News about 'community'

worldTBday.org This Wednesday, March 24 th , is World TB Day. With 1.7 million people dying every year and one-third of the world infected, the time to act is now! Follow the day’s events at http://www.WorldTBDay.org . State-by-state activities can also be found at the CDC’s website by clicking...

Aren't These Lives Worth Saving, Too? This is a guest blog jointly submitted by Jerald C. Sadoff, MD, the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation and Mel Spigelman, MD, the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Global Alliance for TB Drug...

This interview originally appeared on Planeta Salud’s website . Pere Joan Cardona For 15 years, Dr. Cardona has focused his studies on infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has developed a hypothesis and dynamics of tuberculosis infection, which could explain why the Koch bacillus...

Dr. Jacques Grosset On November 13, 2009, people gathered at Johns Hopkins University to celebrate the work and life of Dr. Jacques Grosset , a legend in TB research.

Welcome, and happy Monday! The Working Group for New Drugs of the Stop TB Partnership has some good news to share – starting today, we have launched a new blog. As you well know, there are armies of people hard at work to make a difference in the war on TB, and lots of encouraging developments in...

Editor’s Note: This posting originally appeared on the TB Alliance website . Deborah Mushamba of University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Zambia The TB community voice is essential to stopping the epidemic. Here, a health worker, activist, and TB Alliance Community Engagement coordinator talks about...