Tuberculosis, not industrial accidents, is the deadliest threat to mine workers in Africa, says South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, and mining companies should be part of the solution.

TAG and TB CAB sent letters to manufacturers of Quantiferon TB Gold and Immucheck TB Platinum expressing concerns that their tests, blood-based interferon gamma release assays indicated only for latent TB infection detection, are misleadingly marketed in India as tests for active TB.

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Kuala Lumpur, 15 July 2013 – As negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement* move to Malaysia this week, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) urges negotiating countries to remove terms that could block people from accessing affordable medicines, choke off production of generic medicines, and constrain the ability of governments to pass laws in the interest of public health.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co says that enrollment has begun for "a ground-breaking clinical programme" looking at its investigational drug delamanid for paediatric multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

Sputum smear microscopy to identify acid-fast bacilli incorrectly identified other bacteria as Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a study of 415 HIV-positive people in Nigeria.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The incidence of active tuberculosis (TB) infection increased as much as 5 times for HIV-infected patients who received highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) therapy in rural South Africa, according to a new study.

11 July 2013 – Ottawa, Canada – The Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board has elected Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of Health of South Africa, as its Chair.

10 July 2013 – Ottawa, Canada – The Stop TB Partnership has presented Canada’s Minister for International Development, Julian Fantino, with an award recognizing Canada’s support and leadership in the fight against tuberculosis (TB).

Representatives of more than 100 civil society organizations (CSO) from 42 countries urged African leaders to intensify efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The call was made during a technical meeting held in Abuja, Nigeria from 4-5 July as part of the events leading up to the Abuja +12 Special Summit of the Africa Union on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria that will take place in the Nigerian capital from 15-16 July 2013.