Tuberculosis

High hopes for TB treatment
A new therapy for treating tuberculosis could cut the current six-month treatment time in half, expand the numbers of patients and save millions of lives.

New test to detect TB
A new blood test to detect tuberculosis has been developed by scientists in the United Kingdom. It is hoped that the test will be particularly effective in developing countries.

Rapid test for resistant TB?
A test that could dramatically reduce the diagnosis time for MDR-TB will be evaluated during the next 12 months.

TB’s secret weapon exposed
The germ which causes tuberculosis has a cloaked weapon that weakens the body's defences, according to new research.

Vit. D may fight TB
Vitamin D may help protect against tuberculosis, says a British study that found that the vitamin boosts the body's ability to fight the growth of mycobacteria that cause TB.

TB: get tested
This ancient disease is posing more of a global health emergency than ever – even though it is curable and cost-effective to treat.

Multidrug-resistant forms of TB
The second paper in The Lancet series of tuberculosis. This paper focuses on the affects of multidrug-resistant TB, how they are identified and treated.

Combining new drugs reduces TB
Papers four, five and six in The Lancet series on tuberculosis, looks at the effects of drugs, vaccines, biomarkers and diagnostics of TB.

TB can no longer be neglected
The eighth and final paper on the Lancet series on tuberculosis, a call to action is made to a wide range of sectors to assist scale-up TB service delivery, research and control.

Major TB jab trialled in SA
The first new vaccine against tuberculosis in more than 80 years has entered mid-stage trials in South Africa, where the killer disease is rife, scientists say.

New, faster, cheaper TB test
A new tuberculosis test that's more sensitive, faster and cheaper than current culture-based tests has been developed by an international team of researchers.

SA to produce TB drugs
A public-private healthcare initiative was announced that will see South Africa produce two of the necessary drugs to treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) worldwide.

XDR-TB breakthrough
South African scientists announced on Thursday that they have for the first time been able to fully decode the genetic blueprint to drug resistant tuberculosis.

Sniffing out TB
An increadible machine that can literally "sniff" out TB is being developed, and Cape Town's own Desmond Tutu TB Centre at Tygerberg Hospital is part of this exciting project.

TB: 6 million lives saved so far
This is the first paper in The Lancet series of tuberculosis. This paper focuses on the prevalence and curing of millions of people.

Go get HIV status tested more often
The third piece from The Lancet series of tuberculosis focuses on the epidemic of HIV associated TB.

Strengthen the TB response
The seventh paper in the Lancet series on Tuberculosis (TB) shows how health system bottlenecks are impeding global efforts to control tuberculosis.