The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) released its June 2020 newsletter, summarizing the activities carried out during the month.

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.

The Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), governments and global health actors as an ‘unprecedented and inclusive partnership’ to address some of the challenges linked with the management of the COVID-19 emergency and the development and delivery of needed treatments, vaccines and diagnostics.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Union is announcing that the 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health will take place virtually from 20-24 October 2020.

As the number of people affected by covid-19 continues to increase worldwide, there is growing concern over the massive collateral damage to routine health services in all settings.

Rigid treatments of tuberculosis could lead to the emergence of more drug-resistant tuberculosis instead of less, new study shows.

NAIROBI — Sheila Baraza, a 30-year-old resident of Ruaka, a city to the northwest of Nairobi, unsuccessfully fought back tears as she recalled the pain of seeking and then undertaking a two-year treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Systematic treatment for tuberculosis was not superior to test-guided treatment in reducing mortality or invasive bacterial disease among immunosuppressed adults with HIV, according to findings in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Aidspan: Global Fund Observer

Study estimates at least 110,000 additional deaths from TB in China, India and South Africa unless health services maintained and strengthened.