News Stories 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
In This Section
News editor:
Judith Mandelbaum-Schmid
News writers:
Sam Nuttall
Vittorio Cammarota
Young-Ae Chu
Jenniffer Dietrich
Elisabetta Minelli