Web Alerts
People with TB - "DOTS cured me – it will cure you too!"
Stop TB will release a series of electronic bulletins as a countdown to World TB Day on 24 March 2003. The World TB Day Alert will be emailed every ten days, starting from 1 December, to global partners on the Stop TB mailing list. It is intended to notify global TB partners of the number of days remaining before World TB Day and to provide resources, tips and information to partners to ensure that global campaign objectives are achieved. As information is sent out, it will also be added to the World TB Day 2003 resource pages on the Stop TB website. Links to the site will be included with every Alert. The proposed content and issue dates are as follows:Issue Date |
Days |
Content |
Resources |
| 14 Dec. | 100 | Background information on the overall strategy for WTBD 2003 | Cover letter; rationale; 12-month overview; WTBD 2003 Highlights Report. |
| 24 Dec. | 90 | New WTBD 2003 downloadable screensaver | Cover letter; downloadable screensaver. |
| 3 Jan. | 80 | New Year theme – try something new for WTBD 2003; new logo & images for posters or other material | Cover letter with examples of new campaign ideas; downloadable WTBD logo and images. |
| 13 Jan. | 70 | Request for patients’ stories | Cover letter with sample patient stories and guidelines on how and why to gather patients’ stories. |
| 23 Jan. | 60 | Launch of the Image Library | Cover letter with link to image library, information on how to use it, examples of applications, and a request for images to add to the library. |
| 2 Feb. | 50 | Using TB patient advocates | Cover letter with guidelines on how to organize events using TB patient advocates. |
| 12 Feb. | 40 | Using patients’ stories | Cover letter with guidelines on how to use patients’ stories. |
| 22 Feb. | 30 | How to create a press kit | Cover letter with information on how and why to produce a press kit and how to write an editorial column; template press release; template fact sheet. |
| 4 March | 20 | Using presentations to build awareness; WTBD 2003 screensaver number two | Cover letter with guidelines for creating and using presentations to build awareness; downloadable screensaver; template PowerPoint presentation. |
| 14 March | 10 | Rewarding TB partners and health workers; checklist for WTBD 2003 campaign | Cover letter explaining how and why to recognize the work of TB partners and health workers; campaign checklist. |
| 21 March | 3 | As part of the campaign to highlight the experience of TB patients and former patients, the Stop TB Partnership has developed a special World TB Day website, with events & photo montage. | Cover letter explaining the experience of TB Patients, spreading the word that "DOTS cured me…it will cure you too!". A special website is available with incoming news from around the world on World TB Day events. |
| 24 March | 0 | World TB Day 2003 |
Press releases. |
| 3 April | +10 | Congratulations on a successful
World TB Day 2003! |
Cover letter congratulating partners on their WTBD 2003 campaigns, encouraging the continuation of year-round TB advocacy and education and requesting that all partners fill in the questionnaire on their activities; link to downloadable questionnaire. |
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