Avoiding TB deaths
Reaching the missing millions
The window of opportunity to end AIDS and TB is shrinking. UNAIDS and partners are meeting to find ways of overcoming the barriers to reaching the missing millions.
UNAIDS warns that countries will miss the 2020 target of reducing HIV-associated TB deaths by 75% unless urgent action is taken
On World Tuberculosis Day, 24 March, UNAIDS is urging countries to do much more to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB) deaths among people living with HIV. TB is the most common cause of hospital admission and death among people living with HIV. In 2015, 1.1 million people died from an AIDS-related illness—around 400 000 of whom died from TB, including 40 000 children.
Eastern European and central Asian countries unite to expand access to HIV and TB treatment
Ministries of Health from eastern Europe and central Asia adopted on 3 November in Minsk, Belarus, a consensus statement on HIV and tuberculosis (TB) treatment for all, calling for expanded and rapidly scaled-up access to affordable, quality-assured medicines.
The global threat of drug resistance emphasized in new WHO tuberculosis report
In the 2016 report on the state of the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic and response, the World Health Organization announced that there were an estimated 10.4 million new TB cases in 2015, higher than previous estimates. However, only 6.1 million TB cases were detected and officially reported in 2015, demonstrating a major gap in finding and testing people who may have TB. Six countries accounted for 60% of the total global burden of TB—China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and South...
Uniting communities to end the epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis
UNAIDS and the Stop TB Partnership have hosted an interactive discussion in New York, United States of America, with representatives of civil society organizations and other stakeholders involved in the response to HIV and tuberculosis (TB).
UNAIDS calls for stronger partnerships to end the epidemics of tuberculosis and HIV
On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, UNAIDS is calling for stronger partnerships and a united approach to end the twin epidemics of TB and HIV and save millions of lives. It has never been more urgent for governments, the medical and scientific communities, the private sector and people affected by the diseases to come together to ensure access to existing treatment regimens and to push for new diagnostic tools and treatments to reach all people in need.
Japan hosts major conference on financing the response to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
Japan hosted the Fifth Replenishment Preparatory Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) on 16 and 17 December, which laid the groundwork for a pledging conference in mid-2016 at which donors will finalize the Global Fund’s next three-year funding cycle.
UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director highlights the need for greater community engagement to end tuberculosis and HIV
The Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS, Luiz Loures, joined a high-level panel in the opening plenary of the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health to discuss the global challenges faced in ending the linked epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Dramatic fall in tuberculosis deaths, but disease still a leading killer worldwide
The global tuberculosis (TB) death rate has fallen by almost half since 1990, but more than 4000 people a day are still dying from this preventable disease, says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global tuberculosis report 2015, released on 28 October.
Malawi signs new agreement to boost response against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
UNAIDS has welcomed the signing of new grants between Malawi and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria worth more than US$ 332 million. The agreement brings the total Global Fund commitment to Malawi to US$ 616 million for the period 2014-2017, the highest per capita allocation to any country globally.
