KNCV brings together HIV and TB experts in New York

Monday 24 September

“Improved cooperation is crucial in order to save more lives and prevent further escalation” – Kitty van Weezenbeek THE HAGUE, 24 September 2018 In a historic first, the United Nations […]

Latest WHO Global TB Report released: ‘Unite to End TB’

Tuesday 18 September

The Hague, – WHO has released its latest annual Global TB report in the lead up to the first United Nations high-level meeting on TB which will be held on […]

KNCV applauds new guidance on MDR-TB treatment

Wednesday 22 August

KNCV welcomes the new guidance issued by WHO on the treatment of drug resistant TB and applauds this important step towards safer, shorter, injection free regimens for MDR TB patients. […]

The TB Stigma Measurement Guide is here

Monday 20 August

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation announce the arrival of The TB Stigma Measurement Guidance, developed by Challenge TB. Challenge TB is a USAID funded, KNCV led and managed flagship tuberculosis initiative. It […]

IMPAACT4TB

Monday 30 July

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation and other consortium partners have banded together to create the IMPAACT4TB project. It is a four-year project aimed at addressing latent tuberculosis infection, providing short-course TB preventive […]

Bedaquiline price reduction could benefit the world

Wednesday 25 July

This year’s International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam is already making waves. Big announcement During a pre-conference event, the Minister of Health of South Africa, Mr. Aaron Motsoaledi, signed a deal […]

We remember MH17

Tuesday 17 July

On 17 July 2014, 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were killed when their plane was shot down over Eastern Ukraine en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Among […]

A Call for Nominations for KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Award

Monday 28 May

Nominations are now open for the 2018 “KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Award for Eminence in Tuberculosis Control”! Since the creation of the award in 2003, KNCV issues a call for nominations […]

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 […]