RESIST-TB released its July 2020 newsletter with the latest research publications on drug-resistant TB.

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) released its July 2020 newsletter, summarizing the activities carried out during the month. It highlights an article, co-authored by The Union, analysing potentially devastating impact of COVID-19 lockdown on India TB deaths. The July 2020 issue of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD), the official publication of The Union, is also now available online.

The Stop TB Partnership released its July 2020 newsletter, summarizing the initiatives and activities carried out during the month.

Compounds tested for their potential as antibiotics have demonstrated promising activity against one of the deadliest infectious diseases – tuberculosis (TB).

The toxin can block the use of important amino acids required by the bacteria to produce essential proteins needed for survival.

29 July 2020 | GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership’s New Diagnostics Working Group (NDWG) launched today a framework for the evaluation of new tests for tuberculosis infection. The document provides details on study design, populations, reference standards, sample size calculation and data analysis to guide the future development of these tests.

Treatment Action Group launches two new TB Activist Guides: An Activist’s Guide to Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tools, and An Activist’s Guide to Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

An article published in the European Respiratory Journal reflects on the rationale behind the programmatic TB definitions in management of TB and multidrug-resistant TB.

24 July 2020, Geneva | WHO is initiating the development of updated guidelines on the management of TB in children and adolescents. The second edition of the Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children was published in 2014. Since then, several recommendations included in this guidance have been updated as part of other WHO guidelines, including recommendations on TB preventive treatment, treatment of drug-resistant TB, rapid diagnostics. An update to the TB screening guidelines is currently in process.

To hold governments accountable for global commitments and to find solutions to tuberculosis (TB) and lung disease, it is essential to place people with lived experiences central in the conversation.