WORLD TB DAY AND THE GLOBAL PLAN TO STOP TB CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 1891, tabled 23 March 2006 by John Barrett (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 73 members.

That this House acknowledges in the run up to World TB day that each year nearly two million people die and nine million become sick with TB despite the disease being both preventable and curable; recognises that TB is a global pandemic and an emergency in Africa and Eastern Europe; further notes that TB is the biggest killer of people with HIV/AIDS; welcomes the launch of the Global Plan to Stop TB 2006 to 2015 which if implemented will lead to 14 million more lives being saved over the next decade and Millennium Development Goal targets on TB being met; and calls upon the UK Government to contribute to the development and financing of the Global Plan.

Signatures by party: Labour 34, Liberal Democrat 20, Conservative 14, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.