Step Up for TB: TB policies in 37 countries, 4th Ed.
MSF, the Stop TB Partnership, and the global TB community call on all countries to update their TB policies, bringing them into line with international guidelines in time for World TB Day on 24 March 2021.
Join us by using the materials in this toolkit to ask political leaders to step up to achieve this goal.
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease and kills 1.4 million people a year. The latest diagnostic tests can rapidly and accurately diagnose TB. New medicines can help prevent and cure TB.
Yet people are still dying from a disease that's been curable for decades. While the world mobilizes to fight COVID-19, governments have an opportunity to scale up their TB response. COVID-19 is exacerbating inequalities, making it even more important to reach people with life-saving TB prevention and treatment.
Step Up for TB 2020 report
Step Up for TB 2020, a report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Stop TB Partnership, surveyed 37 countries and found that many use outdated and ineffective practices, policies, and tools to diagnose and treat TB.
Step Up for TB 2020 summarises the findings of the 4th survey of national TB policies in the Step Up for TB series (previously known as Out of Step). This edition presents data on 37 countries, assessing the extent to which national policies align with international best practices based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and the latest scientific research. The survey examined policies related to diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and medicines procurement.
The results show that not enough countries are stepping up to update their national policies following the issuance of new WHO guidelines. Innovative products take years to reach the people who need them, reducing their impact. As a result, achievable global goals to reduce unnecessary sickness and death, and halt the spread of TB, remain unmet.
Report: TB policies in 37 countries, 4th Ed.
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Updating policies for treatment, diagnosis, prevention and care is the first step to delivering the change we need to tackle the world’s deadliest infectious disease: TB
Read our latest report to learn what governments need to do to #StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Scientific advancements in the field of TB diagnosis & treatments are finally here.
But they aren’t reaching everyone who needs them.
Read the #StepUpForTB report ⬇️
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Updating policies for treatment, diagnosis, prevention and care is the first step to delivering the change we need to tackle the world’s deadliest infectious disease: TB
Read our latest report to learn what governments need to do to #StepUpForTB ⬇️
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
With the #COVID19 pandemic raging, it’s more vital than ever that people with TB have access to all-oral treatments that can be taken at home.
#StepUpForTB.
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
The #StepUpForTB report found that 50% of countries surveyed have less than 2 facilities with rapid TB testing per 1,000 TB cases.
Access to rapid TB testing can save lives. Governments must make rapid tests available to everyone who needs them.
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Most countries with a high burden of TB need to require stringent quality standards for TB medicines - whether purchased domestically or internationally.
#StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
To reduce unnecessary TB deaths, all countries need to step up and provide treatment closer to people’s homes.
#StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Updating policies for treatment, diagnosis, prevention and care is the first step to delivering the change we need to tackle the world’s deadliest infectious disease: TB
Read our latest report to learn what governments need to do to #StepUpForTB ⬇️
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Updating policies for treatment, diagnosis, prevention and care is the first step to delivering the change we need to tackle the world’s deadliest infectious disease: TB
Read our latest report to learn what governments need to do to #StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Scientific advancements in the field of TB diagnosis & treatments are finally here.
But they aren’t reaching everyone who needs them.
Read the #StepUpForTB report ⬇️
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Updating policies for treatment, diagnosis, prevention and care is the first step to delivering the change we need to tackle the world’s deadliest infectious disease: TB
Read our latest report to learn what governments need to do to #StepUpForTB ⬇️
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
With the #COVID19 pandemic raging, it’s more vital than ever that people with TB have access to all-oral treatments that can be taken at home.
#StepUpForTB.
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
The #StepUpForTB report found that 50% of countries surveyed have less than 2 facilities with rapid TB testing per 1,000 TB cases.
Access to rapid TB testing can save lives. Governments must make rapid tests available to everyone who needs them.
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Most countries with a high burden of TB need to require stringent quality standards for TB medicines - whether purchased domestically or internationally.
#StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
To reduce unnecessary TB deaths, all countries need to step up and provide treatment closer to people’s homes.
#StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Updating policies for treatment, diagnosis, prevention and care is the first step to delivering the change we need to tackle the world’s deadliest infectious disease: TB
Read our latest report to learn what governments need to do to #StepUpForTB ⬇️
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
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Each and every one of the 1.4 million deaths caused by TB in 2019 could have been prevented.
The #StepUpForTB report analyses policies for tackling TB in 37 high-burden countries.⬇️
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Children are especially vulnerable to #tuberculosis. In 2019, 1.2 million children fell sick with TB.
Children with TB deserve access to effective treatments free of toxic drugs that have to be injected.
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
It’s time for change.
Governments need to ensure that critical innovations in TB treatment, diagnostics and prevention reach the people who need them.
Read our report how governments can Step Up for TB! ⬇️ #StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
⏲️ ⏲️ It’s time for change.
Countries CAN stop deaths from TB.
This is achievable if policies are rapidly updated and implemented at scale.
Read the report ⬇️ #StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Each and every one of the 1.4 million deaths caused by TB in 2019 could have been prevented.
The #StepUpForTB report analyses policies for tackling TB in 37 high-burden countries.⬇️
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
Children are especially vulnerable to #tuberculosis. In 2019, 1.2 million children fell sick with TB.
Children with TB deserve access to effective treatments free of toxic drugs that have to be injected.
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
It’s time for change.
Governments need to ensure that critical innovations in TB treatment, diagnostics and prevention reach the people who need them.
Read our report how governments can Step Up for TB! ⬇️ #StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
⏲️ ⏲️ It’s time for change.
Countries CAN stop deaths from TB.
This is achievable if policies are rapidly updated and implemented at scale.
Read the report ⬇️ #StepUpForTB
https://msfaccess.org/stepupfortb
