Rifapentine, an off-patent drug that's been around since the 1960s, is the cornerstone of the two most effective regimens to prevent tuberculosis (TB) in people at risk of the disease.
On March 27, 2024, the 1/4/6x24 Campaign and the Stop TB Partnership co-hosted a webinar to launch the Campaign’s new report: Getting Better Faster: Delivering on the Promise of New TB Treatments.
Universal implementation of the best available treatment for drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) stands to cut 6.3 million years off total treatment by 2030, a new analysis released today by the 1/4/6x24 Campaign coalition has found.
This report marks the midway point of the 1/4/6x24 Campaign, which calls for the universal implementation of best available TB regimens — as little as one month or once weekly for TB prevention, four months for drug-susceptible TB, and six months for drug-resistant TB — by the end of 2024.
Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes the tuberculosis (TB) data presented at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). The highlights presented here cover the results of several phase II TB prevention and treatment trials.
These two policy briefs explore two as yet untapped sources for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) research funding within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
These free educational materials are designed for community-based and civil society organizations to use to advocate for and teach people about TB preventive treatment (TPT).
This week, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) and IAVI shared topline results of the phase IIb trial of H56:IC31, a subunit TB vaccine developed by SSI in Denmark consisting of four Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens and the IC31 adjuvant made by Valneva.
A new report released today by Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Stop TB Partnership has found that cumulative funding for tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) over the past five years is falling shockingly short of commitments.
In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidelines for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), recommending a six-month cure. This guide lays out what activists need to know about the new DR-TB treatment regimens, including an overview of findings from…