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We are recruiting

TB Alert is seeking a Finance and Administration Assistant to join our team fighting TB in the UK and overseas. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills while making a real difference, working as part of a dynamic team committed to fighting a disease which claims 1.4 million lives a year. The charity's mission is to work towards the control and ultimate elimination of TB by increasing access to effective treatment for all. We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual, with excellent financial and organisational skills, to join our Finance and Administration team. Reporting to the Finance and Administration Officer, you will take a key role in the processing of the charity's financial transactions through to assisting in the preparation of financial accounts. You will also be responsible for helping ensure the smooth running of our Brighton head office and for providing administrative support to our staff in Brighton, Leeds, London and Manchester.

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Professional events update

Check out our Professional Events section for information about upcoming events on TB and Public Health issues from Public Health England, The Scottish Government and the Birmingham and Midland Institute.
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TB on BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 Live held an interesting discussion on TB in the UK and globally, featuring TB Alert Trustee and Senior Lecturer in Pathogen Biology and Diagnostics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dr Ruth McNerney; and TB Alert partner organisation Find and Treat: Listen again online.

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Go to http://t.co/5JBw7ZFmrO for TB and Public Health event info from The Scottish Government, Birmingham & Midland Institute and PHE.

  • We cannot win the battle against AIDS if we do not also fight TB. TB is too often a death sentence for people with AIDS. It does not have to be this way. We have known how to cure TB for more than 50 years. What we have lacked is the will and the resources to quickly diagnose people with TB and get them the treatment they need. Nelson Mandela

  • I am very impressed by the work done by TB Alert, that is why I wanted to spread the message...I am one of those that did think that TB had been eradicated...and suddenly it is back in a very big way! Baroness Joan Bakewell, explaining why she supports TB Alert

  • TB is the child of poverty – and also its parent and provider. TB Alert's Patron, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

  • TB Alert are passionate in their work to stamp out TB in the UK and alleviate the problems of people with TB. Alan Higgins, Director of Public Health, Oldham

  • TB Alert allowed me to regain a purpose to live. People who listened, understood and never judged. I am now proud to be part of the team which is able to offer peer support to others. Steve, TB Action Group member

  • TB Alert UK respects partnership work. Chennupati Vidya, President  of TB Alert partner, VMM