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...
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...
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...
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. ...
51st Union World Conference on Lung Health

The Aurum Institute is at the 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health. If you are attending the virtual conference, please join us at the sessions listed below. MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND INFORMA...
Smart Medication Container Included in GDF product Catalog

Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility (GDF) and the Unitaid-funded Adherence Support Coalition to End TB (ASCENT project) announce the inclusion of the first digital adherence technology (DAT) ...
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 ...
Prevention has to be a priority for all diseases, not just the pandemic of the moment

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New patient-friendly tuberculosis preventive therapy to be rolled out in five high-burden TB countries at affordable price

• Fixed-dose combination treatments reduce the pill burden from nine to three pills a week for adults and prevent TB in those at highest risk of developing the disease • Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, M...
World TB Day- TB treatments are notoriously hard to stick to: shorter regimens offer a breakthrough

This article by Prof Violet Chihota, was originally published in The Conversation Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of illness and death around the world. In 2019, 10 million people fell ill with...
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 ...
New TB treatment to cut pill intake by two-thirds: researchers

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High risk of Tuberculosis in people living with HIV

The Lancet Global Health journal reports the findings of a study of a host blood test that can find those at high risk of tuberculosis in people living with HIV. The blood mRNA biomarker differentiate...
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 ...
Ghana to benefit from new affordable patient-friendly TB preventive therapy

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After setbacks, rollout of new TB prevention pills to start in six districts

This article was originally written by Tiyese Jeranji for Spotlight on 14th April 2021. After various delays and setbacks, new, less toxic, short-course tuberculosis (TB) prevention therapy is fi...
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...