Coalition For A
TB-Free NYC

• 35 partners attended our virtual Coalition meeting held on July 23, 2021.

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• Annette Gaudino, from Treatment Action Group, presented on TB Advocacy during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Specifically, she discussed the State of the Local, State, and Federal Budget with potential implications for TB. Slides are available HERE.

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• The TB Coalition is putting together a subcommittee to further discuss and outline the challenges that TB programs, TB providers, and TB patients faced and continue to face during the COVID-19 pandemic to help ensure the necessary resources to continue and expand our efforts. To be involved, please email us at tboutreach@health.nyc.gov.

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• Kate O’Brien and Tenzin Kunor from We are TB, presented on Improving Support for TB Patients and Survivors.

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• We are TB have a virtual patient support group on Monday evenings. More information about the support group is available HERE. You can find more information about We are TB HERE. Please share information about this great organization widely.

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• We are TB had some exciting news to share! They received a grant from Stony Wold-Herbert Fund to coordinate support groups for patients who speak a language other than English. We discussed the possibility of Spanish and Mandarin. We are TB would love your help developing these focus groups to ensure that they are geographically, culturally, and linguistically appropriate. If you would like to participate, please email info@wearetb.com.

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• The City Health Information for Testing and Treating for Latent TB Infection was published and can be found HERE and in the Provider Resources.

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• The 2020 Annual Report Infographic is finally available HERE and in the Tuberculosis Statistics and Epidemiology.