The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · Jan 2004
Review Comparative StudyGlobal Partnership to Stop TB: a model of an effective public health partnership.
The Global Partnership to Stop TB. ⋯ The Partnership is potentially an effective model for other public health issues. As such, it can contribute to and catalyse a new era of international cooperation.
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Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · Jan 2004
Review Comparative StudyThe Global TB Drug Facility: innovative global procurement.
The Global TB Drug Facility (GDF) is a new initiative to increase access to high quality tuberculosis drugs. The GDF, a project of the Global Partnership to Stop TB, is managed by its secretariat, in the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva. It aims to provide tuberculosis drugs to treat up to 11.6 million patients over the next 5 years and to assist countries to reach the WHO global TB control targets by 2005. ⋯ The GDF is flexible enough to meet the needs of countries with a TB burden. The GDF experience could be used as an example for global procurement of drugs and commodities for other diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. In the future it is likely that the GDF will expand to include second-line drugs and diagnostic materials for TB and could assist other partnerships to develop similar mechanisms and facilities to meet country needs.