December 2020 Newsletter

To guide the strategic development and implementation of the Stop TB Canada network, we put out a call for expressions of interest to join our steering group committee in August. We were delighted to have received such high levels of interest in supporting the building of a community committed to ending TB at home and abroad.

Click here to see who is on the new steering committee: https://www.stoptbcanada.com/news/congratulations-to-our-new-steering-committee-members

Stop TB Canada serves as a platform to unit TB researchers, advocates, practitioners and organizations in the fight against TB in Canada and abroad. By joining our directory, your profile will be added to our website where we will promote your contributions to the TB field. You will also have the opportunity to opt in to being approached by the network for speaking and media engagements.

Click here to fill out the form to join our directory: https://forms.gle/d6Q2uykCTzR3hDUU6

As you might know, we have been working hard to reinvigorate the Stop TB Canada Network! During this webinar we will explore progress made to date and begin to build a shared vision for 2021. You will hear from new members of our steering committee, be invited to raise your voice to shape the network's 2021 work plan and priorities, and engage with your community! Join us to leave 2020 on a positive note and let’s get ready to step into the New Year feeling supported and reinvigorated to end TB!

Learn more and register now here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtdeirrTssHNfUcqFFZI5qZEy6KahDxpsG

We are proud of the hard work we have been doing to reinvigorate the Stop TB Canada network! If you haven’t already done so, go explore our new website, designed to be an effective communications tool and knowledge management resource. We have also relaunched our Twitter account and are sharing updates and information regularly. Do not hesitate to send us content via direct message and we will amplify and share the information widely!

Last quarter, we hosted a very successful webinar exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the TB epidemic. Over 180 people registered for the event, maxing out our zoom account capacity of 100 people! The recording is now available on our website. We also had the pleasure of delivering a session on TB at Canada’s Annual Global Health Conference. We want to be able to draw on the knowledge and expertise of the network across speaking engagements! If you join our TB directory, you can opt in to be included in our speakers bureau; meaning as and when speaking and media opportunities present we will reach out to you for participation!

The World Health Organization published the 2020 edition of the Global TB Report which summarizes the progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of TB at the global, regional and national levels.

Click here to read the full report: https://tinyurl.com/y3opqftu

In response to early warnings that COVID-19 was having a devastating impact on people affected by TB and TB programs around the world, ten global networks quickly came together to take action. They launched a civil society-led survey, aimed at richening our understanding of experiences in various regions and key stakeholder groups, namely, people with TB, frontline healthcare workers, program and policy officers, TB researchers, and TB advocates.

Click here to read the full report: https://spark.adobe.com/page/xJ7pygvhrIAqW/

This new report by the Stop TB Partnership and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) summarises findings from the 4th survey of national TB policies in the Step Up for TB series. This edition presents data on 37 high-burden countries, assessing the extent to which national policies align with international best practices based on WHO guidelines and the latest scientific research. It also reports on some of the barriers to policy adoption and implementation identified by governments and offers an insight into the ambitions of governments around the world regarding the care they aim to provide.

Click here to read the full report: http://www.stoptb.org/suft/

Photo credit: "DOPASI”

DOPASI and Fujifilm collaborate with the support of Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH Initiative to deliver TB screening with innovative technology. After months of efforts the Fuji-Xair a handheld Digital Xray device equipped with artificial intelligence reaches DOPASI country office in Islamabad. It will be the first time Fuji Xair will be used for TB screening anywhere in the globe.

Click here to learn how this technology might be applicable in Canada or email: atsushi.tateishi@fujifilm.com