ACTION partners are raising awareness ahead of World TB Day, engaging around the CEPI replenishment, and continue to push for global vaccine equity.

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** Dr. Vineeta Gupta A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
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Dear colleagues,

I would like to first recognize all the incredible women working every day to make this world a better place. On International ([link removed]) Women’s ([link removed]) Day ([link removed]) and every day, it’s vital that women empower one another and #BreakTheBias by rejecting false stereotypes we may have about women who are different from us. This is also a time to acknowledge how far we have yet to go and to renew our commitment to equity and equality ([link removed]) for all!

As today marks two years ([link removed]) since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, it is clearer now more than ever how critical global health advocacy that is rooted in equity and anti-oppression is. We must expand equitable and affordable access to vaccines and strengthen health systems around the globe, not just in the west.

Just this week, ACTION partners made a final push to galvanize donors in support of the CEPI replenishment #100DaysMission ([link removed]) to end epidemics and save lives. ACTION engaged on social media ([link removed]) and hosted conversations with civil servants and MPs to get as many champions for pledging as possible. As the summit drew to a close on March 8, the international community pledged US$1.54 billion ([link removed]) in total.

It has been exciting to see various partners, including HDT ([link removed]) and WACI Health ([link removed]) , engage around the 7th Global Fund Replenishment ([link removed]) . This week, the torch caravan crossed the Atlantic, where the U.S. White House will host the next donor pledging summit for the Global Fund.

Looking ahead, partners are engaging ([link removed]) around World TB Day ([link removed]) , using deep advocacy ([link removed]) to raise awareness and political will to end this leading—and preventable—infectious disease. Together, we can #EndTB and save lives!

In solidarity,

Vineeta

Vineeta Gupta, MD, JD, LL.M
Director, ACTION Secretariat

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** CEPI Advocacy
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ACTION partners worked hard to galvanize donors in support of the CEPI replenishment ([link removed]) that took place earlier this week in a Summit hosted by the UK. Our partner Focus Equality worked with the Italian Parliament on a motion with ONE Campaign for a global ask on health that would include funding for CEPI, COVAX, and the Global Fund. RESULTS UK hosted a conversation with civil servants aiming to get as many champions for pledging as possible. They wrote an op-ed ([link removed]) on CEPI with Philippa Whitford (Scottish MP) and are playing a key role in coalition response to the UK’s pledge announcement last week. The Secretariat pushed key messaging ([link removed]) on social media
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** Pandemic-Proof the World
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KANCO and Results Canada convened members of parliament (MPs) from Kenya and Canada at their MP #PandemicProofTheWorld ([link removed]) [link removed] to discuss ending pandemics and the Global Fund’s impact in fighting epidemics. Local "health heroes" took them on a virtual delegation tour through affected communities, and MPs heard directly from Kenyan MPs, healthcare workers, experts, and survivors.


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Global Fund Advocacy

In support of the 7th Global Fund replenishment, Health Promotion Tanzania (HDT) launched a month-long social media ([link removed]) campaign aimed at calling upon funders to honor their previous pledges and recommit to the Global Fund in the name of global solidarity. WACI Health helped organize a parliamentary brief to update MPs on the Global Fund 7th Replenishment preparatory meeting. MPs from Kenya, DRC, Rwanda, and Senegal published a joint op ([link removed]) -ed ([link removed]) in support of the Global Fund replenishment campaign.


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Advocating to #EndTB
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RESULTS UK, Results Canada, and Stop TB Canada signed onto two letters written by the TB Vax ARM ([link removed]) ahead of the 6th Global Forum on TB Vaccines seeking the renewed commitment of the French government, the European Union, and the governments of EU member states to help deliver a fully funded TB vaccine pipeline by 2023. The letters were addressed to French President Macron and the EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health. At the time of sending, the letter was endorsed by 91 organizations and over 50 individuals.

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** RESOURCES AND BLOGS
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* Ending the neglect to attain the sustainable development goals. One health: approach for action against neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030 ([link removed]) from WHO.
* Read Stop TB Canada ([link removed]) ’s latest newsletter here ([link removed]) .
* The World Bank Vaccine Deployment Tracker ([link removed]) helps identify countries in urgent need of financial and operational support for scaling up vaccine deployment and helps monitor, track, and resolve bottlenecks on the ground.
* The Fragility Forum 2022: Development and Peace in Uncertain Times ([link removed]) is a biennial event that brings together policymakers and practitioners from humanitarian, development, peace and security communities; public and private sector; academia; and civil society with the objective to exchange innovative ideas and knowledge to improve development approaches in fragile, conflict and violence-affected (FCV) settings to foster peace and stability.
* Increase funding or abandon hope of ending malaria, TB and Aids, UK warned ([link removed]) by RESULTS UK.


** Civil Society Collaboration
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Global Health Advocates (GHA) France worked in advance of the EU-AU Summit to influence the agenda and outcome of the event, which GHA saw as an opportunity for European leaders to work towards ending the COVID-19 pandemic and persisting epidemics like tuberculosis as well as the scourge of malnutrition. GHA developed a policy brief ([link removed]) with the Generation Nutrition coalition, laying out key recommendations for consideration by European Commission policymakers and civil servants. Civil society calls on policymakers to prioritize nutrition as a key lever of sustainable development, in line with existing priorities of the African Union; themes included eradicating hunger in all forms, transformation of food systems, prevention and treatment of malnutrition, and meaningful inclusion of civil society. In addition,
GHA published joint civil society reaction ([link removed]) to the EU-AU Summit that welcomes the Global Gateway ([link removed]) package but stresses the lack of transparency around where the money will come from and how much of it is new versus repackaged resources.
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* March 16: Launch – One Health: approach for action against neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030. Learn more and register ** here ([link removed])
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* March 20: ** International Day of Happiness ([link removed])
* March 21-25: ** Global Fund 18^th Committee Meetings ([link removed])
* March 22: WHO COVID-19 Case Management Webinar Series: COVID-19 in children and young persons. Learn more and register ** here. ([link removed])
* March 24: ** World TB Day ([link removed])
* March 28 - April 1: Consortium for Universities in Global Health 2022 virtual conference: Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social Justice. ** Register here ([link removed])
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* April 6–7: Gavi Board retreat
* April 7: ** World Health Day ([link removed])
* April 4-15: ** World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum ([link removed])
* April 18-24: World Bank ** Spring Meetings ([link removed])
* April 24-30: ** World Immunization Week ([link removed])
* April 25: ** World Malaria Day ([link removed])

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