When it comes to measuring the progress of a disease three different methods of measurement are normally used: incidence, prevalence and...

Well the WHO’s Global Report has been out for over a week, and it turned out to contain pretty much the sort of numbers we were...

The last twelve months has seen the emergence of a new ‘post-2015’ Global Strategy for TB – one that’s intended to be rolled out over the...

In a few days’ time the WHO will publish its annual Global Tuberculosis Report. You may find some reference made to it in the media. If...

Duke Ellington was once asked what his favourite type of music was. “There are only two types of music”, he replied, “either good music...

It’s unlikely you won’t have found yourself shocked these last few days by the story of the ex-hedge fund manager who bought the rights...

If you know anything about TB you’ll be well aware that good news in the field of MDR-TB is hard to find. In fact we’d never really heard...

That’s exactly what the WHO has been proposing. And that 48% success rate only relates to the cases that are treated: according to the...

..or a collective tuberculosis emergency? When the political media of the English speaking world use the word “commonwealth” they most...

The ebola outbreak in West Africa seems to have passed into the category of ‘old news’ – with its final total death toll now somewhere...