Involving the Community in Responding to TB/HIV
April 2008
Since 2004, Public Health Watch has supported 53 individuals and organizations in 38 countries to conduct monitoring and advocacy of policies on TB and HIV. more

How the Global Fund Can Improve Roma Health
August 2007
Published by the OSI Public Health Program, this report assesses the response by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to vulnerable Roma groups in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia. more

Confronting a Hidden Disease: TB in Roma Communities
January 2007
This OSI report outlines the available literature on Roma and TB in Central and Eastern Europe, and current efforts to address TB in Roma communities. more

Civil Society Perspectives on TB Policy in Bangladesh, Brazil, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Thailand
November 2006
This series of reports, by OSI's Public Health Watch, highlights how TB, HIV/AIDS, and poverty combine to cause almost two million preventable deaths every year.  more

HIV and TB: Amina's Story
 SLIDESHOW  
This series of photographs was taken in Tanzania for OSI as part of an advocacy campaign to highlight community-based health care in action. more

Current Efforts to Control Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant TB Are Failing, Say Advocates
Press Release
November 8, 2007
Current approaches to diagnosing and treating tuberculosis are ineffective and do not reach the majority of people with drug-resistant TB, according to public health advocates—including OSI—meeting this week at the World Conference on Lung Health.  more

Fighting TB-HIV: OSI Sponsors Events at the 38th World Conference on Lung Health
November 8, 2007
Public Health Watch, a project of the OSI Public Health Program, convened several educational and advocacy events around TB and HIV co-infection for the 2007 World Conference on Lung Health.  more

Time for Change: New Approaches for Managing Drug-Resistant TB in Regions with High HIV Rates
Cape Town, South Africa
November 9, 2007
Co-sponsored by OSI's Public Health Program, this meeting highlighted the urgent imperative to explore novel approaches to diagnosing and treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa and other regions with high HIV rates.  more

Fighting TB in the European Region
Berlin, Germany
October 21, 2007
OSI’s Public Health Watch and Roma Health Program brought together leading organizations and activists from across the region for a meeting on the role of civil society and affected communities in the fight against TB.  more