World TB Day: What does COVID-19 mean for people with TB?
Around 10 million people get sick with TB every year. On World TB Day Amy Green asks what COVID-19 means for this group of people.
US invests more in TB research, SA investment drops, report finds
In 2018 the United States invested $371 million in tuberculosis research and development (R&D). South Africa invested $4.5 million (R64,9 million) – a dramatic decrease on 2017, but still high when measured as a proportion of all R&D spending in the country.
Six highlights from a week of important TB developments
This week researchers, policymakers and activists gathered in Hyderabad, India for the world’s leading TB conference. We picked six of the week’s most important stories.