A new study led by scientists at the University of Birmingham has shed fresh light on how a key front-line drug kills the tuberculosis bacterium.

MANILA — As the Indian health ministry considers banning the export of anti-tuberculosis drugs to ensure sufficient domestic supply, aid groups have expressed concern.

Call for expressions of interest from the World Health Organization (WHO) Region of the Americas with an extended deadline until 3 May 2020. The aim of the Task Force is to intensify the voice of civil society in ending TB at all levels.

Although tuberculosis is relatively uncommon in the United States, it remains a potent killer in less developed regions. In South Africa, TB is the number one cause of death and there is a disproportionate share of HIV-associated tuberculosis. People with HIV are more likely to progress from latent tuberculosis to active tuberculosis disease, making prevention of tuberculosis transmission a priority.

Researchers from Russia, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the U.S. have revealed the structure of the protein responsible for vitamin B12 import into the cells of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. The research findings were published in Nature.

Wednesday, 22 April 2020 (Paris, France) – If resources are diverted away from child and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) programmes in order to fight COVID-19, the consequences for the estimated 400,000 children and adolescents in the African region needing TB and multidrug-resistant TB care each year could be devastating, warned the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) today.

The Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) and the World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia released a community friendly brochure on How to Protect Ourselves from TB.

To support country programs, communities, people affected by TB, and partners during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stop TB Partnership’s Strategic Initiatives & Innovative Financing (SIIF) Team, as part of its Re-Imagining TB Care initiative, is organising a series of Virtual Innovation Spotlights to share various health tech solutions that can be used to: