Academic and Healthcare Worker Response to UNHLM 2023 Zero Draft
(May 2023)
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Prof Dr. Md. Abdul Alim Al-Bari, Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh | Ricardo Fernandes, Chair of the Board, European AIDS Treatment Group, Belgium | Dr. Juliana Maira Watanabe Pinhata, Researcher, Adolfo Lutz Institute, Brazil | Yuliya Chorna, Doctoral student, York University, Canada | Prof James Johnston, Evaluation Lead, TB Services, University of British Columbia, BC Centre for Disease Control, Canada | Andrés Cardona, Director Fundación Ancla, Director, Colombia | Dr Christian Kraef, Medical Doctor, Rigshospitalet, Denmark | Professor Eskild Petersen, Professor Emeritus, Aarhus University, Denmark | Prof Shailesh Balasaheb Kolekar, Senior consultant, Associate Professor, Copenhagen university and Zealand University Roskilde Hospital, Denmark | Professor William Duke MD, Dean Faculty Health Science, ObservatorioTB Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic | Dr Rafael Arturo Ramos Rincon, Epidemiologo, Fundacion Dominicana de Enfermedades Tropicales, Dominican Republic | Prof Ana Patricia Jiménez Arias, PhD in Biotechnology, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador | Dr Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Infectious Diseases Specialist, French National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Sorbonne University, France | Professor Claudia Denkinger, Head of Infectious Disease, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany | Professor Dr. med. Dirk Wagner, Associate Professor, Senior Physician, Div. of Infectious Diseases, Dep. of Internal Medicine II, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany | Dr Berit Lange, Epidemiologist, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany | Dr Sheila Agyeiwaa Owusu, Pediatrician, University for Development Studies, Ghana/ LSHTM, Ghana | Dr Joseph Kwashie, Executive Director, Community And Family Aid Foundation-Ghana, Ghana | John Jasper Charles, Director, CBO, India | Mohmad Husain Lone, Social worker, International Human Rights Commission, India | Prof Anima Sharma, Academic / Consultant, Educational Institute / Non-Profit, India | Nishi Suryavanshi, Social Scientist, Johns Hopkins Center for Infectious Diseases in India, India | Mrs Mercy Annapoorani Thiruthuvadoss, Director, NGO, India | Dr Ahmad Fuady, Researcher, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia | Professor Lucio Casali, Professor, Former Full Professor University of Perugia Italy, Italy | Professor Daniela Maria Cirillo, head od unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy | Professor Mario C. B. Raviglione, Professor of Global Health, University of Milan, Italy | Dr Patrizia Zucchi, Medical Doctor, Asst-Val, Italy | Tom Muyunga-Mukasa, Co-Founder, Advocacy Network Africa (AdNetA), Kenya | Ms Evaline Kibuchi, Chief National Coordinator, Stop TB Partnership Kenya, Kenya | Professor Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa, CEO/Technical Director, Respiratory Society of Kenya, Kenya | Dr Stephen Mulupi, Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Respiratory Society of Kenya & The LIGHT Consortium (UK), Kenya | Mr Peter Owiti, Executive Director, Stop TB Partnership, Kenya | Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe, Communications and Policy Engagement Manager - Programmes, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), Malawi |
Prof Dr. Md. Abdul Alim Al-Bari, Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh | Ricardo Fernandes, Chair of the Board, European AIDS Treatment Group, Belgium | Dr. Juliana Maira Watanabe Pinhata, Researcher, Adolfo Lutz Institute, Brazil | Yuliya Chorna, Doctoral student, York University, Canada | Prof James Johnston, Evaluation Lead, TB Services, University of British Columbia, BC Centre for Disease Control, Canada | Andrés Cardona, Director Fundación Ancla, Director, Colombia | Dr Christian Kraef, Medical Doctor, Rigshospitalet, Denmark | Professor Eskild Petersen, Professor Emeritus, Aarhus University, Denmark | Prof Shailesh Balasaheb Kolekar, Senior consultant, Associate Professor, Copenhagen university and Zealand University Roskilde Hospital, Denmark | Professor William Duke MD, Dean Faculty Health Science, ObservatorioTB Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic | Dr Rafael Arturo Ramos Rincon, Epidemiologo, Fundacion Dominicana de Enfermedades Tropicales, Dominican Republic | Prof Ana Patricia Jiménez Arias, PhD in Biotechnology, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador | Dr Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Infectious Diseases Specialist, French National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Sorbonne University, France | Professor Claudia Denkinger, Head of Infectious Disease, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany | Professor Dr. med. Dirk Wagner, Associate Professor, Senior Physician, Div. of Infectious Diseases, Dep. of Internal Medicine II, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany | Dr Berit Lange, Epidemiologist, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany | Dr Sheila Agyeiwaa Owusu, Pediatrician, University for Development Studies, Ghana/ LSHTM, Ghana | Dr Joseph Kwashie, Executive Director, Community And Family Aid Foundation-Ghana, Ghana | John Jasper Charles, Director, CBO, India | Mohmad Husain Lone, Social worker, International Human Rights Commission, India | Prof Anima Sharma, Academic / Consultant, Educational Institute / Non-Profit, India | Nishi Suryavanshi, Social Scientist, Johns Hopkins Center for Infectious Diseases in India, India | Mrs Mercy Annapoorani Thiruthuvadoss, Director, NGO, India | Dr Ahmad Fuady, Researcher, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia | Professor Lucio Casali, Professor, Former Full Professor University of Perugia Italy, Italy | Professor Daniela Maria Cirillo, head od unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy | Professor Mario C. B. Raviglione, Professor of Global Health, University of Milan, Italy | Dr Patrizia Zucchi, Medical Doctor, Asst-Val, Italy | Tom Muyunga-Mukasa, Co-Founder, Advocacy Network Africa (AdNetA), Kenya | Ms Evaline Kibuchi, Chief National Coordinator, Stop TB Partnership Kenya, Kenya | Professor Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa, CEO/Technical Director, Respiratory Society of Kenya, Kenya | Dr Stephen Mulupi, Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Respiratory Society of Kenya & The LIGHT Consortium (UK), Kenya | Mr Peter Owiti, Executive Director, Stop TB Partnership, Kenya | Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe, Communications and Policy Engagement Manager - Programmes, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), Malawi |
Kingsley Chikaphupha, Ag Executive Director, Research, Malawi | Dr Titus Divala, Research Fellow, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi | Dr Tumaini Malenga, Research Fellow, CARTA, Malawi | Dr Angel Caamal-Ley, Professor Research, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatán, México | Dr. Dilayaxi Cardenas, Ph D, UABC, México | Dr Jose Chavez, Professor-Researcher-NGO Volunteer, Autonomous University of Baja California-Albergue Las Memorias Asociacion Civil, México | Dr Guillermina Cruz Pérez, Epidemióloga, ISSSTE, México | Dr. Isidoro De Paz Palacios, Doctor, Servisios De Salud Publica De la CDMX, México | Abigail Duran Valerio, Emergency Nurse Specialist, Enfermería Aplicativa, Secretaria de salud del estado de Hidalgo, México | Dr Mario Alberto Flores-Valdez, Principal Investigator, level C, CIATEJ, A.C., México | Dr Giorgio Franyuti, Executive Director, Medical Impact, México | Dr José Luis Gálvez-Romero, MD, Dr., Hospital Regional ISSSTE Puebla, México | Dr Norma Garcia, MD, Md, Secretaria de salud, México | Martha Angélica García Avilés, MD, Medical doctor, Ministry of Health, México | Dr. Cristina Gordillo Marroquín, Doctor of Science in ecology and sustainable development, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur, México | Professor Rogelio Hernandez-Pando, Medicine Sciences Researcher level F, Experimental Pathology Section. Dept Pathology. National Inst of Medicine Sciences and Nutrition, México | Dr Rosa Herrera, TB Advocate, Personal, México | Dr Bertha Jiménez-Delgadillo, Research Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México | Dr. Esmeralda Juárez, Biomedical Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México | Edith Maldonado Castro, MSc., Academic technician, UNAM, México | Dr. Armando Martínez Guarneros, Dr., Supranational TB Laboratory of Mexico, México | Dr Feliciano Milian-Suazo, Profesor-Researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México | Dr. Carmen Molina, Dr., Universidad Autonoma De Nuevo Leon, México | Dr. Liliana Morales Nava, Profesora Investigadora, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, México | Dr Jesús Ricardo Parra Unda, Researcher/Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México | Dr. Ricardo Perea-Jacobo, Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, México | Dr. Yancarlos Ismael Plata Cibrian, Coordinador Enfermedades Respiratorias, Servisios De Salud De Coahuila De Zaragoza, México | Dr Lucero Ramon Luing, Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, México | Dr Hector Javier Sanchez Perez, Titular Researcher, El Colegio De La Frontera Sur, México | Dr Mayra Silva-Miranda, Research scientist, CONAHCYT IIBiomedicas UNAM, México | Dr Alberto Vargas, Professor Research, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México | Dr. Joaquin Zuñiga, Professor, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México | Mrs Karin Husselmann, Lecturer, TB Free Foundation, Namibia | Bello Abdussalam, Medical Student, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria | Dr John Bimba, Senior Lecturer, Bingham University, Nigeria |
Kingsley Chikaphupha, Ag Executive Director, Research, Malawi | Dr Titus Divala, Research Fellow, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi | Dr Tumaini Malenga, Research Fellow, CARTA, Malawi | Dr Angel Caamal-Ley, Professor Research, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatán, México | Dr. Dilayaxi Cardenas, Ph D, UABC, México | Dr Jose Chavez, Professor-Researcher-NGO Volunteer, Autonomous University of Baja California-Albergue Las Memorias Asociacion Civil, México | Dr Guillermina Cruz Pérez, Epidemióloga, ISSSTE, México | Dr. Isidoro De Paz Palacios, Doctor, Servisios De Salud Publica De la CDMX, México | Abigail Duran Valerio, Emergency Nurse Specialist, Enfermería Aplicativa, Secretaria de salud del estado de Hidalgo, México | Dr Mario Alberto Flores-Valdez, Principal Investigator, level C, CIATEJ, A.C., México | Dr Giorgio Franyuti, Executive Director, Medical Impact, México | Dr José Luis Gálvez-Romero, MD, Dr., Hospital Regional ISSSTE Puebla, México | Dr Norma Garcia, MD, Md, Secretaria de salud, México | Martha Angélica García Avilés, MD, Medical doctor, Ministry of Health, México | Dr. Cristina Gordillo Marroquín, Doctor of Science in ecology and sustainable development, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur, México | Professor Rogelio Hernandez-Pando, Medicine Sciences Researcher level F, Experimental Pathology Section. Dept Pathology. National Inst of Medicine Sciences and Nutrition, México | Dr Rosa Herrera, TB