Caroline Lucas has backed a global campaign to eradicate tuberculosis. The Brighton Pavilion MP recently met representatives of TB Alert at Westminster and committed to a target of ZERO TB Deaths. Ms Lucas said: “It’s a scandal that so many people still die of a disease that can be cured with a course of antibiotics, […]
Conference on TB prevention and diagnosis
A conference looking at new ways of preventing TB in the UK will be held on the 19th of March 2014 at the Royal Society of Medicine. The meeting, entitled “TB in the UK:Getting ahead of the curve”, marks World TB Day and will focus on issues such as advances in diagnosis and ethnic and […]
TB and HIV crisis predicted in Eastern Europe and Central Asia if funding is cut
Health experts have warned that projected cutbacks in funding for treating tuberculosis and HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) could have disastrous consequences in efforts to tackle these diseases in these areas. The report Bridging the Gap, released on 7th November by RESULTS UK, Global Health Advocates, ACTION and TB Europe Coalition, of […]
Activists storm World Conference on Lung Health
Demonstrators stormed the opening of the Stop TB Symposium at the World Conference on Lung Health today in Paris, taking to the stage to demand better progress towards eliminating TB and a target of zero TB deaths. Treatment Action Group’s representative Colleen Daniels then made an impassioned speech. Her call for delegates to aim for […]
Report highlights people’s own experiences of living with TB
A new report has been launched telling people’s own stories of their experiences of TB. “UK TB Voices: The Story Behind the Statistics” explores TB in the UK through the first-person accounts of five ex-TB patients and one of the UK’s leading clinicians. Published by RESULTS UK, TB Alert, TB Action Group and the All […]
22 million lives saved by TB treatment, but gains at risk – WHO Report
Tuberculosis treatment has saved the lives of more than 22 million people since 1995, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2013 published on 23rd October 2013. But although TB incidence is falling at a rate of 2 per cent per year and global deaths are down from 1.4 million in 2011 […]
NICE publishes briefing on TB in vulnerable groups
NICE has published a briefing summarising its recommendations for managing TB among vulnerable people. The briefing aims to help bodies and organisations in planning and commissioning services for these people, who may find it difficult to access services through traditional routes. TB Alert’s UK Programme Director Rachel Dukes says: “This is a very timely and […]
TB Alert and TBAG endorse EU Manifesto on Global Health
TB Alert and the TB Action Group (TBAG), a network for people affected by TB in the UK, were among 48 NGOs that signed a manifesto calling on the next European Parliament to ensure funding health programmes will be a top priority in EU policies. The Civil Society Manifesto on Global Health also proposed that […]
New vaccine offers fresh hope in fight against TB
A new tuberculosis vaccine that can help stamp out the disease worldwide has been developed by researchers at McMaster University in Canada The vaccine was produced from a genetically modified version of the cold virus and is intended to function as a booster for the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine which is the only TB vaccine […]
Plan to wipe out tuberculosis in children launched
Health officials have launched a comprehensive plan to end tuberculosis in children worldwide which results in more than 74,000 deaths every year. The Roadmap for Childhood TB: Toward Zero Deaths is a joint effort by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, the STOP TB Partnership and its partners […]