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The Fourth International Congress of Pulmonary Disease, Intensive Care and Tuberculosis, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 13 to 16 October
National
Partnership to Stop TB launched in
Morocco
Workshop on TB medicine management in Tunis, Tunisia, 28 September–2 October 2009 The Global Drug Facility of the Stop TB Partnership, in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, and Management Sciences for Health (MSH) organized a 5-day workshop on the management of TB medicines in Tunis, Tunisia. The workshop was attended by representatives of national TB control programmes and ministries of health from countries of the Region.
The objectives of the workshop were to:
In
addition to the above objectives,
extensive sessions were held on TB
TEAM technical assistance and TB MDR
drug management and the rational use
of anti-TB
medicines. Fund-raising campaign for TB patients in Sudan
The Sudan National Stop TB Partnership
organized an iftar on 26 Ramadan
(16 September 2009) to raise funds for
TB patients. As Ramadan is the month in
which Muslims traditionally give
charity, the iftar represented an
opportunity to support TB patients, many
of whom are also poor. The campaign was
organized by members
Ramadan fundraising campaign for tuberculosis-affected patients and families
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On
National Tuberculosis Day in the Islamic
Republic of Iran, the Fourth
International Congress of Pulmonary
Disease, Intensive Care and Tuberculosis
was held simultaneously with the
Twentieth National Congress of
Tuberculosis from 13 to 16 October. The
event was hosted by the National
Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, in collaboration with the
European Respiratory Society. The
congress was presided over by Professor
Ali-Akbar Velayati with Professor
Mohammad-Reza Masjedi as the Scientific
Director of the Congress. More than 60
guests from other countries and many
doctors, laboratory specialists and
nurses from different regions of the
country attended the Congress.
The
conference held from 23 to 24 October
was attended by over 300 delegates from
across the country affirming their
support to stop tuberculosis in one of
the high-burden countries of the WHO
Eastern Mediterranean Region. On the
occasion, a national charter on
tuberculosis was read and endorsed by
the delegates. The charter was later
released for a broader call for adoption
by national public sector institutions,
civil society, professional unions and
the media. The Partnership will be run
by a secretariat comprising a forum
representing all stakeholders and a
consultative forum of key stakeholders
will serve as the governing board. 
The Global Drug Facility, the Stop
TB programme of headquarters and the
Regional Office and MSH facilitated
the sessions on standards, medicine
management cycle, selection,
procurement, distribution and
inventory and rational use of first-
and second-line medicines. 
of
the National Partnership according to a
request from the Eastern Mediterranean
Partnership to Stop TB and the WHO
Regional Office for the Eastern
Mediterranean. The main objective of
this campaign was to raise funds for TB
patients and their families in order to
provide both financial and emotional
support to them. The iftar was
hosted by the Sudanese Women’s Union,
whose contribution was appreciated and
welcomed by all partners, especially
Professor Awad E. Awad, the Chairman of
the National Stop TB Partnership and the
National Tuberculosis Programme. Funds
were raised from different sectors.
Religious groups participated with
songs.
Kabul,
Afghanistan (12 September, 2009) The
Stop TB Partnership, Afghanistan, is
collecting zakat and donations
for tuberculosis-affected patients and
families in the Muslim holy month of
Ramadan. In response to a call from the
Eastern Mediterranean Partnership to
Stop TB and the WHO Regional Office for
the Eastern Mediterranean, the Stop TB
Partnership is running a fundraising
campaign for tuberculosis patients and
their families. Ramadan as the holy
month is considered a good time to
conduct fundraising efforts for poor and
deserving Muslims throughout the world.
The campaign has received an
overwhelming response from all sections
of society and funds and kind support
are being generated by the campaign.
