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The Public Health Program works closely with individual Soros foundations to implement policies and support local organizations. Find out more about Soros foundations.

Twin Epidemics: The Struggle Against Tuberculosis and HIV
December 2008
 VIDEO    SLIDESHOW  
A series of multimedia pieces spotlighting OSI-supported efforts to address the needs of people dually infected with drug-resistant TB and HIV in Africa.

About OSI & Tuberculosis
OSI supports projects and advocacy efforts aimed at reducing the spread of TB among marginalized populations, including people living with HIV/AIDS.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

OSI Builds Momentum for Human Rights at Stop TB Forum
March 2009
At the 2009 Stop TB Partners’ Forum in Brazil, OSI's Public Health Watch helped build momentum for ensuring human rights protections in TB care.

Request for Letters of Intent: Community-Led Monitoring and Advocacy on TB/HIV Policies and Programs in East and Southern Africa
August 26, 2008
OSI's Public Health Watch seeks organizations in East and Southern Africa for a grant to support efforts to reduce the burden of TB in people living with HIV.

Promoting Public Health and Human Rights in Multidrug-Resistant TB Care
Paris, France
October 17, 2008
OSI and the World Health Organization sponsored a discussion on the ethical and human rights challenges presented by the growing epidemic of multidrug-resistant TB.

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.

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.

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