One hails from Mumbai and the other from Khayelitsha but the pair has teamed up after surviving the planet’s deadliest infectious disease; tuberculosis (TB). Toxic treatment robbed both women of their hearing and a newer, safer, drug is unaffordable leaving many people with the choice between deafness or death.
Read More » Two women vs ‘big pharma’ to fight TBOne hails from Mumbai and the other from Khayelitsha but the pair has teamed up after surviving the planet’s deadliest infectious disease; tuberculosis (TB). Toxic treatment robbed both women of their hearing and a newer, safer, drug is unaffordable leaving many people with the choice between deafness or death.
Read More » Two women vs ‘big pharma’ to fight TBA much simpler test to detect tuberculosis (TB) in children, using a stool sample instead of sputum, could save thousands of lives.
Read More » Poo testing the new breakthrough in child TBTHE HAGUE – As the opening ceremony of the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health kicked off in the Netherlands last night, protesting activists demanded Johnson & Johnson (J&J) slash its price for the blockbuster tuberculosis (TB) drug, bedaquiline.
Read More » Bedaquiline price protests hit World Lung Conference launchTHE HAGUE - It took 100 years but a new vaccine for the world’s top infectious disease killer, tuberculosis (TB), is in sight.
Read More » New TB vaccine in sightCivil society groups have criticised the United Nations declaration on tuberculosis (TB) ratified yesterday (26 Sept) saying it ‘falls short’ on critical issues in the fight against the world’s top infectious killer.
Read More » Historic UN TB declaration ‘falls short’ say activistsPresident Cyril Ramaphosa will join other world leaders today (September 26th) to decide on how to fight TB: the world's, and South Africa's, deadliest infectious disease.
Read More » Calls for action at historic TB meetingBrazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa account for half of the world’s tuberculosis cases, but only South Africa’s president will attend today’s (September 26th) first United Nations high-level meeting on TB.
Read More » ‘You can’t fight TB if you don’t show up’TB remains the world's deadliest infectious disease, according to a new report.
Read More » Call for urgent action against world’s deadliest infectious diseaseLast week the World Health Organsiation (WHO) changed its treatment recommendations for the deadliest form of TB, drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), following South Africa's bold decision.
Read More » Hope for strong world declaration on deadly TBThe entire world will benefit from a price cut of a TB wonder drug, following successful negotiations between South Africa and pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson.
Read More » SA negotiates cheaper TB drug for entire worldSouth Africa made history on Monday when the health department announced that all drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients will be eligible to receive the new medicine, bedaquiline, becoming the first country to do so.
Read More » World first for SA: All-access for blockbuster TB drugA death sentence. That is how the deadliest form of tuberculosis (TB) is often described. But breakthrough data from South Africa on the blockbuster anti-TB drug bedaquiline could change the fate of people with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB).
Read More » Wonder drug helps fight against drug-resistant TBHealth Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is that fiery blend of political activism, commitment to mission, and professional competence that will help to bring an end to tuberculosis (TB), writes TB Proof's Ingrid Schoeman ahead of World TB Day on Saturday.
Read More » Op-ed: Championing a TB free South AfricaSouth Africa is one of seven countries responsible for the majority of the world’s tuberculosis (TB) burden, according to the 2017 Global TB Report published last month. The goal, set by the World Health Assembly, to effectively end TB by 2035 will not be met unless the country meets its own targets.
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