David Bryden TB Advocacy Officer RESULTS Taking our message to the Hill March 2013 TB Survivors from the Philippines South Africa Namibia K enya and Ghana March in NYC for World TB Day ID: 328394
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TB and Poverty – RESULTS in Action
David BrydenTB Advocacy OfficerRESULTS
Taking our message to the Hill, March 2013 -- TB Survivors from the Philippines, South Africa, Namibia,
K
enya and GhanaSlide2
March in NYC for World TB Day
RESULTS volunteers played a leading role in organizing this!Slide3
Marching band!Slide4
Congresswoman Kay Granger with TB survivors from Texas, March 25, 2014Slide5
Jake Kaufman of Irvine, California -- one of 31 children infected with MDR TB in their elementary school in 2009Slide6
Congressional TB Champions
Congressman Eliot Engel, TB Caucus Co-Chair, receiving TB lapel pin
from former Minister of Health of LesothoSlide7
Congressional Action on USAID TB, 2014
House:
House TB Elimination Caucus – now has 31 members! Including 8 Republicans
House bilateral tuberculosis letter
- This bipartisan letter asked for $400 million for global tuberculosis eradication efforts and was led by Representatives Eliot Engel (D-NY), Gene Green (D-TX), Don Young (R-AK). It got a total of
43 SIGNERS
!
House Appropriations Committee action, June 2014
– kept USAID TB funding at current level of $236 million
Senate:
Senate bilateral tuberculosis letter
-- This letter asked for $400 million to support bilateral tuberculosis control. Led by Senator Brown (D-OH), it got a total of
12 SIGNERS
for Tuberculosis letter: Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD),
Mazie
Hirono
(D-HI) Edward Markey (D-MA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Senate Appropriations Committee action, June 2014
–
reduced
USAID TB funding by $11 million to $225 million
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The number of Multi-Drug Resistant TB patients enrolled in treatment nearly
doubled
from FY12 to FY13 in these countries.
Through its contribution to the Global Drug Facility, USAID has helped lower the cost of medication for drug resistant TB
by more than 25%
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Where to next?Slide11
TB Vulnerabilities in the US
100,000 people in the US were exposed to TB in 2011
80% were evaluated (screened by local and state health depts) 16,000 found to have TB infection (inactive) and 6200 completed preventive therapy
571 found to have active TB
National TB Controllers Association (NTCA) survey
of
TB
staff
in
2013: TB
cases are becoming more
complex
--
more
staff time, services, and resources
needed.
60% of states reported decreased budgets since 2009
.
25% of all respondents reported decreased capacity to conduct contact
investigations
– can lead to unchecked
transmission.
~33% had a
decreased ability
to provide
TB preventive therapy to
high-risk patients with latent TB infection.Slide12
We need to demand better toolsSlide13
We need to recruit new TB voices from affected communities
Teresita
Batayola receives “Champion of Change” White House Award
Seattle, WA – On Thursday, April 24, the White House and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) will honor Teresita
Batayola
, Chief Executive Officer of International Community Health Services (ICHS), as one of 11 “Champions of Change” for her work in educating Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders about the Affordable Care Act.Slide14
NYC March participantsSlide15
TB Advocates Sing
! March! Chant!
“And
so now I'd like to say - people can change anything they want
to…Greed
, it
ain't
going anywhere.
Without
people you're nothing.
That's
my spiel.”
- Joe
Strummer, musician