Publications
View ACTION partner publications from each of the following years or a complete list of all publications below.
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Looking for report cards? A list of just the TB report cards is also available.
If you are interested in ordering copies of a publication, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with your name, organization, what publication you would like to order, and how many copies you would like.
Complete List of ACTION Partner Publications
Children and TB: Exposing a Hidden Epidemic
ACTION (September 2011)
ACTION's enlightening analysis of the link between the burden of tuberculosis (TB) and the world's most vulnerable children - those who are malnourished, orphans, or living with HIV sheds light on a neglected epidemic. The report, Children and Tuberculosis: Exposing a Hidden Epidemic, is a reminder that TB is not a disease of the past and remains a leading killer, especially of children whose underdeveloped immune systems leave them particularly susceptible.
Tuberculosis: Voices in the fight against the European epidemic
TB Europe Coalition | ACTION (September 2011)
Having Tuberculosis (TB) is a global epidemic. However, this report aims to draw much needed attention to the fact that TB is not a mysterious disease in a distant land. TB in Europe has been on the rise over the past decade; affecting men, women and children from across the region and from vastly different communities. Despite the devastating impact that TB has on these communities, genuine political action to tackle the disease at the regional level remains to be seen. Contained in this report are seven case studies telling the human side of the story - patients, doctors, health care workers and advocates speak out about their experiences, achievements and the challenges faced in tackling this regional epidemic. tuberculosis.
Chehera: The Human Face of TB
GHA India (March 2011)
The real lives and faces behind the disease inspired Global Health Advocates India to harness the power of art through a collaboration with the Art For Change Foundation — a group of socially conscious artists — to create an exhibition dedicated to those who battle with TB.
A gallery showing was organized on World TB Day, 2011 where the public were invited to see powerful images that truly illustrate the challenge that this scourge presents. The exhibit allowed these artists to transcend the physical world of TB to one where art becomes a window into emotions, experiences, perspectives, aspirations, and dreams. Inside the attached PDF are 88 pgs of images and personal accounts from the artists who created them, as well as some insightful and informative statements from those on the ground fighting TB. "Chehera: The Human Face of TB" should inspire you to educate yourself further and do what you can to help stop the spread of tuberculosis.
Women and TB...Taking Action Against a Neglected Issue
ACTION (July 2010)
The Though tuberculosis is the third leading killer of adult women worldwide, TB has long been neglected as a women's health issue. Women face particular barriers to diagnosis and care, and their experience of the disease can be different than men's. In addition to TB's unique medical and health impacts on women, a TB diagnosis can also bring with it intense stigma that disproportionately affects women and girls.
In this brief, ACTION reviews the evidence regarding women and TB and provides reccomendations for accelerating the reponse by integrating TB services with those for maternal and child health and by increasing collaboration on advocacy between the infectious disease and the maternal and child health
Aid Without Impact: How the World Bank and Development Partners Are Failing to Improve Health Through SWAps
ACTION (June 2010)
The last decade saw and increase in support for broader health sector development in sub-Saharan Africa, but has this lead to improvements in health outcomes? Overwhelming evidence indicates it has not. This report assesses the World Bank and its partner's efforts to improve TB and other health outcomes using Sector Wide Approaches (SWAps). The findings suggest that SWAps, as currently implemented, do not effectively address the alarming rates of TB in sub-Saharan Africa. The report uncovers a shocking lack of attention to results by the Bank and its partners. The analysis shows that in order to reduce the burden of TB and other diseases, SWAps must move beyond coordinating aid and focusing on measuring and improving health outcomes.
U.S. HIV/AIDS POLICY & THE FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS: An Advocacy Case Study
ACTION (March 2010)
In 2003, the U.S. launched a new response to HIV/AIDS abroad called The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR was the largest commitment in history by any individual nation to combat a single disease. While it signaled what would become an enormous achievement, at the outset, the plan failed to confront the number one infectious killer of people with HIV/AIDS: tuberculosis (TB).
Living With HIV, Dying of TB
ACTION (March 2009)
This report details how key global AIDS and health institutions are failing to address TB-HIV co-infection around the world. Includes critiques of the World Bank; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; the UK Department for International Development; and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Tuberculosis-Voices in the Fight against a Pandemic
RESULTS UK (March 2009)
Tuberculosis: Voices in the Fight Against a Pandemic tells the human story of TB, from the perspectives of the individuals and communities that feel its greatest effects. Their stories show that TB prevention, treatment, and care efforts are saving lives and improving the economic conditions of families, communities, and countries as a whole.
TB-HIV Report: The 1% Scandal - Living with HIV, Dying of TB
ACTION Partners (August 2008)
This report analyzes the most recent data available on TB-HIV screenings and calls for universal access to high quality TB-HIV care by 2015.
India Tuberculosis Control Report Card
Global Health Advocates and Center for Sustainable Health and Development (March 2008)
This report card looks at progress towards India’s promised complete coverage of the Indian population with high quality DOTS based TB treatment services.
Global TB Report Card for 22 TB High Burden Countries
Global Health Advocates and Health and Development Networks (2007)
This report card looks at the 22 countries which are home to over 80% of the world's TB cases, and shows the 15% increase since 2002 in curing infectious TB cases. It also shows the dangerous rise of drug-resistant TB that may threaten this progress.
