23 October 2019, Geneva, Switzerland. Artificial intelligence (AI), a buzzword in the tech world, has steadily marked its presence in the field of healthcare, including in tuberculosis (TB). Recently, AI is being employed to read and screen chest x-rays for TB. These new solutions are providing hope to tackle TB, which kills more people worldwide than any single infectious disease. The Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH is leading evaluations of multiple AI software packages to screen and triage people with TB using chest x-rays. The team published the first-ever scientific article, evaluating the accuracy of multiple AI software for detecting TB from chest x-rays now available in Nature Scientific Reports.

The Stop TB Partnership released a newsletter, presenting the latest initiatives and activities carried out by the organization.

20th September, Geneva: US$15.4 million in start-up and scalability funds will be awarded to 37 grass-roots innovators with a mission to transform tuberculosis (TB) case finding, diagnostics, and care in their country. TB REACH, Stop TB Partnership’s platform for innovation, has now received approval from the Executive Committee to allocate the funds to TB organizations worldwide.

The Developed Country NGO Delegation to the Stop TB Partnership Board is currently inviting applications for membership from individuals representing and working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the countries making up the Developed Country Constituency.

The Developing Country NGO Delegation to the Stop TB Partnership Board is currently inviting applications for membership from individuals representing and working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Developing Countries (Africa, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean).

The Community Delegation to the Stop TB Partnership Board is currently inviting applications for membership from committed individuals representing TB affected communities.

The Stop TB Partnership released its August 2019 newsletter, presenting the initiatives and activities carried out during the month. It features an annoucement about the launch of the Africa Continental TB Scorecard, highlighting the progress made in the continent towards achievement of the global End TB targets.

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

The Stop TB Partnership, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the World Health Organization call for immediate action to implement the commitments made by Head of States and Governments at the UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

The Stop TB Partnership released its July 2019 newsletter, presenting the initiatives and activities carried out during the month. It also contains information about upcoming events.