Session submissions for Community Connect for The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023 are now being accepted. Submissions will be open until 5 June.

The Multi-stakeholder hearing on TB will be held on 8 May 2023, providing an opportunity for all relevant stakeholders to contribute to the ongoing preparatory process for the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said adults at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB) should still be screened for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI).

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s latest guidelines on drug-resistant TB treatment recommend rapid roll-out of the novel BPaLM regimen that has the potential to dramatically increase cure rates due to its high efficacy, allow broader access due to its lower cost and improve patient quality of life as this regimen is all-oral and significantly shorter than conventional treatment regimens. WHO and its partners have recently issued a Call to Action to call on governments and other stakeholders to accelerate the implementation of the novel, 6-month all-oral regimen for the treatment of drug-resistant TB.

The joint statement calls on Member States, partners, international agencies, and communities to join forces to collectively drive a response that matches the scale of the TB epidemic.

The Union has elected a new Community Advisory Panel.

Lecturers of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University have developed MTB Strip Test Kit for TB diagnosis that’s accurate and easy to use, guaranteed by the 2023 Invention Award from the National Research Council of Thailand — Another hope to reduce the spread of tuberculosis in Thailand.

In individuals with baseline chest x-rays suggestive of TB, progression from negative to positive disease occurred at an annualized rate of 10%.

Patients with concurrent tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 have a high risk for death, according to a study published online April 26 in PLOS Global Public Health.

Every year, 1.2 million children develop tuberculosis — an airborne, deadly disease that has been around for centuries. Even worse, more than half of these children are never diagnosed, much less treated, and 18% do not survive.