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Events
We encourage all partners and interested parties to use The Global Plan as a topic of discussion and planning by holding special public events to explore what the Global Plan means for TB control in your country.
For more information regarding planning your own Global Plan events throughout the year, check back on this web page and the World TB Day web page for more information.
Regional events for Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015
The EMRO region has recently posted diverse documents and results of their workshop on Global Plan strategic planning which took place in Cairo.
http://www.emro.who.int/stb/Events-RegionalMeetings.htm
http://www.emro.who.int/stb/RegionalPlan-06-15.htm
Launch events for Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015
The Global Plan To Stop TB was released on 27 January 2006 at number of key press events around the world. See the chart below for more details.
The information below is available in both PDF format and Word format.
DAVOS, Switzerland | MOSCOW, Russia | PARIS, France | LONDON, UK | WASHINGTON DC, USA | OTTAWA, Canada | NAIROBI, Kenya
| Location: | DAVOS, Switzerland |
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| Video | Streaming video |
| coverage: | Windows Media format |
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| Event: | Main launch - press conference |
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| Date: | 27/01/06, 9:15 GMT |
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| Participants: | Bill Gates Jr, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| | Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| | HE Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria |
| | Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary, Stop TB Partnership |
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| Organizer: | World Economic Forum |
| | Ketchum Communication |
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Contacts for
information: | Francois Bonnici
Tel: +(41) 79 817 0402
Email: francois.bonnici@weforum.org |
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| | Mark Adams, Head of Communication
Tel.: +41 (0) 22 869 1210
Fax: +41 (0) 22 869 1394
mark.adams@weforum.org |
| Location: | MOSCOW, Russia |
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| Event: | Press conference |
| | Novosti news agency headquarters |
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| Date: | 27/1/06, 13:00 |
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| Participants: | Richard Zaleskis, WHO Regional Advisor, EURO |
| | Vladimir Shakhrin of Rock Group "CHAIF" - New TB Goodwill Ambassador in Russia |
| | Ministry of Health and Social Development |
| | Mary Collins, WHO Representative/Moscow |
| | US Ambassador William Burns |
| | Dr Sarah England, Stop TB Partnership |
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| Organizer: | WHO/Moscow |
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Contacts for
information: | Olga Oleinik, WHO/Moscow
Tel: +(7) 095 787 2116
Email: o.oleinik@who.org.ru |
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| | Michele Berdy, media consultant
Tel: +(7) 095 998 6873
maberdy@online.ru |
| Location: | PARIS, France |
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| Event: | Press conference - Centre d'Accueil de la Presse Etrangère |
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| Date: | 27/01/06, 10:00 GMT |
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| Participants: | Léopold Blanc, Stop TB, WHO, Geneva |
| | Nils E Billo, Executive Director, The Union |
| | Frederic Goyet, Chef du Bureau des Politiques de Santé et Protection Sociale, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, France |
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| Organizer: | Michel Aublanc Conseils |
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Contacts for
information: | Michel Aublanc
Tel: +(33) 169 286 286
Email: michel.aublanc@wanadoo.fr |
| Location: | LONDON, UK |
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| Event: | Press conference |
| | Royal Institution -Science Media Centre |
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| Date: | 27/01/06, 10:30 GMT |
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| Participants: | Chris Dye, Stop TB, WHO Geneva |
| | Paul Thorn, MDR-TB and HIV+ activist |
| | Sheila Davey, Results UK |
| | Andrew George, Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives (moderator) |
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| Organizer: | Results UK |
| | TB Alert |
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Contacts for
information: | Becky Owens
Tel: +(44) 777 926 0454 (mobile)
Email: becky_owens@hotmail.com |
| Location: | WASHINGTON DC, USA |
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| Event: | Press conference, Global Health Council |
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| Date: | 27/1/06, 11.30 EST |
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| Participants: | Richard Chaisson, Principal Investigator, CREATE |
| | Jerald C Sadoff, President & CEO, AERAS |
| | Maria C Freire, President and CEO, The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development |
| | Giorgio Roscigno, CEO, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) |
| | Dr Irene Koek, Stop TB Board Chair Chief, Infectious Diseases Division, USAID (moderator) |
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| Organizer: | Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide |
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Contacts for
information: | Alison Byrne Fields
Tel: +(1) 202 729 4271
Email: alison.byrnefields@ogilvypr.com |
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| | Chris Thomas (USAID)
Tel: +(1) 202 712 1092
Email: chthomas@usaid.gov |
| Location: | OTTAWA, Canada |
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| Event: | Press conference |
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| Date: | 27/1/06, 10:00 EST |
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| Participants: | Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa |
| | Robert Greenhill, President, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) |
| | Mario Raviglione, Director, Stop TB Department (STB), WHO Geneva |
| | Melissa Phypers, Chair, Stop TB Canada |
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| Organizer: | Results Canada |
| | Stop TB Canada |
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Contacts for
information: | Results Canada (Lynn Dickson or Labib El-Ali)
Tel: +(1) 613 562 9240
Email: Labib@results-resultats.ca |
| Location: | NAIROBI, Kenya |
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| Event: | Press conference |
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| Date: | 27/1/06, 10.00 GMT |
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| Participants: | Kenneth Kaunda, First President of Zambia |
| | Kenyan Assistant Minister of Health, Dr Enock Kibunguchy |
| | Peter Eriki, WHO Representative, Kenya |
| | Lucy Chesire, Community Representative on the Stop TB Coordinating Board |
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| Organizer: | Government of Kenya |
| | WHO/Nairobi |
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Contacts for
information: | Carole Francis, WHO Geneva
Tel: +(41) 22 791 2630 |
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| | Patrick Bertrand, media consultant
Tel: +(33) 6 6004 0442
Email: p.bertrand@noos.fr
or: patrickbertrand@hotmail.com |
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