Items tagged with Global TB response

May edition of the Stop TB Partnership's newsletter (post)

The Stop TB Partnership released its May newsletter, presenting the initiatives and activities undertaken during the month. 

Aidspan publishes new issue of ‘Global Fund Observer’ (post)

Aidspan: Global Fund Observer

We need to science the shit out of tuberculosis (post)

For too long, TB patients and care providers have been fighting a protracted battle with antiquated, inefficient tools, diagnostics, vaccines and drug regimens.

Gates Foundation launches nonprofit biotech research institute to focus on malaria, TB, enteric diseases (post)

UN HLM on TB Key Ask 1: 40 million by 2022 (post)

One of the main targets for the UN High-Level Meeting on TB (UN HLM on TB) is to get 40 million people diagnosed and on proper TB treatment by the end of 2022.

Debate in UK Parliament: Ending TB (post)

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis organised a debate on TB in the UK Parliament on the floor of the House of Commons on 7 June 2018.

South African President called upon to attend global TB meeting (post)

Civil society groups are calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend a historic global tuberculosis (TB) meeting in September, as a show of political will in ending South Africa’s top killer.

The epidemic we must stop ignoring (post)

Tuberculosis afflicts ten million people every year, and continues to kill more people than any other communicable disease, despite global commitments to eliminate it. But, despite this awareness, TB in children is being systematically ignored, with a quarter-million young lives lost every year.

Neglecting childhood tuberculosis “a human rights violation” (post)

Tuberculosis will be high on the global health agenda in 2018, but tuberculosis in children is often overlooked. Talha Burki reports.

IJTLD July 2018 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).