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TB vaccine halves risk of disease in people with latent TB

A vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) reduced the risk of developing active TB in HIV-negative people with latent TB infection by 54% in a large phase 2b study

Published
10 October 2018
By
Keith Alcorn
TB transmission and prevention
One in five exposed to TB during HIV clinic visits, Malawi study finds

As many as one in five people attending an HIV clinic in Malawi had prolonged exposure to another patient with potentially infectious tuberculosis (TB) during the

Published
01 October 2018
By
Keith Alcorn
TB transmission and prevention
GSK candidate vaccine helps prevent active pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV negative adults in phase II study

Today, GSK and Aeras reported that GSK’s M72/AS01E[1] candidate vaccine significantly reduced the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis disease in HIV-negative adults with latent tuberculosis infection[2] in an ongoing phase IIb clinical trial testing. These primary results published in the New England Journal of Medicine after two years of trial demonstrate an overall vaccine efficacy of 54%, with varied response rates observed in different demographic sub-groups.

Published
26 September 2018
From
Aeras
Tuberculosis and HIV
What to expect from the world’s first high-level UN meeting on TB

On Wednesday, heads of states will sign the first UN declaration on the most deadly infectious disease on earth: TB. The ink is mostly dry on the 16-page agreement, but what’s not in the final version — and who is likely to snub its signing — tell their own story.

Published
25 September 2018
From
Bhekisisa
Tuberculosis and HIV
New roadmap to prevent and treat tuberculosis in children and adolescents

A new action plan outlining measures to prevent and treat tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents was launched today by global tuberculosis (TB) leadership in advance of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level meeting on TB.

Published
25 September 2018
From
UNICEF
Tuberculosis and HIV
Johnson & Johnson Announces 10-year Initiative to Help End Tuberculosis

With the goal of saving an estimated 1.8 million lives and preventing 12 million new TB infections in the next decade, Johnson & Johnson will work with partners to improve detection of undiagnosed cases of TB, broaden access to its novel medicine for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), and accelerate research & development (R&D) to discover next-generation TB treatments.

Published
25 September 2018
From
Johnson & Johnson press release
Tuberculosis and HIV
Fighting tuberculosis – the disease that doesn’t go away

Another year, another Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report that tracks too slow progress towards ending TB, one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases.

Published
24 September 2018
From
Avert
Tuberculosis and HIV
WHO report warns efforts to end TB are falling short

The number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases continued to decline in 2017, and fewer people died from the disease, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) 2018 Global TB Report. But efforts to make the world's deadliest infectious disease a "disease of the past" need to be ramped up, agency officials said today.

Published
19 September 2018
From
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
Drug-resistant TB
Scientists warn of global crisis over failure to tackle tuberculosis

Heads of state, doctors and scientists will gather in New York next week to discuss one of the world’s most alarming medical crises: the failure of global efforts to tackle tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on Earth.

Published
18 September 2018
From
The Guardian
TB diagnosis
TB symptom screen less likely to detect active TB in people taking HIV treatment

The four-symptom screen for active tuberculosis (TB) that is recommended for all people living with HIV in lower-income settings is less likely to detect active TB in

Published
14 September 2018
By
Keith Alcorn
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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