TB news - past home page features

• WHO official news releases on tuberculosis

Past TB home page features

• Landmark meeting on post-2015 TB targets held in Geneva
  14 February 2013
• WHO Coordinator honoured for her outstanding work on TB
  24 October 2012
• 20 million lives saved through TB care and control
  17 October 2012
• Accelerating the global scale-up in use of Xpert MTB/RIF
  7 August 2012
• Childhood tuberculosis neglected, despite available remedies
  21 March 2012
• Working together with businesses
  27 February 2012
  Guidance on TB and TB/HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care in the workplace
• New website launched to collect data on Xpert MTB/RIF use
  13 February 2012
• Survey of the quality of anti-tuberculosis medicines circulating in selected newly independent states of the former Soviet Union
  3 February 2012
• Drug-resistant tuberculosis
  13 January 2012
• World AIDS Day 2011
  Statement from Dr Mario Raviglione,
  Director of WHO Stop TB Department
  30 November 2011
• New WHO recommendations on use of commercial TB Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) in low- and middle-income countries
  24 October 2011
• WHO Coordinator honoured for his outstanding work on TB/HIV
  24 October 2011
• WHO WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES OF UNDERFUNDING TB
  10 October 2011
• Signing of a new tuberculosis initiative between the World Health Organization and the International Pharmaceutical Federation
  1 September 2011
• Taking action on the link between TB and diabetes - launch of new collaborative framework
  30 August 2011
• Launch of 'Priorities in Operational Research to Improve Tuberculosis Care and Control'
  29 August 2011
• Guidelines for programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis
  10 August 2011
• WHO warns against the use of inaccurate blood tests for active tuberculosis (TB)
  20 July 2011
• WHO Director thanks Princess Akishino of Japan for her support for TB control
  22 June 2011
• Meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB (STAG-TB)
  22 June 2011
• One million lives can be saved between now and the end of 2015 by preventing and treating tuberculosis among people living with HIV‬
  7 June 2011
• Ms Peng Liyuan is appointed WHO Goodwill Ambassador
  3 June 2011
• Xpert MTB/RIF - rapid TB test - WHO publishes policy and guidance for implementers
  18 May 2011
• Towards universal access to diagnosis and treatment of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis by 2015
  23 March 2011
• World TB Day, "ToBe Continued...." is returning on 24 March 2011
  22 March 2011
• WHO Stop TB Director welcomes the appointment of the Stop TB Partnership's new Executive Secretary
  19 January 2011
• WHO ENDORSES NEW RAPID TUBERCULOSIS TEST
  8 December 2010
• Just released: WHO Guidance on Ethics of tuberculosis prevention, care and control
  1 December 2010
• Launch of the WHO Global Tuberculosis Control Report 2010
  9 November 2010
• Consultation meeting to strengthen the active engagement of civil society organizations in the global TB prevention, care and control efforts
  5 October 2010
• Activists at International Aids Conference call for strengthened actions to halt deaths from TB/HIV co-infections
  15 July 2010
• Lancet series on tuberculosis praises achievements to date while calling for more commitment
  25 May 2010
• Treatment of tuberculosis: guidelines for national programmes
  7 May 2010
• Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant TB (M/XDR-TB): 2010 global report on surveillance and response
  23 March 2010
• World TB Day 2010: To Be Continued - 24 hour music event
  16 March 2010
• Women and tuberculosis
  8 March 2010
• Tuberculosis - The Essentials (Fourth edition)
  11 February 2010
  Series: Lung Biology in Health and Disease
• Global tuberculosis control: a short update to the 2009 report
  4 December 2009
• Stop TB Department launches TB newsletter with regular news and features on tuberculosis control
  30 November 2009
• WHO information on tuberculosis and pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
  12 November 2009
• A ministerial meeting of high M/XDR-TB burden countries
  16 October 2009
  Meeting report
  1-3 April 2009, Beijing, China
• UN Special Envoy welcomes new commitment to fighting TB from African Health Ministers
  16 September 2009
• Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis elimination study underlines the need for strengthened control measures
  16 September 2009
• 62nd World Health Assembly adopts resolution on MDR-TB and XDR-TB
  22 May 2009
  Prevention and control of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
• Health ministers to accelerate efforts against drug-resistant TB
  3 April 2009
• MORE PEOPLE DYING FROM TB ARE HIV-INFECTED THAN PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED
  24 March 2009
  Press Release for World TB Day and the launch of the WHO Global TB Control Report
• Stopping the spread of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB)
  9 February 2009
  A ministerial meeting of high M/XDR-TB burden countries, Beijing, China, 1-3 April 2009
• Luis Figo and the world tuberculosis cup
  14 January 2009
  Read how you can help beat tuberculosis and join his team
• Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis
  (STAG-TB)
  20 November 2008
  Meeting report published
• 39th Union World Conference on Lung Health
  16-20 October, Paris, France
  13 October 2008
• Targeted action on HIV and tuberculosis
  needed to reach drug users
  4 August 2008
• Rapid tests for drug-resistant TB to be available in developing countries
  30 June 2008
• HIV/TB Global Leaders' Forum
  9 June 2008
• 61st World Health Assembly opening
  19 May 2008
• STRENGTHENING THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO XDR-TB
  18 April 2008
• WORLDWIDE EFFORTS TO CONFRONT TUBERCULOSIS ARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT TOO SLOWLY
  17 March 2008
• World health organization reports highest rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis to date
  26 February 2008
• WHO to launch new report on the global threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis
