Items tagged with Global TB response
WHO Town Hall for civil society and affected communities on UNHLM on TB 2023 (post)
On 17 April 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a Town Hall for civil society and affected communities in close collaboration with WHO's Civil Society Task Force on TB, on preparations for the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on TB.
Myths, misconceptions, and half-truths about TB (post)
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease compiled and shared facts about TB to dispel some myths, misconceptions, and half-truths getting in the way of ending TB.
Friends of the Global Fund Europe: World TB Day newsletter (post)
Friends of the Global Fund Europe released a newsletter highlighting the activities undertaken by the organization to mark World TB Day, 24 March.
WHO applauds Brazil’s leadership in advancing multisectoral engagement towards ending TB (post)
21 April 2023, Geneva | The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the new decree by the President of Brazil, His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on the establishment of an Interministerial Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and other Socially Determined Diseases (CIEDS).
Opinion: No more excuses — we can end TB in children (post)
Every year, 1.2 million children develop tuberculosis — an airborne, deadly disease that has been around for centuries. Even worse, more than half of these children are never diagnosed, much less treated, and 18% do not survive.
March 2023 issue of Public Health Action now online (post)
Public Health Action is the peer-reviewed open access journal of The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. It communicates and reports new knowledge across all relevant areas of operational research including: infection control, nutrition, TB, HIV, vaccines, smoking, COVID-19, microbial resistance and disease outbreaks.
IJTLD May 2023 issue now online (post)
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) is the official publication of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).
Next steps in eliminating TB in the Americas (post)
Globally, tuberculosis is the leading cause of death by infectious disease, topped only by COVID-19. Elimination of tuberculosis by 2030 is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. As an airborne disease that has infected about a quarter of the global population, tuberculosis control as a specific goal related to good health and wellbeing recognises that this is an international humanitarian crisis. Groups at high risk include homeless people, healthcare professionals, immigrants, Indigenous people, and incarcerated people. However, from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge to eliminate tuberculosis became even more prominent. The upsurge of cases and deaths affected many locations, including the Americas and the Caribbean. According to Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), this region represented 3% of the global burden in 2020.
Spotlight on ending TB at the 76th World Health Assembly (post)
Ongoing efforts to end TB were in the spotlight at the 76th World Health Assembly, held 21-30 May 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme of this year’s Health Assembly was: WHO at 75: Saving lives, driving health for all.
IJTLD June 2023 issue now online (post)
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) is the official publication of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).
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