Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered a tuberculosis (TB) vaccination strategy that could prevent the leading cause of death among people worldwide living with HIV.

A study conducted by a student in ISGlobal-UB’s Master of Global identifies the main barriers for using the LF-LAM test as recommended by the WHO in countries with the highest disease burden.

An article in 2023 issue of TAGline takes stock of the state of TB preventive treatment (TPT) around the world, exploring nuances that help explain why newly validated TPT regimens are still not universally used by household contacts of people living with active TB disease.

The United Nations General Assembly has formally adopted by consensus the Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting on the Fight against Tuberculosis.

RESIST-TB released its October 2023 newsletter with the latest updates and research publications on drug-resistant TB.

The report portrays how GSK’s financial interests have – and will likely continue to – set back progress against the world’s deadliest infectious disease lays bare just how egregiously large pharmaceutical companies bilk the global public, and makes an urgent case for government and philanthropic funders to take action and demand better.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Program is providing secretariat support to the TB vaccine accelerator council, which was recently established to facilitate the development, licensing and use of safe TB vaccines that are impactful in halting the TB epidemic. Civil society representatives with relevant expertise and experience are invited to respond to a call for expression of interest to be engaged in the leadership group of the Council. The deadline to apply is 18 October 2023.

The World Health Organization (WHO) will host a webinar on 13 October 2023 to present the new Guidance on engagement of communities and civil society to end TB which aims to strengthen collaboration and leverage capacities of communities and civil society in line with the End TB Strategy.

Despite increasing TB rates in prisons across the globe, current World Health Organization (WHO) TB prevention guidelines fail to reach incarcerated populations. Programs should instead prioritize them, argue a group of researchers from a range of global institutions.

NEW YORK, 10/04/2023 — The understaffed agency charged with monitoring tuberculosis in New York City is struggling to respond to new cases — fueling fears of a resurgence decades after the nation got TB under control.