#WorldTBDay2019 campaign starts now; The Stop TB Partnership releases World TB Day 2019 campaign toolkit.

An advocacy tool breaking down legal fundamentals in an accessible and practical way, meant to guide activists through the role of the law in aiding incarcerated populations in the TB response. 

TB activists for first time challenge TB drug patent in India, in bid to prevent Johnson & Johnson from extending monopoly.

The updated WHO treatment guidelines recommend that drug-resistant TB be treated with oral drugs only, including newer, more potent drugs with fewer side effects.

Advocates call for minimizing the use of injectable agents and scaling up universal drug susceptibility testing.

Advocates call for removal of regulatory barriers, which contributed to the ongoing national stock out of GeneXpert MTB/RIF cartridges.

The World Health Organization has revamped its Civil Society Task Force on TB to strengthen collaboration for accelerating progress towards ending TB.

The petition will be delivered to the Heads of States and Governments prior to the next Global Fund replenishment conference in October 2019.

Global funding for TB research climbed to a previously unreported high of USD $772 million in 2017.

IT'S TIME... to get ready for World TB Day 2019!