An Inadequate Response: More Than Two Decades of Complacency in Addressing the TB/HIV Co-epidemic
RESULTS UK (November 2007)
Assessing the UK government level funding and policy for TB-HIV and the response of UK-based civil society organisations, this report finds that both areas have failed to coordinate TB-HIV activities, resulting in millions of unnecessary deaths.
ACTION Best Practices Guide
ACTION partners (November 2007)
In this guide, ACTION team members have compiled some of the more innovative tools, tactics and strategies that the ACTION project has so far developed or helped refine.
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): Achieving Impact Through Scale Up of TB-HIV Activities
RESULTS Educational Fund (May 2007)
This report describes PEPFAR's TB-HIV activities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and the United Republic of Tanzania. These programs demonstrate large gains toward controlling both TB and HIV that could be achieved through increased funding for TB-HIV activities.
1,000 Deaths a Day: The Unbearable Cost of TB in India
RESULTS UK (March 2007)
This report summarizes the activities and findings of a parliamentary delegation to India led by RESULTS UK in 2007. It highlights India's progress in scaling up DOTS treatment and coverage and the major challenges to combating tuberculosis in India.
Scaling Up the UK’s Response to the Global TB Epidemic: An Agenda For Action
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis (March 2007)
Produced by the All Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) on Global Tuberculosis, this report outlines steps that the UK Government, and the Department for International Development (DFID) in particular, could adopt to increase its level of support for global TB control.
Responding to AIDS through the Youth (RAY) Newsletter
KANCO (2006)
This newsletter documents the experiences of the Responding to AIDS among Youth (RAY) project. The RAY project was established to encourage more young people to know their status and focus on abstinence. The project commenced in October 2004 and is funded by PEPFAR through Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
KANCO Brochure
KANCO (2006)
This publication gives a brief background of the Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO), its vision, mission and core program areas.
Information Pack for People Living with HIV&AIDS on Human Rights
KANCO (2006)
This informational pack promotes knowledge, skills and understanding of HIV/AIDS as related to legal, ethical and human rights issues.
HIV&AIDS and its Treatment Information Pack: What You Should Know
KANCO (2006)
This information package is designed to provide crucial information in a simplified manner to diverse audiences, especially those living with HIV and care providers working at community level.
HIV/TB Report Card for 22 TB High Burden Countries
Global Health Advocates, Health and Development Networks, RESULTS, and the AIDS-Care-Watch Campaign (December 2006)
This report card shows the 2006 UNAIDS estimated prevalence of HIV in the 22 TB high burden countries and highlights the deadly synergy between the
two conditions, and the opportunity to save the lives of people living with HIV in these countries using standardized, effective and free TB treatments.
The Challenges of TB in Africa: Report of UK Delegation Rwanda and Kenya
RESULTS UK (September 2006)
Published by RESULTS UK after a 2006 Parliamentary Delegation to Africa, this report chronicles the main events of the trip and details some of the most pressing issues in the fight against TB on the African continent.
Enduring Neglect: The World Bank’s Inadequate Response to Africa’s TB Emergency
RESULTS Educational Fund (September 2006)
This report reveals that of $585 million allotted by the World Bank in 2005 for health programs in Africa, only $3.5 million (less than 1 percent) was devoted to TB in Africa. Of the World Bank’s total global spending on TB, less than 5 percent goes to Africa. The report recommends that the World Bank dramatically increase its TB funding in Africa.
Donor Report Card: Meeting the MDG for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
RESULTS Educational Fund, Health GAP, Global AIDS Alliance, Global Health Advocates, Advocates for Youth, Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, Project RING, and Japan AIDS and Society Association (August 2006)
This report card grades major donor countries based on their current pledges to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria (GFATM) for 2006 and 2007 compared to their corresponding fair shares. G8 countries continue to short-change this critically important funding mechanism, threatening the lives of millions who depend on it.
The Challenges of TB Control in Africa: UK Parliamentary Delegation to Kenya
RESULTS UK (September 2005)
This report documents a UK Parliamentary Delegation to Kenya in 2005. Members of Parliament went on site visits to a number of TB and TB-HIV programs and were given opportunities to discuss issues in great detail directly with patients, health workers, NGOs, the Kenyan Ministry of Health and representatives from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Kenya.
Global Tuberculosis Control Report Card
Massive Effort Campaign and RESULTS Educational Fund (March 2005)
This report looks at what countries are succeeding and what countries are failing to respond to the TB epidemic.
India Tuberculosis Control Report Card
Massive Effort Campaign, Saahasee, and RESULTS International (March 2005)
In 2000, the Government of India pledged that 7 out of 10 people with infectious TB would be treated by these services, with at least 6 of them being cured by the end of 2005. This report card tracks the work done up to September 2004 to meet that commitment.
Integrating HIV/AIDS and TB Efforts: The Challenge for the President’s AIDS Initiative
RESULTS Educational Fund and the Open Society Institute (February 2004)
The report outlines ways to better integrate TB and AIDS efforts in the 14 countries slated for AIDS assistance by the Bush administration through expanding TB programs to reach all those HIV patients with TB and linking TB programs to HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and testing (VCT).
