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	TB Alert is 10 years old!
	TB Alert was launched on World TB Day 1999, so this year we celebrate our 10th Anniversary. Click here to read our Anniversary Review - charting 10 years of progress of our charity. All of our supporters will be receiving a copy of this during April - if we do not have your address and you would like a hard copy please email us with your full contact details.

	Shop at Amazon and raise money for TB Alert
	Now you can support TB Alert while you shop! Just use this link every time you go to Amazon and you will earn us at least 5% commission at no extra cost to you. How about Betty Macdonald's hilarious book about life in a TB Sanatorium, The Plague and I? Or the beautiful and tragic Opera La Traviata on DVD. In fact anything you buy from Amazon will earn for TB Alert as long as you use our link.

	Translated Clinical Information materials are now available
	TB Alert is pleased to announce that our Clinical Information leaflets are now available translated into 20 languages. Click here to view these materials in English, for further information on the languages that are available and how to order.

	Rotary materials available for health awareness days
	If you are a Rotary Club in Britain and Ireland, please help raise awareness of TB in conjunction with your health or Stroke awareness days in April. We have various materials for public events including posters, pens and Rotary branded postcards. Email us giving your full contact details to find out more.

	HPA Newmarket TB Conference
	Download the presentations from the recent HPA TB conference in Newmarket. Click on the link for presentation. [Welcome and Introduction], [Tuberculosis Serveillance], [Tuberculosis in Prisons], [Tuberculosis in Childhood], [New TB Vaccines - Myth or Reality?], [TB Commissioning/Find and Treat].

Seen our banners? See below to find out more

To raise awareness of TB and its symptoms this World TB Day this banner and another similar one will be appearing on lamp-posts in Manchester, Wallsall, Luton, Ealing, Islington, Sutton and Hackney. View the banners in more detail here.

If you are concerned about TB and would like more information click here or call our helpline 10am to 1pm Monday to Friday on 0845 456 0995.
If you would like to make a donation to help TB Alert raise awareness of TB and support patients in the UK and overseas click here.

	Have you been affected by TB? Join the TB Action Group (TBAG)
	TB Alert is delighted to be facilitating this new voice for people in the UK affected by TB. If you or someone you know has been affected by TB and may be interested in being involved with TBAG (or if you would like to talk to someone in confidence about TB) email Tessa Marshall, Information Officer (or call 01273 234770).

	Help raise awareness about TB by joining us on Facebook
	TB Alert is now on the social networking site Facebook! Visit our page by clicking here and become a fan of our organisation and help us raise awareness of this curable disease.

	Secretary of State sends Message to TB Alert supporters
	Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander says in his seasonal message that he is proud to be in partnership with TB Alert in the fight against world poverty. Read more

	Winstone Zulu tells his story - living with HIV, surviving TB
	Click here to watch a 1 min video about TB and HIV in Africa. hi res/lo res or read about Winstone here.

	Give with confidence - our fundraising promise
	TB Alert has chosen to become a member of the FundRaising Standards Board - which works to ensure that organisation raising money from the public do so honestly and properly. Read our Fundraising Promise.

News

01/07/09…Why HIV patient are vulnerable to TB

Harvard scientists have found out why HIV patients are more susceptible to tuberculosis (TB) infection. Read more...

01/07/09…WHO study says Tb vaccine could kill babies with HIV.

A recent study by WHO showed that the risk of disseminated BCG disease in HIV-infected infants is considerably higher than previously estimated, although likely to be under-estimated. Read more...

01/07/09…Remembering Seonai - TB Activist and Journalist

TB Activist and journalist, Seonai Gordon, died on 23rd June of complications caused by TB. Seonai chronicled her thoughts about TB and life in a diary on the TB Survival Project website. Read more

19/06/09…HIV-positive speaker denied entry to international summit focusing on TB

Paul Thorn, a British activist scheduled to speak today at the Pacific Health Summit 2009 held in Seattle, said he was denied a U.S. visa because he is HIV positive. Read More...

15/06/09…South African AIDS activist died of drug-resistant TB

Thembi Ngubane, who used to host a radio programme known as the "Thembi's AIDS Diary", recently died at the age of 24. Read More...

15/06/09…Obama announces aid to Zimbabwe

US President Barack Obama announced 73 million dollars in aid for impoverished Zimbabwe following talks with Morgan Tsvangirai, the former opposition leader turned reform-seeking prime minister. Read more...

04/06/2009…Experimental new drug developed

A new study highlighted that the experimental drug TMC207 could be five times more effective than conventional TB treatmenrt . Read More...

27/05/09…Alliance annouces drug collaboration

The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development have annouced that four drug discovery collaboration agreements have been signed. All four projects have the potential to generate compounds active against drug-resistant TB. Read more...

28/04/09…2hr TB test approved in Europe

Cepheid Inc. have released a test that can simultaneously identify mycobacterium tuberculosis and resistance to rifampicin, a common first-line drug for treatment of the disease. Read more...

28/04/09…New TB vaccine begins trial

A new Tuberculosis vaccine, which would be given alongside the vaccine already used against the disease (BCG), has begun a clinical trial in South Africa. Read more...

01/04/09…Support fund for women in ill health

Margaret's Fund is a registered charity that supports women with TB through TB Alert's Patient Support Fund. The fund provides financial assistance to women who are in need, and who are in ill health, and nurses can apply direct for patients who do not have TB. Read more...

26/03/09…UN Chief sends global TB message

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all countries in the world to work together and fight against TB amid the spreading financial crisis. Read more...

25/03/09…Interview with activist Paul Thorn

TB activist Paul Thorn explains why there is a need for more community-based support programmes such as the ones implemented by Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers. Read more...

25/03/09…WHO stress TB-HIV link

HIV patients accounted for roughly a quarter of people who died from tuberculosis in 2007. Highlighting a closer connection between the two diseases than previously known. Read more....

24/03/09…UK Coalition To Stop TB

"We are calling on UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to push for the scale up and better link of TB and HIV activities to reach a goal of universal access to TB-HIV care by 2015". Read more....

24/03/09…UK TB cases - 2% increase

Provisional statistics released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) to coincide with World TB Day reveal that cases of TB rose by 2% from 2007 to 2008. Read more...

23/03/09…Open letter to 'The Times'

An open letter has been presented to 'The Times' regarding the challenges ahead for global health: tuberculosis is the single biggest killer of HIV patients worldwide. Read the letter...

18/03/09…UV light cuts spread of TB

Ultraviolet lights could reduce the spread of tuberculosis in hospital wards and waiting rooms by 70 per cent. Read more...

09/03/09…TB Alert signs Rio Declaration

A group of TB/HIV activitists have come together to create the Rio Communities Declaration which describes the current global TB and TB/HIV situation, and the actions they are calling for. TB Alert is delighted to put its name to the Declaration.

Update:

14/01/07

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