A big thanks to St George’s Hospital in southwest London for helping raise awareness within the local community on tuberculosis during World TB Day. Staff put up a stall at the hospital entrance and gave out leaflets and information about TB to the public. Ikenna Obianwa, TB Alert’s Community Development Officer said similar events will […]
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Bone marrow stem cells offer new hope for treatment of drug-resistant TB
People with drug-resistant tuberculosis could in future be treated using stem cells from their own bone marrow, according to early results of research by British and Swedish scientists. In a study in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Journal, researchers said more than half of 30 patients with drug-resistant TB were cured of the disease after six […]
TB Alert’s new annual report is out!
Our annual report for 2012-2013 is now available. We had another fantastic year, with our work reaching more people affected by TB than ever before both within the UK and in Africa and Asia. You can download the report here, or please email [email protected] if you would like us to post you a hard copy.
Caroline Lucas joins global fight against TB
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 […]