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- 22 research groups from 9 countries will raise awareness in society by publishing video clips on networks with the hashtags #WorldTBDay #InvestToEndTB and #EndTB
- They will present their work in the development of new drugs or vaccines against TB, epidemiological surveillance, drug efficacy and clinical trials or diagnosis of the disease, among other topics.
- Every day more than 4.100 people die from tuberculosis in the world. It is the global epidemic that has caused the most deaths in the history of humanity.
Tuberculosis (TB) is the global epidemic that has caused the most deaths in the history of humanity. Every day more than 4.100 people die from TB in the world. In Aragon, in 2021, 105 cases and 7 deaths from Tuberculosis were reported (7,8 cases per 100.000 inhabitants). And although a steady annual reduction in TB deaths had been achieved during 2019 and 2020, sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the progress of this effort.
To raise awareness in society about this pathology, tuberculosis researchers at the University of Zaragoza have launched a international campaign, coinciding with the commemoration of World Tuberculosis Day, tomorrow, Thursday, March 24.
A total of 22 research groups from 9 countries -Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, and Cuba- will raise awareness in society with the publication in video clip networks with the indispensable and necessary hashtags #WorldTBDay #InvestToEndTB and #EndTB. Thus, will unite their forces to warn about the devastating consequences of the disease and disseminate the importance of scientific work on this public health issue.
This international initiative is led from the University of Zaragoza by the group of Discovery and Development of Antimicrobials and Resistance Mechanisms (D2AMR), carried in Bolivia by Santiago Ramón García, Ainhoa Lucía Quintana and José Antonio Aínsa Claver, together with the group of Mycobacterial Genetics (GGM), lead by Carlos Martin Montanés, and under the direction of Diana Aguilar Ayala, researcher on the same team.
The bell
This Thursday, participating institutions will simultaneously publish a series of video clips with messages for the general public. The type of messages given by each research group is “elevator pitch”, This is 30 seconds maximum, and in the Source language with the idea of making the message more inclusive for the world population.
Through this modality, the community you will get to know the research groups who work on the development of new drugs against TB, those who maintain epidemiological surveillance in their area, those who develop vaccines, those who investigate congenital TB, those who make predictions of drug efficacy and clinical trials, or those who diagnose TB, among other topics.
The population is invited to seek information about the causes, symptoms and prevention of tuberculosis as well as to reject stigmatization and discrimination.
The scientific community, health centers and world leaders are committed to meeting the goals set at the 2018 United Nations meeting (UNHLM), which aims to end TB by 2030. Unfortunately, global investment is currently less 40% of the US$15 billion per year promised by world leaders in 2018 (UNHLM).
For decades, TB has been fought with only a fraction of the funding actually needed. The fight against TB needs more funding, is being ignored and has become crucial in times of COVID-19.
Places of interest:
1. WHO World Tuberculosis Day 2022 campaign. https://www.who.int/es/campaigns/world-tb-day/2022
2. WHO annual tuberculosis report, 2021. ISBN: 9789240037021. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240037021
3. Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin of Aragon. ISSN 1988-8406. Week 10/2022. https://www.aragon.es/-/boletin-epidemiologico-de-aragon
4. UNHLM Declaration, 2018. https://www.who.int/tb/unhlmonTBDeclaration.pdf
Photos:
First row from left to right: Diana Aguilar Ayala, Gómara Lomero, Marie Sylvianne Rabodoarivelo, Jessica Comin Polo, Emma Sáez, Claudia Guerrero Perales, Estefanía Crespo Yuste, Ana Cris Millán Placer, Elena Campos Pardos, Silvia Calvo García and Dessislava Marinova.
Second row from left to right: Santiago Ramón García, Aleksandra Muzylo, Santiago Uranga Maíz, Rebeca Bailo, Fernando Sanz, José Manuel Ezquerra Aznárez, Jesús Gonzalo-Asensio, Sofia Samper, Nacho Aguiló, Carlos Martín Montañés, Isabel Otal, Ainhoa Lucía Quintana and Lara Muñoz Muñoz
Source: University of Zaragoza
