UNAIDS - 18 August 2009

A new web site, Evidence-Based Tuberculosis Diagnosis, has been launched that aims to provide the most comprehensive single source of evidence synthesis, policies, guidelines and research agendas on TB diagnosis. It is also a source for complete up-to-date information on the current TB diagnostics pipeline. Standard operating procedures and package inserts for several tests also are available.

'This is an essential resource for HIV implementers, activists and civil society alike that will keep them updated on the latest developments in TB diagnosis', says Alasdair Reid, HIV/TB Adviser at UNAIDS. 'Without a faster, simpler, more accurate TB test we will really struggle to stop people living with HIV from dying of TB'.

The website has been established by the Stop TB Partnership's New Diagnostics Working Group in collaboration with the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, the Global Laboratory Initiative and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Resources:

Policy and guidance:

Tuberculosis and HIV - technical policies of the UNAIDS Programme - http://www.unaids.org/en/PolicyAndPractice/HIVTreatment/Coinfecti on/TB/technical_policies.asp

Related information:

Tuberculosis and HIV - http://www.unaids.org/en/PolicyAndPractice/HIVTreatment/Coinfecti on/TB/default.asp

Cosponsors:

World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/tb/en/index.html

Feature stories:

Collaboration between TB Alliance and Tibotec offers hope of accelerated tuberculosis drug development (17 June 2009) - http://www.aegis.org/news/unaids/2009/UN090615.html

UNAIDS Executive Director meets with TB Programme Managers, TB civil society (26 March 2009) - http://www.aegis.org/news/unaids/2009/UN090329.html

Need for scale up in integrated TB and HIV screening to address linked epidemics (24 March 2009) - http://www.aegis.org/news/unaids/2009/UN090326.html

ICASA 2008: Collaborative TB and HIV activities essential (03 December 2008) - http://www.aegis.org/news/unaids/2008/UN081208.html

External links:

Evidence-based Tuberculosis Diagnosis - http://www.tbevidence.org/

Stop TB partnership - http://www.stoptb.org/
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