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New Prize to Recognize TB Advocacy Efforts
 21/07/08 - The Tuberculosis Survival Project (TBSP) is pleased to announce the launch of the Tuberculosis Survival Prize. An annual award, supported by a grant from Eli Lilly and Company, the prize will recognize innovation in TB/MDR-TB advocacy and social mobilization. The award winner will receive a certificate and $2000 to scale up and/or replicate advocacy efforts. The winner and the two runners up (who will also receive certificates) will be profiled on the TBSP website.
The deadline to enter for the prize is Friday 19th September 2008. No submissions can be considered after that date. All applications need to be written in English.
To download the entry form click here.
Background
Tuberculosis continues to be a global emergency. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported more than 9 million new cases of TB, and approximately 1.7 million deaths from the disease in 2006, the most recent year for which data are available. In addition, there are nearly half a million new cases of multidrug-resistant TB each year. The WHO estimates that there are more than 14 million people living with TB. Of these, some 700,000 are also living with HIV/AIDS.
Such statistics are difficult to imagine, and the tragedy is that 5,000 die every day because of this curable disease. Those who suffer and die are mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, grandparents, friends and partners. Each of them lost their life sadly and needlessly to the deadly TB pandemic.
Over the past few years the importance and urgency to involve HIV/TB, TB/MDR-TB affected communities in the fight against TB has been recognised. Everyone has a role to play in this battle. Many HIV/TB, TB/MDR-TB advocates and activists, and the role that they play, however, goes unrecognised. The Tuberculosis Survival Prize is being launched by the Tuberculosis Survival Project to reward the innovative work of these unsung heroes and heroines and to make a contribution towards those efforts.
Who is eligible to enter?
Individuals, groups or NGOs working in the field of HIV/TB, TB/MDR-TB are all eligible to enter the contest for the Tuberculosis Survival Prize. Applications from people directly affected by TB/MDR-TB are actively encouraged.
How to enter?
To apply for the Tuberculosis Survival Prize, applicants should complete the prize entry form (click here for entry form) or contact Paul Thorn at paulthornlondon@hotmail.com. Applicants will also need to provide a photograph (as a JPEG) of themselves.
- Applicants should describe in 700-1000 words, what they as an individual, group, or NGO working in the field of HIV/TB or TB MDR-TB have been doing over the past two years to develop and implement projects and programs that stimulate social mobilisation around TB/MDR-TB, and/or grassroots activities that inform, empower and enable individuals with TB/MDR-TB to advocate for themselves, and/or have created patient led models that ensure greater support of people undergoing TB/MDR-TB treatment to improve adherence.
- Applicants should describe in 700-1000 words how they will use the prize money to scale up or replicate advocacy efforts if they are the prize winner.
Judging the winner
The applications will be judged by an invited panel representative of a variety of sections of the global TB community.
Prize Presentation
The prize will be presented to the winner in connection with the International Union of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in Paris, 16th-20th October 2008 or, in the absence of the award winner, by someone else on his/her behalf.
Other
Please send applications via the Tuberculosis Survival Project website to Paul Thorn at paulthornlondon@hotmail.com by Friday 19th September 2008.
Disclaimer
The judging panel’s decision is final. By applying for the prize, applicants give their permission for the TBSP to post information they submit on their applications to the TBSP website. This information will be used to inform others about applicants' projects and initiatives. By applying, applicants also give their permission for any photographs they submit to be used in any publicity related to the prize, the Tuberculosis Survival project website, and any other newsletters or printed material to inform the public about TBSP work in conjunction with the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership.
To download the entry form click here.
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