Stop TB Partnership

Award for Excellence in Reporting on Tuberculosis

The Stop TB Award for Excellence in Reporting on Tuberculosis fosters, recognizes and awards outstanding reporting in print that materially increases the public's knowledge and understanding of tuberculosis (TB), including multidrug-resistant TB, in countries affected by the disease. The award is supported by the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership.

There are first, second and third place awards for both categories (a total of six awards). First place: $3000 and a certificate. Second place: $2000 and a certificate. Third place: $1000 and a certificate. Reasonable travel expenses to the event at which the award will be presented will be reimbursed for both first place winners.

WINNERS OF 2011 AWARD

Low- and middle-income country category:

First place: Bharathi Ghanashyam of India for her blog, "Children and TB - the diagnostic challenges"

Second place: David Dizon of the Philippines. His article "Stigma still a hindrance in TB prevention", ABS-CBN News Online

Third place: Evelyn Lirri of Uganda. "Tuberculosis is curable but is still a silent killer in Uganda", Saturday Monitor

High-income country category:

First place: Michael Specter of the United States. "A Deadly Misdiagnosis", The New Yorker

Second place: Ray Suarez of the United States, "South Africa Still Struggling with Deadly TB-HIV Epidemic", PBS News Hour Web site

Third place: Jason Overdorf of the United States, "India: As the middle class rises, so does tuberculosis", Global Post

WINNERS OF 2010 AWARD

Low- and middle-income country category:

First place: Lungi Langa of South Africa, "I didn't think I'd have TB" [.pdf], The Daily News,

Second place: Anna Biernat of Poland, "Zpamietnika suchotnika" ("The diary of a consumptive") [.pdf], Polityka,

Third place: Sabina Aliyeva of Azerbaijan, «Палочка Коха, уносящая жизни» ("Koch bacillus takes lives") [.pdf] was published in the «Каспий» newspaper

High-income country category:

First place: Tied between. Andrew Jack of the United Kingdom, "Diagnosis: Hope" [.pdf], Financial Times and Jen Skerrit, "The Forgotten Disease" [.pdf] Winnepeg Free Pres

Third place: Jenna Sloan and Kate Wighton, United Kingdom, "Singer joins campaign to wipe out TB across the globe" [.pdf] The Sun

WINNERS OF 2009 AWARD

First place: Charles Mpaka of Malawi, "A woman’s face in tuberculosis [.pdf]", The Daily Times, Blantyre

Second place: Carlos Henrique Fioravanti, "Mortal Drama [.pdf]", Pesquisa Magazine, Sao Paulo

Third place: Neway Tsegaye of Ethiopia, "TB Awareness and Treatment Challenges [.pdf]", Addis Lissan Newspaper, Addis Ababa

WINNERS OF 2008 AWARD

First place: Brian Ligomeka of Malawi, "Malawi: Fighting TB as part of the deadly trio [.pdf]" (The Sunday Times of Malawi)

Second place: Ilze Vainovska of Latvia, "We can [.pdf]" (Kursas Laiks)

Third place: Berlanty Refaat of Egypt, "Let the shisha talk [.pdf]"