nOn the 21st of March 2018, the All-Party Parliamentary Group will host an evening reception to mark World TB Day. n nTuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease, killing almost 5,000 people a day. As drug-resistant strains of the disease...
In a joint event with the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases, HIV/AIDS and Global Health, the APPG hosted a group of students from Oxford University’s Master’s Program on International Health and Tropical Medicine....
The APPG on Global Tuberculosis is extending the deadline for its inquiry into the Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for England 2015-2020.n nOn 19 January 2015, the then Public Health Minister Jane Ellison MP, launched the five year Strategy jointly with Public...
nToday the World Health Organisation has published the Global Tuberculosis Report 2017. The report reveals that an estimated 10.4 million people fell ill with TB last year, with 6.3 million new cases reported.nnWhile this marks an increase from the 6.1 million new...
nLast week, the World Health Organisation launched a report assessing the antibacterial clinical development pipeline for treating drug-resistant infections, including drug-resistant tuberculosis.n nIt found that most drugs currently used are modifications of existing...
