Welcome to the Working Group on New TB Drugs Blog
Posted in Faces of TB, TB Prevention and Control Strategies, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Kick TB Campaign: Scoring Big in South Africa and Beyond
The Kick TB Campaign is a unique project that uses the World’s most popular sport to educate and engage young people in the effort to stop the spread of tuberculosis (TB).
Interview with TB Alert’s Mike Mandelbaum
Mike Mandelbaum is Chief Executive of TB Alert, which is the UK’s National and International Tuberculosis charity – the only British charity working solely on fighting TB in the UK and overseas.
Posted in TB Patient Perspective, TB Prevention and Control Strategies, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Video: Jenniffer Dietrich, Challenge Facility for Civil Society
Jenniffer Dietrich is Technical Officer at the Challenge Facility for Civil Society of the Stop TB Partnership.
Video: Global Fund in the Dominican Republic
This video documents what the Global Fund has done and can do more of to save lives and prevent infections by engaging affected communities.
Posted in TB Prevention and Control Strategies, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Video: Global Fund Impact in Indonesia
This video presents interviews with a diverse range of stakeholders on the positive impact that Global Fund financing has had for Indonesia’s national programme. This post also includes another perspective from Kenya.
Posted in Announcements, Faces of TB, TB Diagnostics, TB News, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Announcement: World-Renowned Pulmonologist Michael Iseman Joins Oxford Immunotec
Dr. Michael D. Iseman, a world renowned pulmonologist and leading expert on tuberculosis has joined Oxford Immunotec as the Senior Scientific Advisor. In May 2010, the WGND had the honor of interviewing Dr. Iseman in our “Voices from the Fight to Stop TB” series. We congratulate Dr. Iseman on is new position!
Posted in TB Pediatrics, TB Treatment, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Interview with Dr. Mark Cotton – Part Two
Dr. Mark Cotton is Director of Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU) at University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. Pediatric TB has emerged as a broad priority only in more recent years, though the University of Stellenbosch / Tygerberg Hospital team has been focusing on it for more than 20 years. This is part two of our interview with him.
Posted in Announcements, market access, TB News, TB Prevention and Control Strategies, TB Treatment, Video
Private TB Drug Market is Larger than Expected
The first detailed study of the private tuberculosis (TB) drug market, published on May 4th, in the PLoS ONE journal, finds that the market is surprisingly large, and has irregular practices that could be driving treatment failures and contributing to the emergence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
Posted in TB Pediatrics, TB Treatment, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Interview with Dr. Mark Cotton – Part One
Dr. Mark Cotton is Director of Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU) at University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. Pediatric TB has emerged as a broad priority only in more recent years, though the University of Stellenbosch / Tygerberg Hospital team has been focusing on it for more than 20 years.
CNN News Coverage and FIND Presentation on Rapid TB test, Xpert MTB/RIF
CNN featured TB diagnostic Xpert MTB/RIF in its Inside Africa program and looked at the implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF in Uganda. In addition, the CORE Group hosted an online presentation on Xpert MTB/RIF from Elizabeth Talbot, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and Medical Scientist, FIND: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. Results of a survey of their TB Working Group listserv also is included.
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Toppix TB News- Calif. Man Is Criminally Charged to Force Compliance with Tuberculosis Treatment Plan 18 May 2012
- Indian Hospital patients share stories to help heal 17 May 2012
- West Springfield women honored for working with immigrants to prevent tuberculosis 15 May 2012
- MSF says additional resources needed to improve ART access in Burma 11 May 2012
- World disease fund gets added $1.6 bln shot in arm 9 May 2012
