Experts from the Stop TB Partnership, researchers, and civil society representatives called on world leaders to deliver new, effective, safe, equitable, and affordable TB vaccines by 2025. On the 100th anniversary of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, currently the only vaccine in existence against TB, the group of experts pointed to the funding gap needed to achieve this goal.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the BCG vaccine, the Stop TB Partnership, IAVI, Treatment Action Group (TAG), RESULTS UK, TB WOMEN, TB PEOPLE, Working Group on New TB Vaccines, and the Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) launched a campaign to demand world leaders follow through on their promise to deliver new TB vaccines as soon as possible.
View the BCG campaign toolkit here and help spread the word by sharing the campaign materials on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and reaching out to political leaders.
The World Health Organization also joined the call for increased and sustained investments in TB vaccine development.
Check out the latest edition of the TB Online Weekly Newsletter, dedicated to the BCG 100-year anniversary, for more important TB scientific highlights.
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