Treatment Action Group (TAG) is an independent research & policy think tank fighting for better treatment, prevention, a vaccine and a cure for HIV, TB and HCV.
Sep 29, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
As new #pandemictreaty negotiations continue @WHO, TAG has partnered with @StrategicUnito to urge that the new international instrument explicitly incorporate the universal human right to benefit from scientific progress and its applications as a central framework. 🧵
Why do we believe the #RightToScience - enshrined in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - must be foundational to the new international instrument of pandemic preparedness and response?
Oct 22, 2020 • 19 tweets • 8 min read
We are starting!
Are you ready? #CommunityConnect waits for you! Tuit.cat/5ivrh
Dr. Payam Nahid explains the design of the trial: #S31TB was a three-arm trial of:
2HPZE/2HP (4 months)
2HPZM/2HPM (4 months)
2HRZE/4HR (6 months) – control arm
It was open label, because with rifampicin is better to take without food whereas rifapentine is better with food🥑
Oct 21, 2020 • 10 tweets • 9 min read
About to start the session about the study that shows that High-dose rifapentine with moxifloxacin can shorten treatment time by a third for people with pulmonary #TB#UnionConf
📣 The #s31tb session starts!
#s31tb is the largest drug-sensitive #tb treatment trial in decades. It tested two arms vs. control aiming to shorten treatment to 4 months:
👉🏽substituting rifampicin with high-dose of rifapentine, &
👉🏽same + ethambutol for moxifloxacin