Stop TB Partnership

News Stories 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

World Health Organization and Global Fund highlight urgent need for international financing to fight TB

18 March 2013

Global Drug Facility achieves price reduction for drug-resistant TB treatments

14 March 2013

UN Secretary-General appoints Ray Chambers as first Special Envoy on financing for the health-related Millennium Development Goals

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

News writers:

Sam Nuttall
Vittorio Cammarota
Young-Ae Chu
Jenniffer Dietrich
Elisabetta Minelli