• 25/09/2019

    Innovative TB treatment support project kicks off in the Philippines

    ASCENT aims to assist patients succeed in treatment using digital adherence technology. On World Lung Day, the innovative TB treatment…

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  • 01/09/2019

    Antacid helps tuberculosis bacteria to survive

    In 2017, some 10 million people suffered from tuberculosis and 1.6 million died of the disease. One reason why infection…

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  • Current recommended treatment regimen for highly drug-resistant TB (left) versus the BPaL regimen (right).

    14/08/2019

    FDA approval of BPaL regimen an important breakthrough in TB control

    The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) today approved pretomanid for the treatment of highly drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB)…

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  • 23/07/2019

    ASCENT: Empowering patients through digital technology

    GENEVA/THE HAGUE, The next three and a half years, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation will lead the innovative ASCENT project, which stands…

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  • 20/06/2019

    Call to Action for awareness on AMR

    KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is one of the civil society organizations that signs the Call to Action for awareness on antimicrobial…

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  • 28/05/2019

    Wolfheze Workshops 2019: inspiring knowledge exchange & concrete steps forward

    KNCV Tuberculosis Foundations can look back at an inspiring edition of the Wolfheze Workshops 2019 (15-17…

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  • 15/05/2019

    Unique gathering of TB and HIV experts in Scheveningen

    Biennial Wolfheze Workshops focuses on alarming tandem of infectious diseases THE HAGUE, 15 May 2019 International experts in the field…

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  • 12/04/2019

    Dutch civil society calls upon increase of Dutch commitment to the Global Fund

    The Hague – This week, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, in cooperation with Aidsfonds and nine other Dutch civil society organisations* called…

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  • 24/03/2019

    IT’S TIME … for new TB drugs and treatment regimens for all

    THE HAGUE – Today, on World TB Day, the international TB community raises awareness about the deadliest infectious disease in…

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  • 19/03/2019

    TB remains major public health challenge in European region

    The latest WHO/ECDC report Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2019 (2017 data) shows that despite an overall decline in…

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  • 14/03/2019

    Promising results from new drugs and shorter regimen in Kyrgyzstan

    The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and USAID announced major advancements in the fight against the ongoing tuberculosis epidemic in…

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  • 08/03/2019

    Short Regimen for Preventing TB Found Safe When Co-administered with New First-line HIV Drug

    New study paves the way for scale-up of TB prevention among people living with HIV, who are dying from TB…

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  • 06/03/2019

    Global Fund Director Peter Sands visited KNCV and the Dutch Parliament

    The Hague – Peter Sands, Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, recently visited the Netherlands.

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  • 11/02/2019

    OneStopTB clinic truck arrives in Lusaka

    The first OneStopTB clinic truck has arrived at Zambart House in Lusaka, Zambia! The truck is an all-in-one diagnostic, testing…

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  • 10/01/2019

    KNCV stool test training in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

    In the fall of 2018 we announced the development of a simple stool-based diagnosis by KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation that could…

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Tuberculosis is still one of the major causes of preventable death in the world and claims over 4000 lives a day, leading to over 1,5 million deaths a year.

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KNCV’s Technical Assistance Strategy

New drugs & treatment regimens
BPaL implementation
Digital health solutions
Diagnosis & treatment of LTBI
TB Stigma reduction
Epidemiological measurement methodologies
New diagnostics and lab network design
People-Centred Framework for National Strategic Planning and HSS
Blended learning platform & methodologies

Current Projects

ASCENT
ASTTIE
ETBE Project
Evaluation of SeroSelectTB
GeneXpert MTB/RIF Test
iDEFEAT TB Project
IMPAACT4C19
IMPAACT4TB
LIFT-TB 
No More Pandemics
PANGenS
People-Centered Framework for TB Programming (PCF)
SMART4TB
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Completed Projects

Challenge TB
Development of a comprehensive Digital Training Package
E-detect
Improved TB/HIV Prevention & Care – Building Models for the Future Project
PAVIA
PODTEC
TB REACH Ethiopia
TB REACH Nigeria
TB REACH Philippines
TB REACH Tanzania
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KNCV Webinar: Impact of COVID-19: Hear the perspective of TB/MDR-TB patients and front line health care workers
KNCV Webinar: Contact Investigation for COVID-19: Lessons from TB Control Programs
KNCV Webinar ‘Infection prevention and control for COVID-19

Annual Reports
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KNCV 2-pager Childhood TB
KNCV 2-pager Digital Health
KNCV 2-pager General
KNCV 2pager Right Diagnosis, Right Treatment
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KNCV 2-pager TB Stigma

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