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Scoping Community Interventions to Support New TB Vaccine Introduction: From Grassroots Partnerships to Global Policymaking

To assess the role of communities and civil society in shaping TB vaccine introduction policies, implementation and equitable access. Aim 1: Map the structures, networks, and major players active in TB civil society and overlay these with the policy pipeline for new TB vaccines. Aim 1: Map the structures, networks, and major players active in TB civil society and overlay these with the policy pipeline for new TB vaccines. Aim 2: work with members of the regional community advisory boards (rCABs) established with support from the USAID-funded SMART4TB project to produce country policy portraits illustrating how TB and immunization policy is made in selected countries and the points where community and civil society actors can intervene. Aim 3: work with the rCAB in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region to explore interventions by community and civil society to ensure equitable access to new TB vaccines. All three Aims will be completed in relation to the ECVP and the Global Framework for Country Introduction of New TB Vaccines.

TB vaccine advocacy roadmap

The TB Vax ARM represents a global coalition of TB stakeholders, including TB survivors, civil society organizations, and non-profits, invested in TB vaccine advocacy and research, and seeks to provide coordinated advocacy efforts that are complementary to ongoing TB vaccine R&D and policy efforts. The TB Vax ARM holds regular virtual calls with partners and guest speakers from around the world. WGNV coordinates with the TB Vax ARM on global advocacy activities. For more information go to: https://newtbvaccines.org/take-action/

Preferred product characteristics for new tuberculosis vaccine

The document presents WHO preferences for new tuberculosis vaccines, driven by the high medical need for contribution to the fight against TB, in alignment with the End TB strategy. Priorities are for a vaccine to be administered to adolescents and adults for prevention of pulmonary tuberculosis and reduction of transmission, and for a pediatric vaccine with improved safety and efficacy as compared to BCG.

Preferred product characteristics for therapeutic vaccines to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes

The preferred product characteristics (PPC) for therapeutic TB vaccines described in this document are intended to provide guidance to scientists, funding agencies, public and private sector organizations developing such vaccine candidates. This document presents potential clinical end-points for ev idence generation and discusses key considerations about potential clinical development strategies
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