Investigators from Trinity College Dublin, the Irish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, St James’s Hospital,  and the Department of Public Health HSE East believe tuberculosis (TB) care in Irish Prisons should be supported, considering the findings of their study which is published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) is the official publication of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).

Studying the implementation of public health interventions typically involves the identification of “facilitators” and “barriers”. In the case of active tuberculosis case-finding (also referred to as community-based tuberculosis screening), many studies have documented facilitators and barriers, but only few have explored the “how-to” of capitalizing on facilitators and overcoming barriers to put active case-finding into practice. This new study contributes to filling this gap.

Low-dose amikacin with appropriate dose adjustment based on adequate monitoring demonstrated limited toxicity with positive outcomes as a treatment option for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), according to the findings of a retrospective cohort study published in BMC Infectious Diseases.

The New Diagnostics Working Group (NDWG) of the Stop TB Partnership is accepting applications for the NDWG Core Group Member – NGO constituency. The NDWG provides a neutral and overarching forum for effective coordination at the global level towards delivery of much needed new diagnostic tools for TB.

The World Health Organization (WHO) will host a webinar on 3 June 2021 to provide a live hands-on overview of the functionalities of the new WHO TB Knowledge Sharing Platform.

The far less-invasive collection and testing of nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) samples in combination with stool and urine sample testing may improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children in limited-resource settings. This finding from a prospective, cross-sectional diagnostic study, was published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The Affected Communities Delegation to the Stop TB Partnership (STBP) Board is accepting applications for the position of a part-time Consultant (Advocacy Officer) to support the Delegation's programmatic and advocacy-related work.

The tools are meant to help build awareness of TB in communities, share information on the latest scientific and policy developments, and inform activism to address barriers to TB diagnosis, treatment, and care.

Researchers found an association between region of birth and time to diagnosis among foreign-born people in the U.S. with tuberculosis, suggesting that where a person was born may predict progression from latent TB to TB disease, they said.