Just like in adult patients, ART reduces the risk that children with HIV will get or die from tuberculosis, according to data from six African countries.

To mark World Children’s Day and World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, the World Health Organization (WHO) is organizing an #EndTB Webinar on 20 November 2020 to discuss the impact of drug-resistant TB on children, adolescents and their families.

GENEVA, 12 November 2020 − The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria met virtually for the 44th Board meeting this week to discuss the organization’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, development of the next Global Fund strategy and progress in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria.

Smart medication container included in Stop TB Partnership's Global Drug Facility (GDF) product catalog.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, with inputs from partners, released a document providing guidance to countries on preparing and updating plans to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on TB services with the overall goal to restore and accelerate TB services to meet national and global targets to end TB.

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

Lack of mental health and psychosocial support for people living with, or at risk of, HIV and tuberculosis, poses huge barriers to their health and well-being, as well as ending these epidemics.

Bishop Peder Winstrup died in what is now Sweden in 1679 CE, when tuberculosis (TB) was ravaging Europe. His body was placed in a cool, dry crypt, and lay untouched for nearly 250 years. When the crypt was first opened in 1923, scientists were surprised to discover that Bishop Winstrup had become mummified, with his clothes and hair perfectly intact. Now, researchers have used his well-preserved lungs, damaged by TB, to understand when this deadly disease began infecting humans.

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 Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO) invites representatives of the TB affected community and civil society to apply for the WHO rosters of consultants for future possible involvement to complement the impact analysis of the TB progress at the country level through participation in National TB Program Reviews.