Childhood TB in the Spotlight

Tuesday 22 May

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease will host a side event at the World Health Assembly to address […]

Nine buildings in the city of The Hague and Hilversum were lit up in red for World TB Day.

Tuesday 27 March

World TB Day is commemorated every year on March 24th, to raise public awareness of the devasting health, social and economic impact of tuberculosis. KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation participated in the […]

2018 is the Year for Collective Change in our fight against Tuberculosis

Saturday 24 March

We have an important conference in The Hague later this year, just preceded by an even more important high-level meeting on TB at the UN General Assembly. This is the […]

Largest ever whole-of-population study on the impact of TB and HIV interventions on the burden of TB launched in sub-Saharan African communities

Friday 23 March

Friday, 23 March 2018 (London, UK) – A new EUR 12.9 million project measuring the impact of a combination TB and HIV intervention delivered to the entire population has been […]

The City of The Hague to light up iconic landmarks for World TB Day

Thursday 22 March

The Hague, The Netherlands, will join cities across the globe emblazoning its landmarks in red to mark World TB Day on 24 March and to shine a light on the […]

Tuberculosis in the European Region

Wednesday 21 March

A new report released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe indicates that while the numbers of new tuberculosis […]

Celebrating the Success of the Public-Private Model in India

Tuesday 20 March

India has the largest burden of tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in the world. An estimated 2.79 million people in India become ill with TB every year yet only […]

If Indonesia Can Eliminate TB, So Can the World

Monday 19 February

Indonesia receives grants to expand healthcare programs against HIV, TB and malaria over the next two years. During a meeting entitled “Acceleration towards Indonesia Free of TB: Multisectoral Contribution” in […]

How Digital Health is helping to end TB

Thursday 15 February

It is still early days, but we are already able to celebrate several wonderful successes achieved by KNCV’s Digital Health team once again confirming the essential role of digital health […]

Runners With A Cause

Tuesday 13 February

Left. Right. Repeat. One foot after another. Kilometer after kilometer. Employees of KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation The Hague will pound the pavement to fundraise for food support in Tajikistan. Muscles will […]

“The lack of access to new drugs is a death sentence”

Wednesday 31 January

Gunta Dravniece is a Senior Consultant for KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation (KNCV). She mostly works in countries in the former Soviet bloc and has recently visited Kyrgyzstan to help with the […]

WHO EURO visits KNCV and portrays The Netherlands as success story

Friday 26 January

This week the WHO Regional Office for Europe visited the KNCV head office for an extensive working meeting, followed yesterday with a visit to GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond and the Department of […]