelerate country-level progress on the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

CNS Podcasts present insightful conversations on global health, gender and range of issues related to development justice, and politics (which is ultimate determinant of health)!

Because I realized (better late than never) that it is government’s responsibility to provide safe, convenient, affordable, accessible and humane ways of commuting for all its citizens. When governments fail on its duty then it hides behind the market forces, and co-opts itself in corporate agenda, enticing citizens to own, borrow, rent and use private vehicles to commute. Forcing people to own their own motorized vehicle (two wheeler, car, etc) is one of the most normalized form of privatization where government like ours has almost washed away its hands from being responsible for strengthening public transport system good enough so that no one needs a private vehicle.

Although 193 governments adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which warrant an integrated and multisectoral response to deliver on those promises, the progress has been lackadaisical in the past four years. A recent UN report has set an alarm on uneven progress on some SDGs and slipping on a few of the Global Goals in Asia Pacific region. Coordinated multisectoral response needs multidisciplinary action.

Shobha Shukla, CNS
More and more children around the world are now benefitting from fixed dose combination (FDC) of child-friendly medicines to treat drug-sensitive TB, thanks to the untiring efforts of TB Alliance (Global Alliance for TB Drug Development) and its partners, including World Health Organization (WHO), for making these drugs go from development to delivery stage.

Tobacco use: Sucking the youth from the youngsters

Dr Sophia Thomas, CNS Correspondent, India

I met Somu (name changed) during one of my dental outreach camps in the outskirts of Bengaluru city. He was a bright 14-year-old boy, who wanted to grow up to be a police officer. Upon examination, Somu was found to have stains on his teeth, suggestive of smoking tobacco.

Killer Tobacco: A production or a consumption problem?

Beryl Osindo, CNS Correspondent, Kenya

Ending tobacco consumption and production is imperative to the attainment of health justice. It is probably the only solution to the reduction of tobacco-related illnesses that kill a whopping 8 million people annually.

Implementing tobacco control laws in Nigeria is a necessity

Ekwi Ajide, CNS Correspondent, Nigeria

Despite being a major risk factor for many non-communicable and other diseases tobacco use has been on the rise in Nigeria. Also, as tobacco consumption is socially accepted in the country, it makes matters worse.

End tobacco is imperative for health justice

Manjari Peiris, Sri Lanka
(First Published in Asian Tribune, Sri Lanka/Thailand on June 5, 2019)

The Citizen News Service (CNS) hosted a webinar on ‘End Tobacco is an imperative for health justice’ with a panel of experts to celebrate the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2019. The panel of experts included, Dr. Kerstin Schotte of the WHO, Professor Rama Kant, President Lucknow College of Surgeons, Professor Surya Kant, Head of Respiratory Medicine Department, King George's Medical University, and noted cardiologist Professor Rishi Sethi.

2019 World No Tobacco Day Podcast: #EndTobacco is an imperative for SDGs

This podcast features luminary experts on tobacco control and public health, who discuss why ending tobacco epidemic is vital to deliver on UN Sustainable Development Goals. This special Podcast produced around World No Tobacco Day 2019, feature following experts: Dr Kerstin Schotte, World Health Organization (WHO); Prof Rama Kant, WHO Director General's WNTD Awardee, founder leader of Vote For Health (formerly Indian Society Against Smoking); Prof Surya Kant, Head, Respiratory Medicine Department, King George's Medical University (KGMU) and President, National College of Chest Physicians; Prof Rishi Sethi, Cardiology Department, KGMU and Cardiological Society of India (CSI)'s Executive Committee; Dr Ishwar Gilada, President of AIDS Society of India and Governing Council member of International AIDS Society (IAS).

Family support is crucial for diabetes care

Dr Amitava Acharrya, CNS Correspondent, India

Photo credit: CNS (Durban, South Africa: 2017)

Human health is an equilibrium condition of physical, mental and social health. Traditionally, human beings are a group of socially dependent mammals where family and society have a major role in the development of human behavior, morality, ethics and the way of life. This becomes all the more pronounced in countries like India, where a strong traditional and cultural bond runs in its milieu.

[Watch webinar recording] [listen to Podcast] More than 7 million people die due to tobacco use every year. Every tobacco-related, untimely death could have been averted, and every tobacco-related disease, prevented. Tobacco is also a common risk factor for major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as world's biggest killer cardiovascular diseases (CVDs including heart disease and stroke), cancers, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, etc, which account for over 70% of deaths worldwide.

Greater Mekong Subregion multicountry grant to eliminate malaria focuses on artemisinin resistance

Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant
(First published in Aidspan on April 16, 2019)

Civil society’s role is crucial in hard to reach areas, and needs strengthening

This year’s World Malaria Day theme, “Zero Malaria Starts With Me,” re-energizes the fight to eliminate malaria, which, though preventable and treatable, still kills more than half a million people every year.

This year’s World Malaria Day theme, "Zero Malaria Starts With Me" re-energizes the fight to eliminate malaria which, despite being preventable and treatable, still kills over half a million people every year. While incredible progress has been made in the past 15 years (with over 7 million malaria deaths averted and about 40% reduction in malaria globally), the fight against the disease is now inching towards a tipping point - progress has slowed down in some parts of the world and reversed in a few.

Research and development: The gateway for a TB free world

Ronel Sewpaul, CNS Correspondent, South Africa

The fight against TB necessitates innovative new strategies to keep pace with the changing face of the epidemic and to capitalise on technological advancements. The first ever United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB in September 2018 called on world leaders to commit to and be accountable for ending TB.

Ending tuberculosis now is timelier than ever

Ekwi Ajide, CNS Correspondent, Nigeria

Nearly 4500 people die daily from tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious killer, and about 10 million people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease every year, which can infect any part of the body, but, more often than not, attacks the lungs. The symptoms of pulmonary TB include a cough that lasts for more than 2 to 3 weeks, weight loss, fever, night sweats, loss of appetite and coughing up blood, among others.