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The Partners' Forum, under the theme "Keeping the Pledge", is the main event of the Stop TB Partnership to intensify efforts to reach the Stop TB targets for 2005 and 2015. The theme and supporting messages will leverage the positive performance of the Stop TB Partnership and highlight the growing pandemic of TB/HIV and other threats to highlight the need for renewed commitment to the pledges "now more than ever".
The Forum, to be held on 24-26 March 2004 in New Delhi , India , will convene ministerial delegations of the 22 highest tuberculosis burden countries, as well as high-level political invitees from the G-8 countries, and all Stop TB partners. World TB Day 2004 will be a very powerful, high profile public health event, while worldwide the various national TB events are being organized.
Tuesday 23 March 2004
- Forum Registration
Wednesday 24 March 2004
- Session 1: Opening Ceremony: Global Partnership Progress
The Global Plan and Partnership are working. The Plan presents a coherent strategy that has been effectively put into operation by the Partnership to achieve real progress with measurable results, as shown by the numbers for DOTS expansion, number of treatments provided by the Global Drug Facility and improved treatment of MDR tuberculosis through the Green Light Committee.
- Session 2: Global Challenges and Recommendations
Progress on TB could be reversed unless we shore up national TB programmes and invest in new approaches. National TB programmes and public health systems must be quickly strengthened, and governments in endemic countries must increase their political commitment and operational support to TB control linked to poverty reduction. Greater investment is needed in innovative ways to accelerate DOTS expansion towards reaching the TB targets by 2005, and the Millennium Development Goals.
- Session 3: How to Speed up Progress Towards TB Targets
Utilize the experience and expertise of the Partners to identify ways in which the recommendations of the 2nd Ad-Hoc Committee on the TB epidemic can be put in operation.
- Session 4: TB & HIV
The continued rapid spread of the TB/HIV joint epidemic could overwhelm control efforts in the next few years in many countries, thereby putting gains at risk.
- Market Place
Stop TB Partners displays, providing an opportunity to meet with representatives of partner organizations, discuss activities and explore potential collaborations
Thursday 25 March 2004
- Session 5: Sustainable Investment & Donor Coordination
Greater investment is needed to accelerate both DOTS expansion and new tools development
- Session 6: Investing in New Tools
Without better tools, TB will become more deadly and never be defeated. Only by developing new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines can progress against TB be rapidly accelerated and the disease eliminated as a global public health problem.
- Session 7: Conclusions on the Way Forward Toward a TB-free World
We need you. Stopping TB is much more than just a medical challenge. It requires cooperation with a broadened range of partners in the private and civil sectors -- businesses, religious groups, NGOs and others--to achieve universal DOTS coverage, accelerate case detection, and develop essential new tools.
- CLOSING CEREMONY: Reception/ Dinner hosted by the Government of India
Friday 26 March 2004
- Site-Visits
- Stop TB Partnership Evaluation - independent review of the Partnership
- Report of the 2nd Ad Hoc Committee on the TB Epidemic - constraints and solutions to TB control
- Global Plan to Stop TB Progress Report - Progress to date against the 2005 targets
- New Delhi Pledge - a consensus statement by all Forum participants and specific pledges of support to countries
- Hindi-language edition of the WHO 'Tuberculosis' Report - for distribution to Government of India officials and health workers
Multimedia
- CD ROM Partners Directory/Profiles - with Stop TB Partners contacts and activities
- 'Tuberculosis' Flash Film – CD ROM with nine language versions, including English, French, Spanish, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese and Bahasa ( Indonesia ). Duration: 6 minutes
- A Long Way of Care: The Life of Dr. Annalena Tonelli - Moving tribute to the martyred Italian aid worker who dedicated her life to the poorest TB patients in Africa . Duration: 10 minutes.
- Fight Aids. Fight TB. Fight Now - Flash film on the deadly pandemic of HIV and TB co-infection in Africa . A collaborative project between the Stop TB Partnership and UNAIDS. Duration: 7 minutes
Venue
The Forum Venue for the 2nd Stop TB Partners' Forum has changed to the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi 's premier conference center, located at the following address:
Maulana Azad Road
New Delhi–110011
Tel: +91 11 2302 2231Accomodations:
The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi
Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg
New Delhi-110003
Tel : 91-11-2436 3030
Fax : 91-11-2436 0484
Oberoi Hotel WebsiteITC Maurya Sheraton Hotel and Towers
Diplomatic Enclave
New Delhi-110021
Tel: +91 11 26112233
Fax: +91 11 26113333
Email: Itcmauryasheraton@welcomgroup.com
ITC Maurya Sheraton web site infoRooms have been blocked in both hotels at negotiated rates. The confirmation of rooms will be subject to your registration form wishes and to the availability of rooms at the time of confirmation.
For more information on travel, accommodations and other logistical details, visit the 2nd Stop TB Partners' Forum website
World TB Day 2004 and the 2nd Stop TB Partners' Forum are just around the corner!
World TB Day and the 2nd Stop TB Partners' Forum in New Delhi will coincide on 24 March 2004, presenting a unique opportunity to launch an evocative world-wide Stop TB campaign to reach the global targets by end-2005. Catalysing greater public participation, strengthening political commitment and intensifying action on the ground are the core priorities.
Click here for details on the themes/strategies for World TB Day 2004 and, the 2nd Stop TB Partners Forum in New Delhi .
Early February, the World TB Day website will be launched. Included on the site will be the World TB Day theme and visual materials, suggested activities, planned events around the world, press information and a multimedia section.
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