Reaching out to key populations in Manila

Tuesday 1 August

Last week saw the mid-year project implementation of Improved TB/HIV Prevention and Care – Building Models for the Future in Manila, the Philippines. In this 5-year project KNCV is working […]

Fighting TB among remote mineworkers and their families in Ethiopia

Tuesday 1 August

In Ethiopia, around one million traditional gold miners are at high-risk of TB. They work in confined spaces and are exposed to respirable crystalline silica that can build-up in their […]

KNCV welcomes G20 leaders Declaration

Tuesday 11 July

The Hague– KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation welcomes the G20 leaders Declaration following the G-20 Summit in Hamburg on the 7th and 8th of July 2017. Recognizing the crucial role that the G20 plays […]

Baby Steps and Big Victories: Fighting Drug-Resistant TB in Kyrgyzstan

Tuesday 27 June

By Tristan Bayly and Bakyt Myrzaliev. The USAID-funded Challenge TB project is supporting the introduction of shorter regimens and new drugs for treatment of drug-resistant (DR-TB) in 18 countries. In […]

KNCV Annual Report 2016

Monday 29 May

The first week in June sees a flurry of activity at KNCV; Challenge-TB is hosting its Country Director’s Meeting, the Wolfheze Workshops are in town and the 2016 edition of […]

New guidelines can help reduce deafness as a side-effect of DR-TB treatment

Monday 29 May

After nearly a year of intense collaboration, KNCV will soon be releasing the new PMDT toolkit for the introduction of new drugs and regimens. To support the introduction of new […]

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus elected Director-General of the World Health Organization

Friday 26 May

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Congratulates Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for being the new Director-General of the World Health Organization. Dr. Tedros is known here in Ethiopia and beyond […]

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, new Director-General of WHO

Thursday 25 May

KNCV congratulates the new Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with his election and looks forward to a fruitful cooperation in the fight against TB. […]

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation says goodbye to Board of Trustees member Dirk Dotinga

Thursday 25 May

At the annual General Assembly meeting on 10 May 2017, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation said goodbye to Dirk Dotinga, who served the organization over five years of service on the Board […]

Why the Netherlands should step up its ambitions on global health

Thursday 18 May

On May 18th, representatives of the Dutch government have been invited to attend the G20 discussion on Global Health. In 2018, the Netherlands will host major international conferences on HIV-AIDS […]

Shorter regimens proving effective in Central Asia

Thursday 4 May

Since January 2017, KNCV has been treating drug resistant TB patients in the Central Asian region as part of the USAID-funded Challenge TB project. Many MDR-TB patients in this part […]

Wolfheze Workshops 2017

Wednesday 3 May

From Wednesday the 31st of May, until the second of June 2017, KNCV is proud to host the eighteenth edition of the Wolfheze Workshops. The Bilderberg hotel in Dutch coastal […]