The Latest Breaking News from Tuberculosis

Zanyiwe Mavebenwane, from Cape Town in South Africa, hasn’t seen her eldest daughter in two months. It’s the fifth time she has had tuberculosis, and is receiving long-term care in hospital. The unemployed mother of five runs a soup kitchen a few times a week and is taking care of…

Campaigners say diagnoses of TB – ‘the quintessential disease of poverty’ – have risen because of ‘neglect’ and lack of funding

Geneva (AFP) - Following gargantuan global efforts against Covid-19, tuberculosis is once again the world's biggest infectious killer, a top expert has told AFP, lamenting the lack of focus on rooting out TB.

At the Global Fund Seventh Replenishment Conference last month, President Joe Biden pledged $6 billion in U.S. funding to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and strengthen health systems worldwide. The announcement is a welcome sign of the administration’s continued interest in global health as attention to the COVID-19 pandemic wanes.…

The current holder of the dubious honour is George Canning, who was in office for just 119 days before dying of tuberculosis - but Truss has a long way to go to pass him

Latest advances to curb Aids, tuberculosis and malaria are beyond reach without funding, says Global Fund’s executive director

Tuberculosis treatment takes a physical, mental and emotional toll. Drugs and treatment should be made free, and awareness created about a possible misdiagnosis 

A systemic approach from Australian researchers may result in a new TB vaccine reaching a human trial stage within five years.

“The adoption is for six months and the cost would be ₹600 per patient per month.”