Advocate, Personal, México | Dr Bertha Jiménez-Delgadillo, Research Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México | Dr. Esmeralda Juárez, Biomedical Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México | Edith Maldonado Castro, MSc., Academic technician, UNAM, México | Dr. Armando Martínez Guarneros, Dr., Supranational TB Laboratory of Mexico, México | Dr Feliciano Milian-Suazo, Profesor-Researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México | Dr. Carmen Molina, Dr., Universidad Autonoma De Nuevo Leon, México | Dr. Liliana Morales Nava, Profesora Investigadora, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, México | Dr Jesús Ricardo Parra Unda, Researcher/Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México | Dr. Ricardo Perea-Jacobo, Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, México | Dr. Yancarlos Ismael Plata Cibrian, Coordinador Enfermedades Respiratorias, Servisios De Salud De Coahuila De Zaragoza, México | Dr Lucero Ramon Luing, Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, México | Dr Hector Javier Sanchez Perez, Titular Researcher, El Colegio De La Frontera Sur, México | Dr Mayra Silva-Miranda, Research scientist, CONAHCYT IIBiomedicas UNAM, México | Dr Alberto Vargas, Professor Research, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México | Dr. Joaquin Zuñiga, Professor, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México | Mrs Karin Husselmann, Lecturer, TB Free Foundation, Namibia | Bello Abdussalam, Medical Student, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria | Dr John Bimba, Senior Lecturer, Bingham University, Nigeria |
Rex Uche Ndubisi-Nwanko, Executive Director, NGO, Nigeria | Chukwuebuka Ugwu, Early Career Researcher, Zankli Research Centre , Nigeria | Professor Rumina Hasan, Professor and Consultant, Aga Khan University, Pakistan | Ms Kinz Ul Eman, Director Programmes, Dopasi Foundation, Pakistan | Dr Amador Goodridge, Researcher, INDICASAT AIP, Panama | Dr Hector Jave, Physician pulmonologist, assistant, Nat Hospital Dos de Mayo, Peru | Dr. Cesar Ugarte-Gil, Assistant Professor, LSHTM/Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru | Luís Mendão, Policy Director, GAT - Grupo de Ativistas de Tratamentos, Portugal | Professor Jinsoo Min, Associate Professor, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Republic of Korea | Mr Jean Claude Tuyisenge, Community and Environmental Health Officer, Mareba Health Center, Rwanda | Dr Rashidatu Kamara, Clinical lead Tuberculosis, University of Sierra Leone/ Rey Juan Carlos University Madrid, Sierra Leone | Miss Busisiwe Beko, Social worker, TB Proof, South Africa | Miss Michelle Galloway, Administrator, TB Proof, South Africa | Professor Willem Hanekom, Executive director, Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa | Dr Graeme Hoddinott, Senior Researcher, Stellenbosch University, South Africa | Miss Brenda Knipe, Pharmacist, New Somerset Hospital, South Africa | Goodman Makanda, Advocacy Officer, South Africa | PhD Rachel Mbuyamba, Researcher, TB proof, South Africa | Dr Tumelo Moloantoa, Research Operations Manager, Wits Health Consortium, South Africa | Ingrid Schoeman, Director of Advocacy and Strategy, TB Proof, South Africa | Phumeza Tisile, Advocacy Officer, TB PROOF, South Africa | Wim Vandevelde, Liaison Officer, GNP+, South Africa | Dr. Xavier Casas, Pneumologist, Serveis clinics, Spain | Professor Esther Julian, Principal Investigator, Professor, Spain | Dr. Isabel Ascensión Pérez-Hernández, PhD, MD (Infectious Diseases Specialist), Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Spain | Laia Ruiz Mingote, Advocate, Social COM Cooperative, Spain | Dr. Morten Ruhwald, Director of TB, FIND, Switzerland | Shaun Palmer, Communications Specialist, IAVI, The Netherlands | Dr. Michel Vierboom, Principal Investigator, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands | Dr. Filiz Duyar Ağca, NTP manager at public health level, Ankara Provincial Health Directorate, TB Dispensary, Türkiye | Dr. Majid Batambuze, Medical Officer, Victoria Hills Clinic, Uganda | Dr. Jonathan Izudi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Uganda | Dr Achilles Katamba, Senior Lecturer , Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda | Dr. Godfrey Kigozi, Executive Director, Rakai Health Sciences Program, Uganda | Dr. Bruce Kirenga, Associate Professor, Makerere University, Uganda | Prof Harriet Kizza, Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda | Timothy Barlow Muwanga, CEO, Most At Risk Populations' Society in Uganda (MARPS In Uganda), Uganda | Maxensia Nakibuuka, Executive Director , Lungujja Community Health Caring Organisation , Uganda |
Rex Uche Ndubisi-Nwanko, Executive Director, NGO, Nigeria | Chukwuebuka Ugwu, Early Career Researcher, Zankli Research Centre , Nigeria | Professor Rumina Hasan, Professor and Consultant, Aga Khan University, Pakistan | Ms Kinz Ul Eman, Director Programmes, Dopasi Foundation, Pakistan | Dr Amador Goodridge, Researcher, INDICASAT AIP, Panama | Dr Hector Jave, Physician pulmonologist, assistant, Nat Hospital Dos de Mayo, Peru | Dr. Cesar Ugarte-Gil, Assistant Professor, LSHTM/Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru | Luís Mendão, Policy Director, GAT - Grupo de Ativistas de Tratamentos, Portugal | Professor Jinsoo Min, Associate Professor, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Republic of Korea | Mr Jean Claude Tuyisenge, Community and Environmental Health Officer, Mareba Health Center, Rwanda | Dr Rashidatu Kamara, Clinical lead Tuberculosis, University of Sierra Leone/ Rey Juan Carlos University Madrid, Sierra Leone | Miss Busisiwe Beko, Social worker, TB Proof, South Africa | Miss Michelle