As part of the UK Academics and Professionals to End Tuberculosis group (UKAPTB), TB Alert has written to Theresa May urging her to head Britain’s delegation to the UN general assembly high-level meeting on ending TB next week. In the letter, the group says the intervention of world leaders is urgently needed to contain TB […]
After losing her five sisters, Rebecca feared for her life
This Sunday, in the TB Alert BBC Radio 4 Appeal, Felicity Kendal shares Rebecca’s story. Rebecca, who lives in rural Zimbabwe, feared for her life and her unborn baby’s future when she fell ill with the same symptoms that had killed her five sisters. You can listen to the appeal on the morning of Sunday 23rd […]
Political declaration on TB ready for the UN High-level Meeting on TB
The United Nations General Assembly has published a Political Declaration on the Fight against Tuberculosis (TB) which will be endorsed at the High-Level Meeting on TB on 26 September. Read the full Declaration
Patient experiences needed for study into the impact of TB on wellbeing
Researchers at Kingston University are looking for former pulmonary TB patients to take part in a study examining the impact tuberculosis has on people’s lives. To take part, you need to : have had a pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis have completed treatment and no longer require further treatment be 25-45 years live in the UK You will be interviewed […]
NHS data sharing – urgent call to protect patient confidentiality
In welcome news last week, the influential Commons Health Select Committee wrote to NHS Digital to demand an immediate end to the sharing of NHS patient records with the Home Office. This follows a secretive deal in January between NHS Digital, the body that stores patient information, and the Home Office to allow immigration officials […]
Ministers make new global commitment to end TB
Last week in Moscow, 75 ministers agreed to take urgent action to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The announcement came at the first WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Tuberculosis in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response, which brought together delegates from 114 countries. The Moscow Declaration to End TB is a promise to […]
Race against TB in The Virgin Money London Marathon 2018
The London marathon is often described as the world’s greatest marathon, and the huge demand for the limited places reflects this! You can guarantee your entry and help save lives from TB by signing up for TB Alert’s Silver Bond place. As places are limited, we ask interested runners to commit to raising over £2500 […]
WHO: antimicrobial resistance a global health emergency
A new WHO report, Antibacterial agents in clinical development – an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including tuberculosis, describes antimicrobial resistance and the lack of new antibiotic candidates as a ‘global health emergency’. The report found that very few treatment options exist for antibiotic-resistant infections, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, and that most drugs in the […]
Professor Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick (1924-2017)
All at TB Alert are saddened at the recent passing of our Vice President, Professor Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick. Professor Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick achieved an enormous amount in her 92 years. She had an illustrious career as a leading thoracic physician and was appointed the first female president of the Royal College of Physicians. Dame Margaret knew […]
New study finds 20 year plus benefit from BCG in adolescence
New research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and National Institute of Health research finds that the BCG offers more protection against TB than previously thought – offering over 20 years’ protection when given to adolescent children in the UK. Though the protection offered by the BCG varies by geographic region, according to […]