Our work in drug-resistant TB
The Union advocates for increased research and development, and conducts clinical trials to reduce treatment time and improve outcomes for patients in countries with the highest burdens of disease.
The Union also provides practical and experience-based support to countries implementing care for people with DR-TB. Our expertise is based on our extensive research with partners supporting the nine-month regimen, including partnering on the first randomised control trial into a new regimen for multidrug-resistant TB (TREAT TB).
With the new World Health Organization guidelines focusing on shorter, all oral, regimens for MDR-TB, The Union continues to support countries to implement the latest evidence-based treatments.
TREAT TB
Read more about TREAT TB (Technology, Research, Education and Technical Assistance for Tuberculosis), an ambitious initiative that was launched by The Union, seeking to contribute new knowledge regarding shorter, more tolerable treatment regimens for MDR-TB.
OTHER AREAS OF OUR WORK IN TUBERCULOSIS
You might also be interested in our work on child and adolescent TB and TB-HIV, TB-diabetes and co-morbidities.
The Union used an operational research approach to test a shortened treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant TB. The study first demonstrated a greater than 80% success rate in Bangladesh, Cameroon and Niger and The Union continued to work to develop and implement shorter more effective regimens for the treatment of MDR-TB.
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DR-TB Union news
Conflation of prediction and causality in the TB literature
A forthcoming IJTLD OPEN article addresses the frequent conflation of prediction and causal inference in observational TB studies, and outlines practical recommendations to enhance research precision and transparency.
The rationale for cancer to be made a notifiable disease in India
In this Short Communication (to be published in the Q2 issue of PHA), the authors explain why the Ministry of Health in India should make cancer a notifiable disease.
TB disability and multimorbidity at the onset of treatment in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Ahead of World TB Day, we present an article that assesses the burden of multimorbidity and the effectiveness of referral pathways at the start of TB treatment across Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Evaluating disability, comorbidities and risk factors after TB treatment: an 18–24 month follow-up in China
Ahead of World TB Day, we present an article that assesses disability, comorbidities and risk factors after TB treatment in China.
DR-TB publications
RFP for Human Resources Information System
Request for Proposal (RFP) floated to hire an Agency for providing Human Resources Information System (HRIS).
The Union is soliciting proposals from qualified and experienced HRIS vendor to provide a single, robust integrated enterprise HRIS solution across all countries. The Union intends to deploy the HRIS globally to ensure data management and efficient operations.
Proposal submission deadline: 15 April 2025