World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Nigeria to redouble its efforts at checking the spread of tuberculosis infection in the country.

The 6th Global Forum on TB Vaccines will be held on 22-24 February 2022 as a hybrid event, with options for in-person and virtual participation.

The TB Europe Coalition releases a new guide for affected community, civil society organizations, National TB Programs and policy makers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The TB Europe Coalition releases a new document, aiming to assist TB civil society organizations and community organizations from EECA countries in influencing national monitoring, data collection and accountability systems.

U.S. data revealed that cytomegalovirus was independently associated with latent tuberculosis infection, and both were associated with high levels of C-reactive protein, suggesting enhanced systemic inflammation, researchers reported.

The screening, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in children remain far from optimal – and in many respects lag behind what can be done for adults.

The use of nucleic acid amplification testing for tuberculosis increased in the United States between 2011 and 2017, although nearly half of U.S. TB cases did not include one of the tests, according to a study.

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund announced a total of approximately 750 million yen (US$6.6 million) to invest in six partnerships to develop new lifesaving drugs for malaria and Chagas disease, a vaccine for malaria, and diagnostics for TB.

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The World Health Organization issues a new compendium of data and evidence-related tools for use in TB planning and programming.