History of tuberculosis increases risk for cardiovascular conditions, including ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction.

Tuberculosis stands as one of the leading causes of death among young people across the world. Modeling studies suggest that in over 96% of the deadly cases involving children younger than 15 years old, the infected child did not receive treatment.

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ERA4TB (European Regimen Accelerator for Tuberculosis) is partnering with fellow IMI-funded TB research consortium, UNITE4TB, on its upcoming webinar on 23 March 2023 from 4-5 pm CET.

On Friday 24th March, the MSF Science Twitter account will be hosting a Twitter Spaces event (a live audio discussion) on ‘Treating drug-resistant tuberculosis: the past, present and future’!

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) will host a webinar on 22 March 2023 to mark World TB Day, 'Measuring progress, moving forward towards Ending TB in Europe and Central Asia'.

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a call for applications to expand its global pool of consultants providing technical assistance to National TB Programs throughout the strategic planning process.

The Coordination Hub will be hosting bi-weekly deep dive calls during the period 30 March - 28 September 2023, providing regular updates on all things related to the upcoming Multi-stakeholder hearing on TB and TB HLM. You only need to register once to attend all upcoming calls!

DETROIT, March 13, 2023 – A team of faculty from Wayne State University has discovered new technology that will quickly and easily detect active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection antibodies. Their work, “Discovery of Novel Transketolase Epitopes and the Development of IgG-Based Tuberculosis Serodiagnostics,” was published in a recent edition of Microbiology Spectrum, a journal published by the American Society for Microbiology. The team is led by Lobelia Samavati, M.D., professor in the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics in the School of Medicine. Samavati was joined by Jaya Talreja, Ph.D, and Changya Peng, research scientists in Wayne State’s Department of Internal Medicine.

RESULTS UK is seeking a consultant to write an accountability policy report to support the policy advocacy efforts in the run up to the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on TB. Further details and scope of the work are available here.