  22 February 2008
• Strengthening Laboratory Services
  6 February 2008
• Turning evidence into policy and policy into practice
  6 February 2008
• Football legend, Figo, joins the TB community with a goal to raise awareness
  24 January 2008
• Lisa Véron
  10 January 2008
• New study says aggressive tuberculosis control could yield substantial economic gains for poor countries
  13 December 2007
• TB and HIV - the co-epidemic
  3 December 2007
• TB funding agreement for Myanmar signed by WHO Representative
  27 November 2007
• 38th Union World Conference on Lung Health
  8-12 November 2007, Capetown, South Africa
  7 November 2007
• Revised Clinical Infectious Diseases press release
  1 November 2007
• WHO and the emergence of XDR-TB
  30 October 2007
• Sixth meeting of the Working Group on MDR-TB
  Tbilisi, Georgia, 20-22 September 2007
  4 October 2007
• The sixth meeting of the Working Group on MDR-TB was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, 20-22 September 2007
  3 October 2007
• WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on TB (STAG)
  14 September 2007
• Policy guidance on TB drug susceptibility testing (DST) of second-line drugs (SLD)
  23 July 2007
• US$2.15 billion plan to contain drug-resistant tuberculosis launched
  21 June 2007
• The WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB addresses the developments and challenges in TB control today
  14 June 2007
• Investigations into USA air passenger with XDR-TB
  30 May 2007
• Interview with WHO Stop TB Director, Dr Mario Raviglione,
  on how the resolution will strengthen TB control
  24 May 2007
• World Health Assembly endorses Resolution on TB progress and long-term planning
  24 May 2007
• WHO Bulletin features special TB theme
  4 May 2007
• 'A World Free of TB' Photo Exhibition
  3 May 2007
• Statements and messages for World TB Day
  22 March 2007
• 2007 GLOBAL TB CONTROL REPORT: epidemic levelling off
  22 March 2007
• Statement from Dr Mario Raviglione, WHO Director, Stop TB Department
  22 March 2007
• WHO leaders' messages
  22 March 2007
• Testimony of Dr Mario Raviglione to the U.S. House of Representatives
  22 March 2007
• New WHO data on TB epidemic and images of TB patients by acclaimed photojournalist to be launched for World TB Day
  16 March 2007
• US$ 650m needed for global MDR-TB & XDR-TB response in 2007
  25 February 2007
• STOP TB WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF NEW GLOBAL FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  9 February 2007
• WHO Executive Board supports TB control resolution on progress and long-term planning
  31 January 2007
• Global XDR-TB Task Force releases progress report listing achievements to date
  31 January 2007
• WHO Guidance on human rights and
  involuntary detention for xdr-tb control
  24 January 2007
• WHO Assistant Director-General of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria appointed WHO Deputy Director-General
  11 January 2007
• 2007 - the year ahead
  10 January 2007
• Southern Africa is moving swiftly to combat the threat of XDR–TB
  5 December 2006
• 'Strengthen TB control to tackle XDR-TB' among the key messages from global health leaders for World AIDS Day 2006
  30 November 2006
• UN Special Envoy warns of deadly synergy between TB and HIV
  29 November 2006
• WHO Global Task Force on XDR-TB report published as new WHO Director-General underlines the need for strengthened TB control
  9 November 2006
• International health conference opens with XDR-TB US $95 million funding call
  1 November 2006
• WHO Global Task Force outlines measures to combat XDR-TB worldwide - Meeting Report now available
  17 October 2006
• Red Cross Red Crescent forms alliance with leading health agencies against growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe
  10 October 2006
• Report from the Expert Consultation on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
  27 September 2006
  Johannesburg, South Africa, 7 - 8 September 2006
• XDR-TB UPDATE 2006
  25 September 2006
  Message from the WHO Director of Stop TB, Dr Mario Raviglione
• Emergence of XDR-TB
  5 September 2006
• WHO: INTENSIFIED ACTION NEEDED TO HALT A QUARTER OF A MILLION TB/HIV DEATHS A YEAR OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS
  16 August 2006
  Joint News Release WHO/International AIDS Society WHO/41
  16 August 2006
• G8 outlines support for tuberculosis
  20 July 2006
• UN Special Envoy calls on G8 leaders to prioritize tuberculosis
  12 July 2006
• WHO updates aviation guidelines for TB prevention
  26 June 2006
  Third edition now available - June 2008
• A tribute to Dr Lee Jong-Wook, Director-General of WHO from the staff of the Stop TB Department
  25 May 2006
• UN Secretary-General appoints former head of state as first Special Envoy to Stop TB
  11 May 2006
• Countries prove the poorest TB patients can be treated
  10 May 2006
• Disease Control Priorities Project (DCP2)
  6 April 2006
• Messages for World TB Day
  24 March 2006
• Trends in TB control are positive
  26 countries and areas reach target ahead of time
  23 March 2006
• WHO launches new Stop TB Strategy
  to fight the global tuberculosis epidemic
  17 March 2006
• The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015
  27 January 2006
• New tuberculosis therapy offers potential shorter treatment
  16 December 2005
• Tree-planting and dedication ceremony
  honours Stop TB professional, Lisa Véron
  11 November 2005
• WHO Stop TB Director receives prestigious award
  27 October 2005
• 2005 UN World Summit, 14-16 September
  27 September 2005
• TB EMERGENCY DECLARATION
  issued by WHO Regional Office for Africa
  1 September 2005
• Public-Private Mix for DOTS: Towards scaling up
  5 July 2005
• Shaping the future of TB control
  26 May 2005
• TB cases and deaths linked to HIV now at alarming levels in Africa
  22 March 2005
• TB recommendations included in "Commission for Africa" report
  18 March 2005
• Strategic approach to maintain appropriate tuberculosis control activities in countries affected by the Asian tsunami disaster
  31 January 2005
• Investigation launched into death of WHO Stop TB professional officer
  12 January 2005