23 November 2020, KIEV, UKRAINE / THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS: Ukraine is the first country in the world, under programmatic conditions, to provide tuberculosis (TB) patients with the groundbreaking new BPaL treatment. This three-drug treatment is meant for patients with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) and is expected to have a higher success rate than previous treatments, doing away with painful daily injections. This deadly infectious disease currently ranks as the third cause of death in Ukraine among communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional diseases.

USD 7.5 million to support and bolster the fight against TB by civil society, community-based, and grassroots organizations for communities, rights and gender within the TB response through Challenge Facility for Civil Society was announced during the 33rd Stop TB Partnership Board meeting, held virtually on 18-20 November 2020. This represents a historic three-fold budget increase since Round 9.

Health Ministers from eleven African countries come together to define priority actions and financing needed to accelerate their TB responses.

Data on 37 countries reveals widespread failure to follow latest international recommendations for policies on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

10 November 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - The Stop TB Partnership and the famous Japanese icon Hello Kitty by Sanrio Co. Ltd are teaming up to raise global awareness to curb TB in children, #StopTBwithHelloKitty, at a virtual unveiling event held today in Geneva, Switzerland. On a global scale, approximately 1.2 million children contract TB every year, with an estimated 200,000 children needlessly dying from the disease. 

The Stop TB Partnership released its October 2020 newsletter, summarizing the initiatives and activities carried out during the month.

The Stop TB Partnership released its September 2020 newsletter, summarizing the initiatives and activities carried out during the month.

A new global AIDS Strategy is currently being developed by UNAIDS.

The Stop TB Partnership released its August 2020 newsletter, summarizing the initiatives and activities carried out during the month.

The Declaration was launched in May 2019 by TBpeople in partnership with the Stop TB Partnership.