News Stories 2012
TB Alliance receives grant from UNITAID to develop pediatric TB drugs
19 December 2012
Union project shows how low-income countries can deliver integrated TB/HIV care
18 December 2012
04 December 2012
Sir John Crofton Fund to Fight TB launched in London
30 November 2012
PEPFAR blueprint for an AIDS-free generation identifies TB/HIV as a top priority
29 November 2012
World AIDS Day statement by Dr Lucica Ditiu, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership
29 November 2012
UNAIDS and the Stop TB Partnership join forces to stop HIV/TB deaths
27 November 2012
23 November 2012
TB REACH commits US $ 27 million for finding and treating people with TB
23 November 2012
19 November 2012
Civil society declaration on tuberculosis issued at Union Conference
16 November 2012
Guide to working with national champions launched today
16 November 2012
Global Fund Board issues major announcements
15 November 2012
TB REACH grantees report twenty-fold acceleration in ability to find people with TB
15 November 2012
First ever civil society march held at the Union World Conference on Lung Health
14 November 2012
Treatment Action Group and Stop TB Partnership Issue Update on 2011 Global TB R&D Investment Trends
14 November 2012
Desmond Tutu TB Centre receives Stop TB Partnership Kochon Prize
13 November 2012
Advocates draw up to-do list to tackle childhood TB
13 November 2012
18 October 2012
In new report, WHO warns global fight against TB now at a crossroads
17 October 2012
Four-year national MDR-TB plan launched in Romania
02 October 2012
UN Special Envoy honoured by Global Health and Diplomacy
27 September 2012
TB Alliance and Sanofi to collaborate on research for new TB drugs
20 September 2012
Health advocates: Progress on TB and HIV under threat unless EU steps in
19 September 2012
Statement in response to the Global Fund Board’s decisions on financing
18 September 2012
TB advocates respond to proposed Global Fund allocations for TB
13 September 2012
Update: Global Drug Facility enters a new era
11 September 2012
World Bank President Jim Kim blogs on TB, mining and Africa
10 September 2012
Overcoming Tuberculosis now available in Russian language version
04 September 2012
Southern African heads of state join forces to end tuberculosis in the mining sector
30 August 2012
Cost of Xpert cartridges to drop 40 percent
06 August 2012
Whoopi Goldberg calls for action on childhood TB at International AIDS Conference
27 July 2012
BD and PEPFAR launch Labs for Life initiative
26 July 2012
Huge protest march at AIDS 2012 ends in 12 arrests
25 July 2012
TB Alliance study raises hope for shortened treatment of drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB
23 July 2012
TB REACH launches call for proposals for Wave 3
23 July 2012
Southern African leaders to speak out on TB, HIV and mining at AIDS 2012
17 July 2012
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University receives International AIDS Society TB/HIV prize
12 July 2012
Recognizing excellence in the fight against childhood TB: Kochon Prize calls for nominations
29 June 2012
Stop TB Partnership welcomes India’s ruling on serological tests
19 June 2012
Dramatic results from TB REACH project make case for mHealth scale up
14 June 2012
US$ 40 million committed to roll-out of Xpert
14 June 2012
Swazi health minister says new partnerships required to achieve zero TB deaths in the mining sector
08 June 2012
Mobile technology could be game-changer in fight against TB
28 May 2012
No more TB suspects: time to change the way we talk about tuberculosis
15 May 2012
Global Fund forecasts additional $1.6 billion in available funds for 2012-2014
10 May 2012
Key advocates set agenda for building network of TB-affected community reps
04 May 2012
Ministers endorse declaration set to pave the way to zero TB deaths among miners in Southern Africa
27 April 2012
Aeras and TBVI agree to strengthen collaboration on advancing new TB vaccines
27 April 2012
TB champion Gerry Elsdon completes two-week walk across South Africa to raise awareness about TB
17 April 2012
Comment: Youth need to stand up and do something to stop TB
17 April 2012
Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New Drugs launches Innovate TB contest
30 March 2012
29 March 2012
Treatment Action Group finds global funding for TB research rose by just 2% in 2010
24 March 2012
World TB Day message from Dr Lucica Ditiu, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership
24 March 2012
Sentinel Project releases moving stories of children with TB
22 March 2012
UN Secretary-General marks World TB Day with visit to TB patients in Malaysia
21 March 2012
Childhood tuberculosis neglected, despite available remedies
21 March 2012
Opinion: Lucica Ditiu on a vaccine blueprint for a TB-free future
21 March 2012
New Vaccine Strategy to Advance Solutions for TB
20 March 2012
World TB Day message from the United Nations Secretary-General
16 March 2012
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gives major grant to Aeras
15 March 2012
Cutting off the head of the TB snake in Africa: Declaration on TB and mining in Africa draws closer
09 March 2012
Five-cent-a-day preventive treatment can reduce TB cases among miners by 63%
09 March 2012
TB community mourns the loss of a dedicated advocate, Congressman Donald Payne
08 March 2012
More than 900 000 lives have been saved by protecting people living with HIV from TB
02 March 2012
Video documents national champions as they work to raise awareness about TB
29 February 2012
Online consultation gathers views on getting to zero TB infections in children
27 February 2012
South African version of La Bohème opera brings TB message to the stage
23 February 2012
Interactive website launched for World TB Day campaign
21 February 2012
South Africa trials target better treatment for children with MDR-TB
14 February 2012
Gates Foundation invests $7.7 million in TB diagnostics research
09 February 2012
WHO reports highest ever levels of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
03 February 2012
NIH joins Aeras in clinical trial of new tuberculosis vaccine
31 January 2012
Global meeting on tuberculosis opens today
30 January 2012
Opinion: Why is Research Critical to Stop Tuberculosis?
27 January 2012
Indian partnership launches call for action against drug-resistant TB
26 January 2012
New information hub for national Stop TB partnerships launched
25 January 2012
Update on capreomycin and kanamycin supply by the Global Drug Facility
15 January 2012
China National Biotec Group and Aeras sign agreement on TB vaccine research and development
10 January 2012
Dr Evan Lee named Vice President of Lilly’s Global Health Programs and Access
03 January 2012