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In many developing countries TB vaccination for children after birth is mandatory. Credit: Paul Kane/Getty Images

TB in children isn’t being controlled - it’s key to fighting the disease for everyone else

23 Mar 2023

6 min read

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Woman in a laboratory. Credit: Polina Tankilevitch on Pexels

New TB vaccines could produce substantial health and economic benefits in coming decades

3 Feb 2023

4 min read

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Scientist analyses flasks of saliva of TB patients. Credit: Yanick Folly/AFP via Getty Images

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong

20 Dec 2022

4 min read

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W. L. Nandasena at the Colombo Chest Clinic, Sri Lanka. Credit: Aanya Wipulasena

Transforming tuberculosis treatment in Sri Lanka

13 Dec 2022

4 min read

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An image of a blind harpist adorns the walls of the tomb of Nakht and his wife Tawy. Trachoma, an infectious eye disease, was common in ancient Egypt and remains a leading cause of blindness today. Source: flickr

5 ancient diseases and what the ancients said about them

21 Sep 2022

12 min read

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Recovering TB patient Peter Wueh. Credit: Godfreeman Kaptigau

Papua New Guinea's fight against TB

1 Jul 2022

4 min read

Tuberculosis Routine immunisation Outbreaks

Chest x-rays are more sensitive for screening for TB. PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images

HIV control approaches may not work for TB: lessons from South Africa and Zambia

8 Jun 2022

4 min read

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Doctor, staff and patients at THQ Gujjar Khan's TB Unit

Pakistan’s drive to end tuberculosis

24 May 2022

4 min read

Tuberculosis Pandemic preparedness Outbreaks

The fight against COVID-19: People waiting to be vaccinated fill up a hall at the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) in Caloocan City, Philippines. Copyright: Asian Development Bank, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Time for vaccines for the ‘Big Three’

9 May 2022

3 min read

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The Pfizer vaccine vials in an acrylic tray. Global health leaders say that conversations about access for new mRNA vaccines should begin now. Copyright: Camosun College, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Q&A: Start talking about mRNA vaccine access now, say experts

3 May 2022

5 min read

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Dr. Adenov, Kazakhstan's director of the National TB Program, with a patient. Researchers are pushing to capitalise on the success of mRNA technology against COVID-19 and are aiming to develop an mRNA vaccine to be used against TB. Copyright: USAID Central Asia, (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Can mRNA vaccine tech take on tuberculosis?

14 Apr 2022

6 min read

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A new study reports that a four-month-long childhood tuberculosis treatment works just as well as a six-month course. Copyright: J P Davidson (CC BY 2.0). This image has been cropped.

Childhood TB course can be cut to four months

24 Mar 2022

4 min read

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