Tuberculosis is by far the biggest single cause of death in South Africa, and it is exacerbated by the HIV epidemic.

TB advocacy campaigner Treatment Action Group (TAG) has reached a milestone in improving access to TB treatments.

Report of a consensus meeting convened by the Global TB Programme of the World Health Organization.

Targets to eliminate tuberculosis by 2050 are more likely to be met if new vaccines are developed for adults and adolescents instead of for infants.

The role of surgery in the treatment of pulmonary TB and multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant TB

The Association for Multidrug-Resistant TB Patients' Support (AMRTPS) and the Romanian Angel Appeal (RAA) Foundation have drafted language for a law to give TB patients in Romania a right to treatment, as well as social and psychological support.

News on the fight to end HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis

The report highlights current and emerging technologies from over 80 manufacturers and developers, including products which are smaller, simpler and easier to use in decentralized settings than the current tools used by the majority of high-burden TB countries.

Both guides describe what activists—including people with TB, researchers, and doctors who treat TB—can do to help ensure access, fair pricing, and further research.

The training focuses on building the capacity of health care workers at the primary and secondary level to address and manage TB in children.