Why TB still kills: The unfinished fight against a preventable disease

Tuberculosis (TB) programmes worldwide have expanded diagnosis and treatment on a historic scale. Millions of lives have been saved. Yet TB remains the deadliest infectious disease in the world. The gap between progress and elimination is not a mystery of medicine. It is a failure of prevention, politics, and priorities, said Dr Tara Singh Bam, noted global health advocate.

From the brink of defeat how frontline workers supported children to beat TB

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It is deeply disturbing that the world largely forgot children when confronting tuberculosis (TB) - the deadliest infectious disease. Stronger data collection on childhood TB began only about a decade and a half ago, and the first child-friendly formulation was introduced just ten years ago, in Kenya in 2016. At world's largest AIDS conference, the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a special publication was launched by Humana People to People India showcasing four success stories of children (from socially and economically marginalised communities) tiding to cure and health.

[video] People living with HIV must protect themselves from other infections, stop antimicrobial resistance

[video] How Lakshadweep became India’s first TB-free territory

[video] Services must follow people, not diseases: Stop treating TB and HIV as separate diseases

[video] TB does not wait. Neither do we: Community-led AI X-Rays saving HIV communities in Delhi

[video] 54 months to end AIDS, TB, Hepatitis, STIs and vertical transmission of HIV in South-East Asia

[video] Artificial intelligence X-Ray screening for TB in people living with HIV is vital

[video] Infection prevention, right & timely diagnosis, right treatment for all infections: prevent AMR

[video] Hidden no more: Social security for workers living with HIV

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[video] Migration and HIV: Lessons learnt from addressing HIV, health and social protection in Odisha

[video] Bhutan’s hard-won HIV and LGBT gains at risk as international funding dries up

[video] Rights are the foundation

[video] Countries used COVID to rollback hard-won rights

World Hepatitis Day 2026: Political will, not just tools, will decide if we end viral hepatitis, TB and AIDS by 2030

As World Hepatitis Day falls on 28 July, the global health community confronts a stark reality: the science to eliminate viral hepatitis, HIV and related epidemics already exists. What remains missing is the political courage, sustained funding and integrated delivery systems to put those tools into the hands of the people who need them most.

54 months to end AIDS and TB: Communities say "Trust us to lead or miss the target"

From India to Eswatini, Kenya to Georgia, Nepal to South Africa, people living with HIV and TB survivors warn that slogans and declarations alone will not deliver the 2030 goals. Only real people-power, funding and partnership will.

Science soars as politics retreats: Leaders demand reset ahead of AIDS 2026

The global HIV response has reached its most consequential crossroads in 45 years. HIV (and TB) science has never been stronger, but the political will has rarely been weaker, said Mitchell Warren. The arrival of powerful new prevention tools has collided with the most difficult political and economic environment the field has ever faced, creating both unprecedented opportunity and existential risk, he said.

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Community-led health services for HIV key populations: Thailand’s model offers a roadmap to equity and ending AIDS by 2030

As the world grapples with the final stretch toward the 2030 goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat, Thailand’s Key Population-Led Health Services (KPLHS) delivery model stands out as a beacon of innovation, equity, and proven impact.