New figures reveal $US 17 trillion price tag for drug-resistant tuberculosis
New figures published by the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB (APPG TB) reveal the alarming costs of a resurgent TB pandemic...
PHE and NHS England launch joint £11.5m strategy to wipe out TB in the UK
10-point action plan aims to eradicate TB across England. Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England have today (19 January 2015)...
First Global TB Summit Culminates in
Signing of the Barcelona Declaration on TB
Today, political representatives spanning 5 continents signed the Barcelona Declaration on Tuberculosis (TB), committing themselves to...
APPG Leads Unprecedented Call to Action
In an unprecedented demonstration of support for a single global health issue, over 170 parliamentary representatives from across the G7...
Westminster Hall Debate on TB Diagnosis and Treatment Worldwide
Mr Dakin opened the debate with a speech detailing the past, present and future of TB, and finished his remarks by celebrating the global...
All-Party Groups welcome UK Government’s £1bn contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercu
The UK’s pledge of up to £1bn to support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria represents a significant commitment by...
First ever debate on rising rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis held in Parliament
On Tuesday 4th June All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis member Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Labour, Popular and Limehouse)...