News Stories 2013
Global Drug Facility to expand MDR-TB drug stockpile with new UNITAID grant
13 December 2013
Communities join Mark Dybul to call for end of 'evil twins' TB and HIV
12 December 2013
Challenge Facility for Civil Society launches call for proposals
11 December 2013
Stop TB Partnership honours life of Nelson Mandela
06 December 2013
Global Fund Donors Pledge US $12 Billion
03 December 2013
World AIDS Day Statement from Lucica Ditiu
01 December 2013
Community Research Advisors Group seeks new members
27 November 2013
Track donor pledges online as Global Fund Replenishment approaches
25 November 2013
Theme for World TB Day 2014 announced
25 November 2013
Partners rally to support patients in Afghanistan after fire at TB drug warehouse
12 November 2013
Challenge Facility grantee calls for TB programmes that target vulnerable populations in Ghana
07 November 2013
Advocates warn of escalating TB and HIV crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia if funding drops
07 November 2013
Symposium focuses on how the law can uphold TB patients’ rights
03 November 2013
US Centers for Disease control wins scarecrow contest with Edgar Allan Crow
31 October 2013
Major boost for TB/HIV integration as Global Fund mandates unified funding applications
30 October 2013
TB activists storm stage at World Conference on Lung Health
30 October 2013
Funding for TB research falls for first time in eight years
29 October 2013
WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2013: Gains in TB fight are at huge risk
23 October 2013
Mining executives agree strong corporate voice on TB needed
21 October 2013
Eastern European and Central Asian countries gather to discuss HIV/AIDs and TB threats
18 October 2013
TB and mining on the agenda as private sector leaders gather in South Africa
16 October 2013
Aeras wins PR Daily award for ‘Exposed’ film series
14 October 2013
Coordinating Board appoints new Vice-Chair and members of Executive and Finance Committees
07 October 2013
First-ever targeted roadmap outlines steps to end childhood TB deaths
01 October 2013
TB REACH kick-starts sustained efforts to free Gambia’s children from TB
30 September 2013
Global Coalition of TB Activists selects new leadership team
30 September 2013
TB REACH calls for applications for fourth wave of projects
24 September 2013
UK pledges $1.6 billion to the Global Fund
23 September 2013
Global Fund results show further gains in fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria
20 September 2013
12 September 2013
Roll out of rapid TB test aims to save thousands of lives and prevent spread of drug-resistance
10 September 2013
04 September 2013
Tuberculosis estimated to cost European Union Countries six billion Euros a year
15 August 2013
09 August 2013
02 August 2013
Launch of the Partnership for TB care and Control (PTCC)
01 August 2013
31 July 2013
Civil Society meeting charts course for increased Global Fund engagement
30 July 2013
Treatment Action Group Criticizes European Refusal of New Drug to Fight Tuberculosis
29 July 2013
African leaders pledge to eliminate AIDS, TB and malaria by 2030
16 July 2013
11 July 2013
Stop TB Partnership welcomes Canada’s continued support in the fight against TB
10 July 2013
Treatment Action Group laments anemic pipeline for new TB drugs, diagnostics and vaccines
30 June 2013
TB activists call for uninterrupted supply of TB medicines in India
26 June 2013
Civil society demands bigger role in the Union’s Africa Region
22 June 2013
WHO issues interim guidance on the use of bedaquiline to treat multidrug-resistant TB
13 June 2013
Five new constituency representatives join the Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board
10 June 2013
Lancet article highlights Global Drug Facility’s leading role in TB drug market
05 June 2013
‘Cost-effective’ TB investments included in high-level panel’s proposed post-2015 goals
31 May 2013
Ethiopian community health workers help double the number of vulnerable people provided with TB Care
30 May 2013
Global leaders debate role of health in the post-2015 agenda
21 May 2013
Health ministers propose practical steps to accelerate response to TB in Africa
20 May 2013
Private sector to accelerate TB fight ahead of 2015 deadline
17 May 2013
Global consultation on health in the post-2015 development agenda yields bold TB targets
06 May 2013
Experts from South-East Asia aim for more ambitious and inclusive response to drug-resistant TB
30 April 2013
A voice for the poor and marginalized - Jorge Sampaio honoured for political advocacy on TB
15 April 2013
Global Fund targets $15 billion to effectively fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
09 April 2013
UN calls for accelerated action in the next 1000 days to meet poverty reduction targets
06 April 2013
TB activists launch new global coalition
27 March 2013
Global forum aims to accelerate progress on TB vaccine development
25 March 2013
Prisons latest target as South Africa continues zero TB drive
24 March 2013
World TB Day Statement from Dr Lucica Ditiu, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership
24 March 2013
Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Stop TB Partnership issue joint World TB Day statement
24 March 2013
President of India issues World TB Day message
23 March 2013
1000 day countdown on TB and HIV goals starts in Swaziland
21 March 2013
Health leaders head to Swaziland to launch 1000 day push on TB and HIV
20 March 2013
Historic opportunity to tackle drug-resistant tuberculosis could be missed, MSF warns
19 March 2013
18 March 2013
Global Drug Facility achieves price reduction for drug-resistant TB treatments
14 March 2013
01 March 2013
Farewell message from the Special Envoy to Stop TB
21 February 2013
African civil society calls for unified resource mobilization for health
20 February 2013
Landmark meeting on post-2015 TB targets held in Geneva
14 February 2013
TB activists to replace Community Task Force with broader global coalition
06 February 2013
Community activists meet to cement their future role in the fight against TB
05 February 2013
No major breakthrough imminent in quest for TB vaccine
04 February 2013
Help make TB a global priority after 2015
31 January 2013
Cochrane Library review shows Xpert to be highly accurate
31 January 2013
Update from the Global Drug Facility
28 January 2013
Global leaders in Davos put spotlight on tuberculosis in Afghanistan
24 January 2013
Stop TB Partnership welcomes focus on TB by BRICS health ministers in Delhi Communiqué
14 January 2013
Jordan’s national TB champion inspires donations to flood-hit Syrian refugee camp
14 January 2013
2013 kicks off with focus on Global Fund replenishment, community engagement and post-2015 targets
10 January 2013
WHO to convene expert meeting on the use of bedaquiline for MDR-TB treatment
07 January 2013