TB Alliance Elects Four New Stakeholders

October 27, 2010

The TB Alliance is delighted to announce the election of four new organizational members of its Stakeholders Association. We welcome Global Health Advocates, Indian Council of Medical Research, Irish Aid, and Tuberculosis Research Centre as official SHA members. These organizations will provide extremely valuable insight into research landscapes and practices of endemic countries, where the potential benefit of new TB treatments is greatest, and assist in our efforts to harness the resources needed to support the robust clinical development necessary to unleash the promise housed within the TB Alliance’s pipeline of potential new TB drugs.

The TB Alliance's Stakeholders Association includes a range of institutions worldwide that share a clear interest, and a significant stake, in ensuring the development of a faster, better cure for tuberculosis. They include representatives from developing nations, government, NGOs, professional organizations, academia, foundations, and industry.

Stakeholders participate in the TB Alliance's outreach and advocacy efforts. They also advise and support the Board of Directors on various matters, including activities related to Adoption and Availability. These responsibilities are exercised through ongoing contact with the Alliance, the nomination of candidates for the Board of Directors, and the election of a Stakeholders Association President who sits on the Board.

Additional information about new Stakeholders Association Members:

Global Health Advocates (GHA), Paris, France and Chennai, India

Global Health Advocates is a non-governmental organization that engages all sections of society to fight diseases that contribute to poverty and disproportionately affect people living in poverty. In particular, Global Health Advocates India works towards the formulation and implementation of effective public policies to fight disease and ill health in India. Global Health Advocates France advocates for more and better use of resources from France and the European Union to fight diseases of poverty, especially TB.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India

Funded by the Government of India through the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research. The ICMR undertakes health research and product development with a view to reducing the total national burden of disease (including tuberculosis) and promoting the health and well being of the population. The ICMR promotes biomedical research in the country through intramural as well as extramural research.

Irish Aid, Dublin, Ireland

Irish Aid is the Government of Ireland’s program of assistance to developing countries. The Irish Aid program has as its absolute priority the reduction of poverty, inequality and exclusion in developing countries, in line with the global effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Irish Aid works in cooperation with recipient and donor countries, NGOs and international organizations to deliver untied aid, with a strong geographic focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. As part of its health strategy, Irish Aid invests in several product development partnerships, including the TB Alliance.

Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC), Chennai, India

The Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) is a TB research institution focusing on clinical studies designed to provide information on chemotherapy, management and prevention of TB and TB/HIV. The TRC is a Supranational Reference Laboratory, a WHO Collaborating Centre for TB Research and Training and an International Centre for Excellence in Research in collaboration with NIH.