Tuberculosis - The Aurum Institute

TB Sequel Annual Meeting (Zanzibar)

The 2018 TB-Sequel Annual Meeting kicked off mid-July in Zanzibar with a jam-packed agenda. The aim of this project is to advance the understanding of the clinical, microbiologic, and host immune...
5th Global Forum on TB Vaccines - 20 February 2018

Ms Karin Turner, Programme Director for Aurum’s International Programme, UNITAID IMPAACT4TB Project, has been invited to present at the Grant Implementers Forum in Geneva from 28 February to 1 March...
5th Global Forum on TB Vaccines - 20 February 2018

The 5th Global Forum on TB Vaccines commenced in New Delhi on February 20, 2018. Professor Gavin Churchyard (Aurum Group Chief Executive Officer & Chairman: Technical Expert Group) will be speaki...
Aurum Ghana - TB Reach Application Selected For Funding

Congratulations to the Aurum Ghana team! The "TB REACH Wave 6" application, 1109: Engaging private health providers & National Health Insurance to scale up active TB case finding among vulnerable ...
Launch of Ghana Parliamentary Caucus

The Caucus was launched on Thursday 2nd August 2018 by a collaboration between Afro Global Alliance, Aurum Ghana and Ghana TB Voice Network. It was launched by the First Deputy Speaker of the Parliam...
IMPAACT4TB Website Launch & Newsletter

The Caucus was launched on Thursday 2nd August 2018 by a collaboration between Afro Global Alliance, Aurum Ghana and Ghana TB Voice Network. It was launched by the First Deputy Speaker of the Parliam...
New Tuberculosis Vaccine Raises Hopes

But one more large trial is needed, says TB activist. A new vaccine to prevent tuberculosis in young people and adults has been announced. One of the world’s most prestigious medical journals, the ...
Together We Can Achieve Our Vision To Improve The Health Of The Poor And End TB And HIV

Nelson Mandela called on the world to “make poverty history” and “to do more in the fight against AIDS by also fighting TB”. Poverty and TB are inextricably linked. In the words of Archbishop ...
Statement on UN High-Level Meeting on TB

When it comes to preventing TB, we can and must do better. Statement by Gavin Churchyard, CEO of Aurum Institute: We’ve known how to prevent and treat TB for over 70 years. Yet, in 2017 an estimate...
IMPAACT4TB at The Hague

The IMPAACT4TB partners meeting will be held on Oct 18-20th and will be hosted by KNCV, one of the 5 partners under the IMPAACT4TB project, at their offices in the Hague, The Netherlands. Our team me...
Statement on The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis: Building a TB-Free World

March 20, 2019—Ahead of World TB Day, we welcome the release today of the report from Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis, which provides a much-needed framework for delivering on the political commit...
Seizing the Moment to Eliminate TB in South Africa

The Aurum Institute was honored to host the South African launch of the Lancet Commission Report on Tuberculosis: Building a TB-Free World on behalf of the National Department of Health on Tuesday, ...
Football tournament attracts over 1000 people to screen for TB and HIV

Over 1000 people in the Ablekuma Central constituency in the Greater Accra region have been screened for Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other related diseases, over the w...
New study paves the way for scale-up of TB prevention among people living with HIV, who are dying from TB in large numbers

Short Regimen for Preventing TB Found Safe When Co-administered with New First-line HIV Drug. SEATTLE (6 March 2019)—In an important moment for tuberculosis (TB) control, a new study finds that a s...
Pricing Agreement Makes TB Prevention Affordable for High-Burden, Low, Lower-Middle and Upper-Middle Income Countries

Aurum Institute on behalf of the IMPAACT4TB project, congratulates Unitaid, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Sanofi for having reached a volume-based agreement, securing a s...
World Health Organization information on Tuberculosis and COVID-19

WHO: Considerations for tuberculosis (TB) care services. As the world comes together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to ensure that essential services and operations for dealing wi...
We Know How To Conquer Tuberculosis

Op-ed in The NY Times in line with a letter sent in by Aurum Institute's Professor Gavin Churchyard: In 1962, the renowned epidemiologist George Comstock had a realization that would help rid modern ...
It's time to End TB

In recognition of World TB Day and for the rest of TB Month, Aurum is highlighting some of its staff working to End TB. ...
New, shorter treatment to prevent TB to be rolled out in five high-burden TB countries

Three-month regimen expected to prevent TB in those at highest risk of developing the disease, including people living with HIV and children under the age of five Today, the Aurum Institute and its p...
Shorter Regimen for Preventing TB Found to Have Lasting Protective Effect in People Living with HIV

New study finds there is no need to repeat short-course TB preventive therapy after one year and finds that shorter regimen nearly doubles treatment completion rate. The WHIP3TB finds a single course ...