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APPG on Global Tuberculosis holds its AGM for 2026
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis was required to hold its AGM and did so to ensure the APPG remains active. As part of this, the APPG re-elected: Sojan Joseph MP for Ashford (Labour) as the Group's Chair and Registered Contact Lord Nick...
World TB Day 2026 Reception : Voices Against Rising Rates
On Monday 23 March 2026, the APPG on Global Tuberculosis convened parliamentarians, clinicians, advocates, and individuals with lived experience at the Palace of Westminster to mark World TB Day and launch the findings of its six-month inquiry into rising tuberculosis...
APPG Inquiry Report – Rising Rates: Tuberculosis in the UK
Many people assume that tuberculosis is a disease of the past – but across the UK, rates are rising, reversing decades of progress and highlighting the urgent need for coordinated action. Although TB is both entirely preventable and curable, it remains a threat in...
The Growing TB Crisis in the UK : Parliamentary Roundtable
On 13 May, the APPG on Global Tuberculosis hosted a parliamentary briefing on the growing tuberculosis (TB) crisis in the UK, chaired by Sojan Joseph MP. The event brought together parliamentarians, public health experts and advocates to discuss rising TB rates across...
World TB Day Reception 2025: A Renewed Commitment to End TB
On Tuesday 25th March, the newly reconstituted All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Tuberculosis, which Results UK provides the Secretariat for , hosted a high-profile World TB Day reception in Parliament. The event brought together parliamentarians, global...
The APPG on Global TB has been reconstituted on World TB Day
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis was successfully reconstituted on Monday 24th March, following an AGM to elect officers. The officers of the newly reconstituted APPG are: CHAIR AND REGISTERED CONTACT : Sojan Joseph - MP for Ashford (Labour)...
2023 Global Tuberculosis Report
On Monday, the World Health Organisation released their annual Global Tuberculosis Report. This report collects primary data from countries across the world to map out global progress towards TB eradication. The report shows mixed results, with progress made on...
Parliament debates the 2023 UN High-Level Meetings
On Tuesday 11 July, Parliament held a debate on the upcoming United Nations High-Level Meetings on TB, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Pandemic Preparedness and Response (PPR). The debate was called by APPG Co-Chair Virendra Sharma MP and offered an opportunity...
Outcome of the 2023 APPG AGM
On Wednesday 24 May, the APPG held our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Parliament. The members of the APPG duly reelected Virendra Sharma MP and Lord Nick Herbert as Co-Chairs of the APPG. The APPG also discussed the upcoming High-Level Meeting on TB and how we can...
APPG AGM to be held on Wednesday 24th May
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Global TB will hold their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 24th May in Portcullis House.nnThis meeting is not open to the public.