Ethiopia has officially launched the programmatic rollout of the 6-month Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid, and Moxifloxacin (BPaLM) regimen for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant/multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The national launching event took place in Bishoftu with the presence of officials from the Ministry of Health, Regional State Health Bureau TB program managers, key […]
Inspired by Tuberculosis Research Advisory Council (TRAC) and hosted by the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), the 1st meeting of Southern and East African Regional Network for Tuberculosis (SEARN-TB) was held in Addis Ababa. The network aims to strengthen coordination and harmonization of TB control approaches with a particular focus […]
The first network meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Regional Network for TB (SEARN-TB) is well underway in Addis Ababa. NTP Managers, TB Coordinators, and other communicable disease managers joined from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland, Uganda, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Lesotho, Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique, Eswatini, Botswana, Malawi, and Madagascar […]
TRAC Annual conference where researchers, academia, policy makers, program implementers, local and international stakeholders, among others meet, held for the 17th time in the historic town of Gondar. The annual event is focused on sharing research findings that has been done across the nation on TB Priority topics. MoH, TRAC, […]
S/r Hana Abera is TB/HIV team leader at Akaki Health Center in Addis Ababa. A team of experts from the national TBL program have visited the health center in April 2022 while they were conducting TBL catch up campaign to find missed TB cases. Akaki is one of the 240 […]
The Tuberculosis Research Advisory Council (TRAC) convened its core membership at the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) on February 25, 2026, to review preparations for its 20th Annual Research Conference, World TB Day commemoration, and the 25th Anniversary of the Council. The session, presided over by Prof. Afework Kassu, Chairperson […]
This section highlights recent articles published in The Lancet Global Health focusing on tuberculosis prevention, screening, and coverage mapping. Mapping Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccination coverage in Africa from 1990 to 2022: a novel spatiotemporal modelling study Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, MPH ∙ Beth Gilmour, PhD ∙ Prof Archie C A Clements, PhD ∙ Prof Peter Gething, PhD ∙ Susan F Rumisha, PhD ∙ Jailos Lubinda, PhD ∙ Kefyalew Addis Alene, PhD https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00304-3/fulltext The effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and return on […]
The World Health Organization has issued a comprehensive new policy brief spotlighting the persistent threat of tuberculosis (TB) among populations at high risk and for people in vulnerable situations. This timely policy brief brings to the fore the disproportionate burden of TB among people who are socially and economically disadvantaged, […]
