These diagnostic advances could be life-changing for the almost half-million people who develop DR-TB annually, but they have yet to reach the most needy patients. The task at hand is to support national TB programs, laboratories, clinicians, all of whom make up the diagnostic front line, to provide timely and accurate testing for DR-TB patients. Read more here.
“Why am I passionate about TB? It’s the deadliest disease in human history, but for most of human history we couldn’t do much about it. However, since the mid-1950s, TB has been curable — yet we still
"Danaher and Cepheid are using a printer-ink business model to overcharge for tuberculosis tests, thus resulting in millions of people going undiagnosed every year, many of whom will die." Watch the f
The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) 2023 Model Lists of Essential Medicines, published in July 2023, features key updates to the tuberculosis (TB) section. These complement current WHO recommendat