The Word Tuberculosis Day, March 24th, is a good opportunity to think about the role of HIV and AIDS organizations in Latin America and The Caribbean, in the prevention and integral care of TB.

This is a report of an online consultation and key informant interviews on childhood tuberculosis conducted by Citizen News Service (CNS) along with more than 50 partner organizations and networks in lead up to the World TB Day 2012.

New discoveries by Cambridge scientists about a molecular waste-disposal process that ‘eats’ bacteria are influencing the clinical management of cystic fibrosis, and could be the basis of innovative new treatments to fight off bacteria.

The search for new treatments for infectious diseases gets a lot of attention. But to treat something, we first need to know what we’re dealing with. That’s not always easy. The backbone of diagnosis is still built from old methods that include growing mystery germs in lab cultures, or checking how they react to specific chemicals. These techniques require special training and can be time-consuming. Unlike medical dramas, where diseases can be diagnosed between quips, the real-life work can take days.

Experts in tuberculosis (TB) have said that the Commonwealth Secretariat is well-placed to provide leadership in strengthening public awareness of the disease, which can be fatal if left untreated.

Read the 2012 letter to partners from UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé.

Cases of tuberculosis are on the rise not just in the developing world but also in Hungary.

Testing all clinic patients for HIV when they get tested for tuberculosis in India’s Mandya district would increase the HIV case-finding rate 51%, according to results of a 1668-person study.

Undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) is common among patients receiving routine HIV care in South Africa, a study published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes suggests, reinforcing World Health Organization guidance regarding routine screening of people with HIV for TB.

Former tuberculosis (TB) patients from around the world  offered a unique glimpse at the impact of the disease on individuals, and the toll it takes on family and friends, by telling their personal stories at an event hosted by The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in late March to honor World TB Day.