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'''The Stop TB Partnership''' was established in | '''The Stop TB Partnership''' was established in 2001 to [[Tuberculosis elimination|eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem]]. Its 1500 partner organizations include international, nongovernmental and governmental organizations and patient groups. The secretariat is based in [[Geneva, Switzerland]], and, since 2015, has been administered by [[UNOPS]]. Previously it was hosted by the [[World Health Organization]].<ref>[http://www.stoptb.org/ about/hosting.asp Stop TB Partnership | Our Hosting Arrangement]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The Global Plan 2016-2020 is a 5-year investment plan that represents the roadmap to accelerating impact on the TB epidemic and reaching the targets of the WHO End TB Strategy. This is the 4th Global Plan since the inception of Stop TB Partnership in 2000. This plan, based on the End TB strategy, aims to end TB and "walks away" from the limited approach aimed to "controlling" the diseases only. Specifically it speaks about preventing TB, active case finding and contact tracing, focusing attention to key vulnerable and marginalized groups, developing and roll out of new tools, and implementing TB services packages that are comprehensive and work in different type of epidemic and socioeconomic environments. | The Global Plan 2016-2020 is a 5-year investment plan that represents the roadmap to accelerating impact on the TB epidemic and reaching the targets of the WHO End TB Strategy. This is the 4th Global Plan since the inception of Stop TB Partnership in 2000. This plan, based on the End TB strategy, aims to end TB and "walks away" from the limited approach aimed to "controlling" the diseases only. Specifically it speaks about preventing TB, active case finding and contact tracing, focusing attention to key vulnerable and marginalized groups, developing and roll out of new tools, and implementing TB services packages that are comprehensive and work in different type of epidemic and socioeconomic environments. | ||
The global TB report 2019 revealed that the world did not meet its 2019 goal of eliminating TB, and that multi - drug resistant TB is still prevalent in many countries around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global tuberculosis report 2019 |url=https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/9789241565714 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.who.int |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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In April 2021, Stop TB Partnership announced the start of the process for developing the next Global Plan to End Tuberculosis (TB). The new Global Plan will cover the years 2023 to 2030 and will particularly define what resources are required to end the global tuberculosis epidemic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TB Online - Stop TB Partnership starts process for development of 2023-2030 Global Plan to End TB |url=https://www.tbonline.info/posts/2021/4/26/stop-tb-partnership-starts-process-development-202/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.tbonline.info}}</ref> | |||
It also provides TB drugs directly to countries heavily affected by the disease through its Global Drug Facility.<ref name=":0" /> | == Main activities == | ||
The Partnership's activities focus chiefly on raising awareness about TB and advocating for greater commitment to and funding for TB prevention, treatment and research.{{cn|date=March 2022}}The Partnership consists of a Coordinating Board, a Partnership Secretariat hosted by UNOPS in Geneva, Switzerland, and seven Working Groups (WG).<ref name=":0" />It also provides TB drugs directly to countries heavily affected by the disease through its Global Drug Facility.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
==External reviews == | ==External reviews== | ||
=== GiveWell review === | === GiveWell review === | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.stoptb.org/ The Stop TB Partnership] | * [http://www.stoptb.org/ The Stop TB Partnership] | ||
* [https://www.who.int/workforcealliance/members_partners/member_list/stoptb/en/ Global Health Workforce Alliance] | |||
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