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

Around the world, men are more likely to get TB and to die from it than women.

The Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New TB Vaccines (WGNV) released a newsletter with the latest updates related to the TB vaccine research and development.

Patients’ rights groups have accused the Union health ministry of denying shortages of key medicines for drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) even though they say the ministry’s own figures of drug inventories indicate why patients are facing shortages.

To mark this year's World Lung Day (September 25), the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) offered a free online course, Prevent TB: Management of TB infection (Part I & II).

The Stop TB Partnership ensured that high-level TB side events were organized daily with support from partners and key stakeholders during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week from 18-22 September 2023.

World leaders at the UN High-Level Meeting on TB have approved a Political Declaration with ambitious new targets for the next five years to advance the global efforts towards ending the TB epidemic.

USAID and PEPFAR announce that they have secured a 30% price reduction on the TB preventive treatment regimen called 3HP, taking the price from $14.25 to $9.99 for a three-month patient course.

22 September 2023: Today, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) launched an effort to detect two million active tuberculosis (TB) cases over the next five years and prevent at least 500,000 TB-related deaths among people living with HIV. According to estimates, more than half of the current TB cases among people living with HIV go undiagnosed. PEPFAR and its partners are committed to using new tools and new approaches that dramatically increase TB diagnosis and treatment coverage for people living with HIV.

21 September 2023: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a long-term commitment of $100 million to Unitaid to bring faster access to health products in low- and middle-income countries. This funding doubles the foundation’s previous commitment and will support Unitaid’s work to accelerate the introduction and delivery of new lifesaving solutions at equitable scale, including those for maternal and newborn health.