Public Health Action is the free access, online journal of The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. The journal focuses on TB, lung health, non-communicable diseases and related public health issues.

A Statistics South Africa report has revealed that TB remained the main leading cause of death in South Africa between 2016 and 2018.

14 June 2021, Geneva | A rapid communication released by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Programme announced updates to the current treatment regimen for people with TB. A review of evidence by WHO has shown similar performance of a shorter treatment regimen compared to the current standard regimen, both in terms of efficacy and safety. The 4-month regimen, which is shorter, effective and all-oral, would be a preference for many patients and also national TB programmes, allowing faster cure and easing the burden on both patients and the healthcare system. Shortened treatment has the potential to improve adherence and reduce patient and health system costs.

The Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have updated the TB Vaccine Development Pathway.

The Philippines is among high-burden countries that continue to struggle with tuberculosis, a highly infectious but curable disease — and the mobility restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has not helped.

World leaders have recently, under the auspices of the United Nations, renewed their commitment to ending AIDS. The new phase offers much needed hope for the future, provided the commitments made are fulfilled.

Integrating mental health services into HIV and tuberculosis programmes would help wipe out the diseases at a much faster rate, groundbreaking new research has found. 

HANOI, Vietnam, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 10, 2021, VinBrain (Vingroup) and FIT (a German NGO working in the field of Tuberculosis prevention and control) jointly release a white paper on utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) in Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and screening in Vietnam. The white paper provides doctors and medical specialists with a better understanding of the current situation of TB diagnosis, as well as introducing the AI model v1 for TB diagnosis and screening with a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of up to 96.1%.

The Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) is seeking applications from interested and eligible individuals to provide GCTA with a SWOT analysis of options for host organizations or registration opportunities best suited for GCTA.

The Stop TB Partnership Secretariat is seeking to hire a Senior Technical Writer - Editor for the development of the new Global Plan to End TB for the period 2023 to 2030. The Plan will provide a costed road map towards ending TB by 2030 and is expected to be launched before the end of 2022.