The widespread use of cod liver oil encouraged by doctors could have played a significant part in the decline of tuberculosis cases in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a new study has suggested.

On World AIDS Day, 1 December 2011, the President of the Republic of South Africa, President Jacob Zuma, officially launched the new South African National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV, STIs and TB, 2012–2016.

A rapid molecular test for tuberculosis (TB) endorsed last year by the World Health Organization turns out to be most accurate and economic when it's used in combination with sputum microscopy, a new study from South Africa shows.

More research is needed "before the tuberculin skin test is abandoned for screening of latent TB infection in pregnancy," the authors say.

The call was made by Malick Kayumba from Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), during a training session that brought together journalists from various media houses especially, reporters on health issues.

TARTU, Estonia – It is cold and rainy here these days. It turns dark by 3:30 p.m., and people turn inward, going inside for light and warmth. For those working against tuberculosis in this university town in southern Estonia only 40 miles west of Russia, winter isn’t kind. TB is an airborne contagion, spreading through coughs or sneezes, and the risk of contracting it increases when people spend more time in close quarters.

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The announcement by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria that it has to cancel its new round of funding applications could hardly have come at a worse time. For me, as for thousands of other health workers at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and elsewhere, it feels like a punch in the face. Just when years and years of hard work bring hope that we can push back the three diseases that kill millions every year, funding dries up. With little room for manoeuvre in their fight against AIDS, TB and malaria, ministries of health in the hardest-hit countries may see hard-earned progress disappear.

Working with guinea pigs, tuberculosis experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have closely mimicked how active but untreated cases of the underlying lung infection lead to permanent eye damage and blindness in people.