GUIDE TO ENGAGING WITH THE GLOBAL TB CAUCUS What is the Global TB Caucus? ● The Global TB Caucus is an international network of parliamentarians who are committed to the fight against tuberculosis (TB). ● The Vision of the Caucus is a world free from TB. ● The parliamentarians work in partnership to build the political will to achieve that vision. ● It was launched in 2014 and has hundreds of parliamentarians as members.
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G U I D E T O E N G A G I N G W I T H THE GLOBAL TB CAUCUS
What is the Global TB Caucus? ● TheGlobalTBCaucusisaninternationalnetworkof parliamentarianswhoarecommittedtothefightagainst tuberculosis(TB).
● TheVisionoftheCaucusisaworldfreefromTB.
● Theparliamentariansworkinpartnershiptobuildthepolitical will to achieve that vision.
● Itwaslaunchedin2014andhashundredsofparliamentarians as members.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
We know that ending the TB epidemic requires taking action at local, regional and global levels. At the global level,theGlobalTBCaucusregularlycomestogethertoholdmeetingstodiscussglobalprioritiesinthefightagainstTB,theGlobalTBSummitandthelatestdevelopmentstowardsendingTB.
At a regional level,theParliamentariansareorganisedintoregionalTBcaucuses. Thesedriveregionalaction,supportnationalAll-PartyGroups,andensurethattheGlobalTBCaucusistrulyrepresentativeofparliamentariansfromacrosstheworld.
At a national level,theyworktosupporttheestablishmentofnationalAll-PartyParliamentaryGroupsonTB. Inthistheyrelyheavilyonthesupportoflocalcivilsocietywhohavetheknowledgeandtheexpertisetotackletheepidemicsintheirowncountries.
Parliamentarians from all over the world have joined the Caucus.Tocheckwhetheryourcountryhasjoined:www.globaltbcaucus.org