Galloway, Administrator, TB Proof, South Africa | Professor Willem Hanekom, Executive director, Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa | Dr Graeme Hoddinott, Senior Researcher, Stellenbosch University, South Africa | Miss Brenda Knipe, Pharmacist, New Somerset Hospital, South Africa | Goodman Makanda, Advocacy Officer, South Africa | PhD Rachel Mbuyamba, Researcher, TB proof, South Africa | Dr Tumelo Moloantoa, Research Operations Manager, Wits Health Consortium, South Africa | Ingrid Schoeman, Director of Advocacy and Strategy, TB Proof, South Africa | Phumeza Tisile, Advocacy Officer, TB PROOF, South Africa | Wim Vandevelde, Liaison Officer, GNP+, South Africa | Dr. Xavier Casas, Pneumologist, Serveis clinics, Spain | Professor Esther Julian, Principal Investigator, Professor, Spain | Dr. Isabel Ascensión Pérez-Hernández, PhD, MD (Infectious Diseases Specialist), Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Spain | Laia Ruiz Mingote, Advocate, Social COM Cooperative, Spain | Dr. Morten Ruhwald, Director of TB, FIND, Switzerland | Shaun Palmer, Communications Specialist, IAVI, The Netherlands | Dr. Michel Vierboom, Principal Investigator, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands | Dr. Filiz Duyar Ağca, NTP manager at public health level, Ankara Provincial Health Directorate, TB Dispensary, Türkiye | Dr. Majid Batambuze, Medical Officer, Victoria Hills Clinic, Uganda | Dr. Jonathan Izudi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Uganda | Dr Achilles Katamba, Senior Lecturer , Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda | Dr. Godfrey Kigozi, Executive Director, Rakai Health Sciences Program, Uganda | Dr. Bruce Kirenga, Associate Professor, Makerere University, Uganda | Prof Harriet Kizza, Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda | Timothy Barlow Muwanga, CEO, Most At Risk Populations' Society in Uganda (MARPS In Uganda), Uganda | Maxensia Nakibuuka, Executive Director , Lungujja Community Health Caring Organisation , Uganda |
Dr. Jasper Nidoi, Early Career Researcher, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine/ Makerere University Lung Institiute, Uganda | Dr Moorine Sekadde, Program Officer - Pediatric TB/HIV, NTLP, Uganda | Dr. Abdulwahab Sessolo, Principal Investigator, Infectious Diseases Research Colaboration, Uganda | Dr. Willy Ssengooba, Scientific Director, Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda | Dr. Anne Wajja, Senior Scientist, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Uganda | Dr Simon Walusimbi, Research Scientist/Physician, Makerere University Lung Institute, Uganda | Dr Nathan Mugenyi, Researcher/ QA Officer, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda | Dr. Fred Semitala, Senior Lecturer, Makerere University and Makerere University Joint AIDS Program, Uganda | Anicet Lossa Londjiringa, Directeur Exécutif, Association pour la Conservation et la Protection des Écosystèmes des Lacs et l'Agrlculture Durable, Democratic Republic of Congo | Prof Andrii Dudnyk, Associate Professor, Vinnytsia National Pirogov Medical University, Ukraine | Dr. Paul Collini, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom | Dr Adam Ainley, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom | Dr Sarah Anderson, Consultant in Public Health, UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom | Dr Dany Beste, Senior Lecturer Microbial Metabolism, University of Surrey, United Kingdom | Kate Bradfield, TB Community Nurses Team Leader, Liverpool University Hospital Trust, United Kingdom | Margaret Caffrey, Senior Techncial Officer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Mr Dan Carter, Research Fellow, LSHTM, United Kingdom | Roo Nicola Cave, PhD Researcher, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Rebecca Clark, Research Assistant / PhD Student, LSHTM, United Kingdom | Dr Danielle Cohen, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom | Professor Liz Corbett, Professor of Global Health, London School Hygiene Trop Med, United Kingdom | Dr Martin Dedicoat, Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, University Hospitals Birmingham, United Kingdom | Dr Nicola Desmond, Reader in Medical Anthropology and Global Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Professor Pete Dodd, Professor of mathematical modelling & epidemiology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom | Dr. Taghreed El Hajj, Knowledge Exchange Officer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Farah Francis, PhD student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Han Fu, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Thomas Gorsuch, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom | Dr Lara Goscé, Research Fellow/Lecturer, LSHTM and UCL, United Kingdom | Professor Anthony Harries, Senior Advisor and Honorary Professor, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, United Kingdom | Dr Katherine Horton, Assistant Professor, LSHTM, United Kingdom | Professor Rein Houben, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Caitlin Jones, PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Dr. Jasper Nidoi, Early Career Researcher, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine/ Makerere University Lung Institiute, Uganda | Dr Moorine Sekadde, Program Officer - Pediatric TB/HIV, NTLP, Uganda | Dr. Abdulwahab Sessolo, Principal Investigator, Infectious Diseases Research Colaboration, Uganda | Dr. Willy Ssengooba, Scientific Director, Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda | Dr. Anne Wajja, Senior Scientist, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Uganda | Dr Simon Walusimbi, Research Scientist/Physician, Makerere University Lung Institute, Uganda | Dr Nathan Mugenyi, Researcher/ QA Officer, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda | Dr. Fred Semitala, Senior Lecturer, Makerere University and Makerere University Joint AIDS Program, Uganda | Anicet Lossa Londjiringa, Directeur Exécutif, Association pour la Conservation et la Protection des Écosystèmes des Lacs et l'Agrlculture Durable, Democratic Republic of Congo | Prof Andrii Dudnyk, Associate Professor, Vinnytsia National Pirogov Medical University, Ukraine | Dr. Paul Collini, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom | Dr Adam Ainley, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom | Dr Sarah Anderson, Consultant in Public Health, UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom | Dr Dany Beste, Senior Lecturer Microbial Metabolism, University of Surrey, United Kingdom | Kate Bradfield, TB Community Nurses Team Leader, Liverpool University Hospital Trust, United Kingdom | Margaret Caffrey, Senior Techncial Officer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Mr Dan Carter, Research Fellow, LSHTM, United Kingdom | Roo Nicola Cave, PhD Researcher, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Rebecca Clark, Research Assistant / PhD Student, LSHTM, United Kingdom | Dr Danielle Cohen, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom | Professor Liz Corbett, Professor of Global Health, London School Hygiene Trop Med, United Kingdom | Dr Martin Dedicoat, Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, University Hospitals Birmingham, United Kingdom | Dr Nicola Desmond, Reader in Medical Anthropology and Global Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Professor Pete Dodd, Professor of mathematical modelling & epidemiology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom | Dr. Taghreed El Hajj, Knowledge Exchange Officer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Farah Francis, PhD student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Han Fu, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Thomas Gorsuch, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom | Dr Lara Goscé, Research Fellow/Lecturer, LSHTM and UCL, United Kingdom | Professor Anthony Harries, Senior Advisor and Honorary Professor, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, United Kingdom | Dr Katherine Horton, Assistant Professor, LSHTM, United Kingdom | Professor Rein Houben, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Caitlin Jones, PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Dr Palwasha Khan, Clinical Associate Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, LSHTM/AHRI/IRD, United Kingdom | Dr Terry Kipkorir, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , United Kingdom | Dr Heinke Kunst, Reader in Respiratory Medicine, Queen Mary University, United Kingdom | Professor Marc Lipman, Professor of Medicine, University College London & Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom | Dr Finn McQuaid, Assistant Professor and TB Centre Co-director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Professor Helen McShane, Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom | Dr Kerry Millington, Research Uptake Manager, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Jessica Potter, Co-chair, UKAPTB, United Kingdom | Dr Beate Ringwald, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Matthew Saunders, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Public Health Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Alvaro Schwalb, Research Assistant, LSHTM, United Kingdom | Dr Marcello Scopazzini, Academic Infectious Disease Physician, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Maninder pal Singh, Research Assistant, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Paul Sommerfeld, Executive Trustee, TB Alert, United Kingdom | Professor Stephen Bertel (Bertie) Squire, Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Dean of Clinical Sciences & International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Marianne Stoneman, Operational Lead Specialist TB Nurse, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom | Dr Rachael Thomson, Research Programme CEO, LSTM, United Kingdom | Professor Toyin Togun, Co-Director LSHTM TB Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), United Kingdom | Ewan Tomeny, Operational Modeller and Health Economist, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Jessica Townsend, Lead TB Nurse, St Georges Hospital, United Kingdom | Dr Anna Turkova, Paediatrician, Principal Clinical Research Fellow, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, United Kingdom | Dr Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Global Health Fellow, Oxford University, United Kingdom | Ms Elizabeth Walker, PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Professor Richard White, Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Tom Wingfield, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Tom Yates, Clinical Lecturer, University College London, United Kingdom | Dr Dominik Zenner, Clinical Reader in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Queen Mary University London, United Kingdom | Professor Sir Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College London, United Kingdom | Dr Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Post Doctoral Researcher, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, United Kingdom | Dr. Robert Belknap, interim Director, Public Health Institute at Denver Health, United States of America | Dr Nilesh Bhatt, Global Clinical Research Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, United States of America | Assistant Professor Jonathan Budzik, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America |
