TB

Conference on Lung Health

Pioneers in TB control in Africa, India win new UN-backed health prize

1 November 2006
A tireless advocate for people infected with both tuberculosis and HIV in Zambia and the manager of the national TB control programme in India today won a prestigious new United Nations-backed health prize for their efforts to transform control of the debilitating but curable disease that kills some 5,000 people every day.

UN health agency calls for industry investment in new diagnostic tools to curb TB

25 October 2006
With most of the estimated 9 million people who develop active tuberculosis every year still not receiving laboratory-confirmed diagnoses, the United Nations health agency today called for industry investment in new diagnostic tools targeted to low and middle income countries, where most cases occur.

UN health agency issues updated guidelines to prevent in-flight transmission of TB

28 June 2006
Seeking to prevent the possible airborne transmission of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases from passenger to passenger on board aircraft, the United Nations health agency today issued updated guidelines to further minimize the risk, stipulating the postponement of long-distance travel by people with infectious TB.