In 2011, The Stop TB Partnership was established following a call at the Amsterdam Ministerial Conference in 2000 building upon the Stop TB Initiative, launched by WHO in 1998. The purpose of this partnership is to realize the goal of eliminating TB as a public health problem and, ultimately, to obtain a world free of TB. It comprises a network of international organizations, countries, donors from the public and private sectors, governmental and nongovernmental organizations that have expressed an interest in working together to achieve this goal.
From humble beginnings, the original Stop TB Initiative has evolved into a broad Global Partnership to Stop TB. In a recent initiative, the partnership is organizing The Images to Stop Tuberculosis Photo Award that seeks to produce a comprehensive body of photographic work on tuberculosis to be used for advocacy purposes. An international jury will select a photographer who will receive a grant to produce a photo reportage depicting tuberculosis. The jury includes photography experts from around the world. The Images to Stop Tuberculosis Photo Award is supported by the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership and is developed with the generous guidance of world renowned photo-journalist Gary Knight.
Eligibility
Any photographers aged 18 and over are eligible, except for individuals affiliated with the World Health Organization or Eli Lilly and Company, including employees, regents, trustees, interns, volunteers, fellows, research associates and their immediate families (children, siblings and spouses) and others living in their households.
Entry Requirements
Photographers must submit a photo reportage depicting public health. The participants need to enter 10 – 15 photographs depicting health-related issues. Cropped photos are eligible. The partnership does not accept digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered photos. Minor adjustments, including removal of dust spots, dodging and burning, contrast and slight colour adjustments, are acceptable. If judges see that a photographer has obviously altered his or her photo, they reserve the right to disqualify the photographer. Entrants must hold all rights to their photographs. Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s copyright are not eligible.
Captions for all photos in the portfolio must be submitted with the entry and appropriately cross-referenced with the photos. Admitted formats: JPEGs only (500 KB compressed file is the maximum for each photo).
Not Admitted formats: Tiff, Raw, videotapes, interactive CDs or slide shows (.pps, .ppt, .mov, .mpg).
Judging, grant and announcement
Submitted photographs will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit. The winner will receive an award of US$5,000 and an additional US$5,000 to be used towards travel expenses to produce a series of photographs on tuberculosis, in a country/region designated by the Stop TB Partnership.
Last date for submission of entries is July 20, 2011
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