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Finance and funding
US budget cuts could jeopardize development of life-saving tools against major killers

Across-the-board cuts to US R&D programs could have a devastating impact on efforts to develop new drugs for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, the world's first malaria vaccine, and other vital global health products in development, according to a new report from a coalition of nonprofit groups focused on advancing innovation to save lives.

Published
27 February 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
TB transmission
Los Angeles health officials concerned about TB outbreak on skid row

Los Angeles County health officials have asked for federal assistance to analyze and contain an outbreak of tuberculosis within the city's homeless population, a spokeswoman for the county agency said on Friday.

Published
25 February 2013
From
Reuters
TB prevention
MISSOURI: Senate Passes Bill to Increase Tuberculosis Screenings and Penalize Spreading the Disease

On February 14, the Missouri Senate voted unanimously to approve a bill requiring TB screening for more people and allow prosecution of those who spread the disease.

Published
21 February 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
TB prevention
Latent TB germs can hide in marrow cells, study says

Scientists have found a hiding place in the body where bacteria that cause tuberculosis may take refuge — a clue that could one day help target treatments more effectively and surmount a major obstacle to eradicating the global epidemic.

Published
20 February 2013
From
Boston Globe
Finance and funding
The Effect of Budget Sequestration on Global Health: Projecting the Human Impact in Fiscal Year 2013

Applying sequestration cuts to US government global health programming would have minimal impact on deficit reduction, but would be devastating to the lives of many thousands of people globally.

Published
19 February 2013
From
AmFAR
TB diagnosis
Information Note on the use of Xpert MTB/RIF for detection of TB among people living with HIV

The document describes the early evidence on use of the tool – including research findings and modeling results – and provides algorithms for the management of people living with HIV and with presumptive TB.

Published
18 February 2013
From
WHO
Tuberculosis and HIV
Landmark meeting on post-2015 TB targets held in Geneva

The participants in a workshop convened last week by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership have proposed a set of goals and targets to guide the global fight against TB after 2015.

Published
18 February 2013
From
Stop TB Partnership
TB prevention
HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: Pregnancy and TB/HIV

This article explains how to prevent and treat TB in pregnant women to protect both mother and child.

Published
14 February 2013
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Tuberculosis and HIV
Tuberculosis and neglected diseases targeted by new center

A major new center to boost the development of drugs to tackle the foremost diseases of the developing world is to be created at the University of Dundee. The Centre is being established with joint funding from the Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Published
14 February 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Vaccines
Injection-free vaccination technique could address global vaccine challenge for diseases such as HIV and malaria

Scientists at King’s College London have demonstrated the ability to deliver a dried live vaccine to the skin without a traditional needle, and shown for the first time that this technique is powerful enough to enable specialised immune cells in the skin to kick-start the immunising properties of the vaccine.

Published
11 February 2013
From
Kings College London press release
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