Treatment Action Group (TAG) will host a webinar on 13 April 2023 that will provide an overview of the TB vaccine pipeline, based on TAG’s recent Tuberculosis Vaccines Pipeline Report, including the different candidates at different stages of research, and ongoing and upcoming studies that advocates should closely follow.

The Indian Patent Office takes a laudable step that will pave the way for generic manufacturing of a key TB drug.

Global TB community calls on world leaders to increase political and financial commitments to develop and roll out new TB vaccines as a central part of the global TB response.

On 4 April 2023, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) will host a webinar 'We must find TB, to end TB' to share its expertise, experience, and resources on TB in children and adolescents.

To commemorate World TB Day, the Global TB Caucus produced three videos to briefly discuss TB: giving context on the current status of the epidemic, discussing how work in the sphere is currently ongoing, what role the Caucus plays in the fight against TB, and how audiences might involve themselves in the cause. The Caucus adopted a creative approach to make the video messages more accessible to all audiences. Access the video series here.

Johannesburg, 24 March 2023 – The Unitaid-funded IMPAACT4TB Consortium, led by the Aurum Institute, announced today that it will provide 250,000 patient courses of short course rifapentine-based preventive treatment regimens to seven countries to help prevent tuberculosis (TB). The patient courses will include the three-month 3HP regimen, and the even shorter 1HP, that is only taken for 28 days. This contribution is part of the Consortium’s ongoing efforts to end TB and improve global health outcomes. 

On World TB Day 2023, ECDC and WHO/Europe issue a sobering warning that, despite having the tools to end TB, the European Region remains a long way from meeting its End TB Strategy targets.

Today, on World TB Day, we must recognize the urgent need to end the TB epidemic around the world, especially among people living with HIV.

The World Health Organization (WHO) released a special edition of its newsletter in commemoration of World TB Day, 24 March.

Q: When do we ignore a deadly pandemic?
A: When it’s called tuberculosis (TB)