Dr Palwasha Khan, Clinical Associate Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, LSHTM/AHRI/IRD, United Kingdom | Dr Terry Kipkorir, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , United Kingdom | Dr Heinke Kunst, Reader in Respiratory Medicine, Queen Mary University, United Kingdom | Professor Marc Lipman, Professor of Medicine, University College London & Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom | Dr Finn McQuaid, Assistant Professor and TB Centre Co-director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Professor Helen McShane, Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom | Dr Kerry Millington, Research Uptake Manager, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Jessica Potter, Co-chair, UKAPTB, United Kingdom | Dr Beate Ringwald, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Matthew Saunders, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Public Health Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Alvaro Schwalb, Research Assistant, LSHTM, United Kingdom | Dr Marcello Scopazzini, Academic Infectious Disease Physician, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Maninder pal Singh, Research Assistant, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Paul Sommerfeld, Executive Trustee, TB Alert, United Kingdom | Professor Stephen Bertel (Bertie) Squire, Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Dean of Clinical Sciences & International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Marianne Stoneman, Operational Lead Specialist TB Nurse, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom | Dr Rachael Thomson, Research Programme CEO, LSTM, United Kingdom | Professor Toyin Togun, Co-Director LSHTM TB Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), United Kingdom | Ewan Tomeny, Operational Modeller and Health Economist, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Jessica Townsend, Lead TB Nurse, St Georges Hospital, United Kingdom | Dr Anna Turkova, Paediatrician, Principal Clinical Research Fellow, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, United Kingdom | Dr Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Global Health Fellow, Oxford University, United Kingdom | Ms Elizabeth Walker, PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Professor Richard White, Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Tom Wingfield, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom | Dr Tom Yates, Clinical Lecturer, University College London, United Kingdom | Dr Dominik Zenner, Clinical Reader in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Queen Mary University London, United Kingdom | Professor Sir Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College London, United Kingdom | Dr Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Post Doctoral Researcher, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, United Kingdom | Dr. Robert Belknap, interim Director, Public Health Institute at Denver Health, United States of America | Dr Nilesh Bhatt, Global Clinical Research Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, United States of America | Assistant Professor Jonathan Budzik, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America |
Professor Kenneth Castro, Professor, Global Health, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases, Emory University, United States of America | Professor Adithya Cattamanchi, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of California Irvine, United States of America | Dr. Richard Chaisson, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and International Health, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America | Alberto Colorado, Executive Director, Americas TB Coalition, United States of America | Assistant Professor Lisa Marie Cranmer, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University, United States of America | Dr Luke Davis, Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health, United States of America | Professor Kelly Dooley, Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States of America | Dr. Lloyd Friedman, Professor of Medicine, Yale University, United States of America | Dr. Anthony Garcia-Prats, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, United States of America | Professor of Medicine and International Health Amita Gupta, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, United States of America | Dr Rakhi Harne, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Seattle Children's Research Institute, United States of America | Dr. Sophie Huddart, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco, United States of America | Dr. Devan Jaganath, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Dr. Anne Kasmar, Physician Scientist, Independent, formerly Massachusetts General Hospital, Gates Foundation, Genentech, United States of America | Professor MIdori Kato-Maeda, Professor, University of California San Francisco, United States of America | Dr. Andrew Kerkhoff, Assistant Professor / TB researcher, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Dr. Andrew Ikhyun Kim, Physician and Senior Fellow, UCSF, United States of America | Kate LeGrand, PhD Student, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United States of America | Professor Yukari Manabe, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America | Dr. Carina Marquez, Associate Professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Dr Jyoti Mathad, Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, United States of America | Dr Grace Montepiedra, Senior Research Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States of America | Professor Pediatrics Sharon Nachman, Division Chief Pediatric Infectious DIsease, SUNY Stony Brook, United States of America | Dr. Payam Nahid, Director, UCSF Center for Tuberculosis, UCSF, United States of America | Dr. Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, United States of America | Dr. Eric Nuermberger, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America | Associate Professor Max O'Donnell, Associate Professor, Columbia University, United States of America | Dr Patrick Phillips, Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco, United States of America | Associate Professor Mike Reid, Director, Center for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, UCSF, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Dr Nicole Salazar-Austin, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins, United States of America | Dr. Sheela Shenoi, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of Office of Global Health, Yale School of Medicine, United States of America | Dr. Priya Shete, Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco, United States of America | Swati Sudarsan, Research Data Analyst, UCSF, United States of America | Dr Sara Suliman, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Associate Professor Nhung Nguyen Viet, MD PhD, Doctor, Vietnam Lung Association, Viet Nam | Associate Professor Timothy Walker, Wellcome Clinical Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Viet Nam | Tariro Kutadza, TB / HIV Advocacy, Zimbabwe National Network of PLHIV+, Zimbabwe |
Professor Kenneth Castro, Professor, Global Health, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases, Emory University, United States of America | Professor Adithya Cattamanchi, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of California Irvine, United States of America | Dr. Richard Chaisson, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and International Health, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America | Alberto Colorado, Executive Director, Americas TB Coalition, United States of America | Assistant Professor Lisa Marie Cranmer, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University, United States of America | Dr Luke Davis, Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health, United States of America | Professor Kelly Dooley, Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States of America | Dr. Lloyd Friedman, Professor of Medicine, Yale University, United States of America | Dr. Anthony Garcia-Prats, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, United States of America | Professor of Medicine and International Health Amita Gupta, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, United States of America | Dr Rakhi Harne, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Seattle Children's Research Institute, United States of America | Dr. Sophie Huddart, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco, United States of America | Dr. Devan Jaganath, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Dr. Anne Kasmar, Physician Scientist, Independent, formerly Massachusetts General Hospital, Gates Foundation, Genentech, United States of America | Professor MIdori Kato-Maeda, Professor, University of California San Francisco, United States of America | Dr. Andrew Kerkhoff, Assistant Professor / TB researcher, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Dr. Andrew Ikhyun Kim, Physician and Senior Fellow, UCSF, United States of America | Kate LeGrand, PhD Student, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United States of America | Professor Yukari Manabe, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America | Dr. Carina Marquez, Associate Professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Dr Jyoti Mathad, Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, United States of America | Dr Grace Montepiedra, Senior Research Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States of America | Professor Pediatrics Sharon Nachman, Division Chief Pediatric Infectious DIsease, SUNY Stony Brook, United States of America | Dr. Payam Nahid, Director, UCSF Center for Tuberculosis, UCSF, United States of America | Dr. Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, United States of America | Dr. Eric Nuermberger, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America | Associate Professor Max O'Donnell, Associate Professor, Columbia University, United States of America | Dr Patrick Phillips, Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco, United States of America | Associate Professor Mike Reid, Director, Center for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, UCSF, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Dr Nicole Salazar-Austin, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins, United States of America | Dr. Sheela Shenoi, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of Office of Global Health, Yale School of Medicine, United States of America | Dr. Priya Shete, Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco, United States of America | Swati Sudarsan, Research Data Analyst, UCSF, United States of America | Dr Sara Suliman, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America | Associate Professor Nhung Nguyen Viet, MD PhD, Doctor, Vietnam Lung Association, Viet Nam | Associate Professor Timothy Walker, Wellcome Clinical Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Viet Nam | Tariro Kutadza, TB / HIV Advocacy, Zimbabwe National Network of PLHIV+, Zimbabwe |
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The zero draft of the political declaration for the 2023 UN High Level Meeting on TB has been released, and there are significant opportunities for improvement.
Campaigns in Global Health, the UK Academics and Professionals to End TB network and Treatment Action Group have analysed the political declaration with the help of academics, healthcare workers, civil society and affected communities from around the world, and have compiled a list of proposed changes. You can see these here.
Now we need your help. By signing this joint letter (or below), you can help us ensure the diplomatic teams leading the negotiations hear our request for changes.
As an academic, researcher or healthcare worker, you have a unique voice. Let us use that voice to stand alongside affected community and civil society advocates to make the 2023 UNHLM on TB as impactful as it can be!
DEADLINE FOR SIGNATURES - MONDAY 22nd MAY (17:00 BST - LONDON)
Letter to UN diplomatic missions
Your Excellencies,With the negotiations for the political declaration of the UN High-Level Meeting on the fight against tuberculosis underway, we are writing to you as academics and healthcare workers from around the world, calling on you to ensure the outcome document is robust and ambitious.
As healthcare staff working on the frontline, we have a unique perspective on the barriers and systemic issues which prevent people from accessing life-saving vaccines, diagnostics, treatment and care. As researchers, we are at the cutting edge of the scientific effort to better understand the TB pandemic and to create the new tools and approaches needed for equitable access to TB prevention and care. Working on the frontline, many of us have first-hand experience of TB, but we know that together, we can end TB once and for all.
We welcome the draft political declaration, but believe it can be strengthened in a number of key ways. To build on the 2018 political declaration and drive progress, we urge you to include specific, numeric targets for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, and to strengthen the language on meeting the needs of key and vulnerable populations and involving all stakeholders in the TB response.
In particular, we urge you to strengthen:
Recognition of the role of academics, researchers and healthcare workers in the development and implementation of evidence-informed policy and rapid uptake of new innovations, committing to strengthen the engagement of these professions in policymaking forums, planning and multisectoral accountability and review mechanisms.
Language on TB vaccine research, committing to meet the investment need of at least USD 1.25 billion per year to develop at least one new vaccine, build a sustainable pipeline of vaccine candidates, and prepare for the implementation of new vaccines once licensed and globally recommended.
Commitments to address the social determinants of TB, including recognising gender as a key social determinant of TB, the impact of rising global poverty and that approximately 20% of global TB cases are attributable to undernutrition, as well as HIV, diabetes, smoking and alcohol use disorders on the risk of infection, disease, and adverse treatment outcomes. In particular, we call on the inclusion of a commitment to, by 2027, ensure 90% of people with TB have a nutritional assessment, 90% of undernourished people with TB should receive nutritional support, and 90% of these patients show a 5% increase in BMI after 2 months of therapy.
Language recognizing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications as an important guiding principle of the TB response alongside the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Commitments to ensuring the availability, accessibility, acceptability and affordability of new tools including diagnostics, treatments and vaccines and other benefits resulting from TB research, acknowledging that most funding for TB research comes from the public sector and as such conditionalities promoting access and transparency of publicly-funded research efforts are required.
Attached, please find an annotated version of the zero draft that we have had sight of, along with precedents and evidence to justify the proposed amendments.
As academics, researchers, and healthcare workers, we stand ready to play our role in delivering these ambitious commitments. We would welcome an opportunity to discuss these revisions and stand at your service throughout the negotiation process.
With kind regards.
Sincerely,
[SIGNATURES – with signatories alphabetised by country]
To read the zero draft of the political declaration for the 2023 UN High Level Meeting on TB and the proposed changes by Campaigns in Global Health, the UK Academics and Professionals to End TB network and Treatment Action Group here.
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DEADLINE FOR SIGNATURES - MONDAY 22nd MAY (17:00 BST - LONDON)
