TB/HIV co-infections up 40% across Europe over the last five years

By WHO/Europe, ECDC
Published: March 20, 2017, 10:24 p.m.· Tags: TB epidemiology

New TB surveillance report released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the WHO Regional Office for Europe ahead of World TB Day.

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Call for Alternate Board Member: Communities Delegation to UNITAID Board

By UNITAID Communities Delegation
Published: March 16, 2017, 4:57 p.m.· Tags: Advocacy

The Communities Delegation to the UNITAID Board is seeking applications for a new Alternate Board Member. Application deadline: 31 March 2017.

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Advocates encourage the health authorities in Peru to approve the endTB study

By TB CAB
Published: March 16, 2017, 1:12 p.m.· Tags: Drug-resistant TB, Treatment, Access, Advocacy, TB CAB

TB advocates stress the importance of the observational endTB study for expanding access to new treatments for multidrug-resistant TB in Peru.

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WHO maintains existing recommendations for the use of bedaquiline

By World Health Organization
Published: March 15, 2017, 8:54 p.m.· Tags: Drug-resistant TB, Treatment, Guidelines

The conditional recommendation will be maintained until a new systematic review of evidence is warranted or the results of the phase III clinical trial of bedaquiline become available.

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World TB Day 2017: Lights, Camera, Action!

By Stop TB Partnership
Published: March 8, 2017, 11:08 p.m.· Tags: Global TB response, Advocacy

Stop TB Partnership launches World TB Day 2017 website, and announces initiatives.

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Submissions now open for Encuentro

By International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Published: March 8, 2017, 10:36 p.m.· Tags: Events, Advocacy

Submissions are now open for Encuentro, a dedicated space for community involvement and grassroots activism within the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health. The deadline for submission is 5 May 2017.

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TB community demands WHO to include #TBontheList!

By TB community
Published: March 6, 2017, 9:53 p.m.· Tags: Global TB response, Research and development, Advocacy

The Stop TB Partnership delivered the letter to WHO requesting inclusion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the WHO's Global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to guide research, discovery and development of new antibiotics. Thank you for your support!

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Join the #TBontheList campaign

By TB community
Published: March 2, 2017, 11:50 p.m.· Tags: Global TB response, Research and development, Advocacy

Global TB community demands inclusion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the WHO's Global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to guide research, discovery and development of new antibiotics.

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Sign a petition: Include TB in the WHO priority pathogens list for R&D of new antibiotics

By TB community
Published: March 1, 2017, 10:51 p.m.· Tags: Global TB response, Research and development, Advocacy

Global TB community calls for the World Health Organization (WHO) to include Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed.

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