Additional TB Resources

This three-part webinar series features key lectures from the 2025 Annual TB Conference, including the annual Comstock Lecture, a session on 'What’s Hot in Treatment Differentiation and Individualization,' and a session titled 'Reframing Directly Observed Treatment.'

A session from the 78th World Health Assembly focused on new financing models and emerging technologies in TB. Speakers emphasized sustainable investment and digital health tools to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

The new 2025 update of An Activist’s Guide to Shorter Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis lays out what community advocates need to know about WHO-recommended regimens for drug-resistant TB. The Activist Guide reviews the evidence-base behind these regimens, important considerations for key populations affected by TB, the access landscape, and more. The publication is intended to equip advocates with information they need to formulate arguments and push for universal implementation of the best available treatments.

This webinar, held as part of the INDO-US TB Programme, brings together leading experts to spotlight the critical research gaps that must be addressed to help India achieve its TB elimination goals by 2025. It covers key focus areas from diagnostics and treatment innovations to operational research and policy implementation strategies.

The PHA Editors will consider any manuscript reporting original research on progress to achieving the SDGs. Suitable topics include infection-related topics such as vaccines, infection prevention control, outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance. Non-communicable diseases of public health importance include nutrition, the impact of climate change and planetary health. The journal aims to improve public health practice and we welcome operational research, lessons from implementation and evaluations of public health interventions. We will also consider submissions that focus on issues related to health care access and universal health coverage, quality, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, ethics and equity as well as education and training.

Professional Resources & Tools from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

TAG’s Cheat Sheets for Tuberculosis Activists are designed to help advocates navigate the range of tools in use and in the research pipeline.

To accompany the updated Activist’s Guide to Shorter Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, TAG also developed three additional educational materials to support community-based and civil society organizations leading treatment literacy, peer support, and community-led monitoring activities:

This document provides criteria for each diagnosis and a coding scheme for each diagnoses including levels of evidence confirmed, probable and no distinction between confirmed and probable.

A library of resources for the prevention, management, and elimination of TB.

A three-part online study club series, hosted by the Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC) and the Global TB Community Advisory Board (TB CAB), explores the evolving TB diagnostic landscape and strategies to expand testing coverage. Session one addresses the TB testing gap and emerging diagnostic tools. Session two focuses on optimizing national diagnostic networks and test distribution. Session three examines the impact and trade-offs of near- and point-of-care TB tests in expanding access.

This website provides access to all annual tuberculosis (TB) reports published by WHO since 1997.

Most important training for any investigator would be HSP/GCP where they need to learn and understand how Ethical conduct of research is done and why it is important.  DAIDS learning portal, HANC network , DAIDS score manual have good training modules .

This monthly webinar series offers healthcare professionals the latest insights in tuberculosis (TB). Tuberculosis experts will discuss screening, diagnosis, and treatment of TB disease and latent TB infection (LTBI). Topics include considerations for pediatric and adult populations, clinical updates, diagnostic methods, and treatment strategies. Healthcare professionals managing patients with TB can stay informed on research developments and emerging treatment regimens for active TB and LTBI, exploring innovative approaches to enhance patient adherence and outcomes.

Podcast- Why TB, an ancient health threat, remains a public health threat.

The Union has three official journals: >> The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, IJTLD - the leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to lung health worldwide. >> IJTLD Open - The Union's new Open Access journal for the latest research on TB and lung diseases including asthma, COVID-19 and COPD. >> Public Health Action - the latest operational research on health systems.

This e-course gives practical guidance on key elements of the management of TB in children and adolescents. The role of health care workers in preventing, identifying and managing TB in children and adolescents is critical.

Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test Video

APHL, in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has developed a series of free, interactive modules called Essentials for the Mycobacteriology Laboratory: Promoting Quality Practices to promote competency, quality and safety in common mycobacteriology testing practices.

This session called for increased domestic TB funding in Africa, private sector engagement, and innovation in service delivery, governance, and regulation—underscoring community-driven and politically aligned strategies.

A free educational tool for healthcare providers treating pediatric TB. Updated in May 2025, it includes a five-part video series (64 minutes) by Dr. Ann M. Loeffler and downloadable clinical tools and handouts.

This asynchronous course includes the topics of State of pediatric TB and its epidemiology and surveillance; The public health approach to pediatric TB; TB prevention; TB diagnostics and their use in pediatrics. Register here: https://jhmi.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ehvtMnfTmW7kDpI

This asynchronous course includes the topics of Burden of TB in Pregnancy, Risk of TB Acquisition, Impact of Maternal TB on Maternal-Infant Outcome, Does Pregnancy Impact TB Treatment and Prevention. Register here: https://jhmi.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ehvtMnfTmW7kDpI

As of 17 June 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released or updated the following key publications on tuberculosis for the year 2025: >> Use of Computer-Aided Detection Software for Tuberculosis Screening – WHO policy statement >> Consolidated Guidance on Tuberculosis Data Generation and Use – Module 4: Surveys of Costs Faced by Households Affected by Tuberculosis >> Tuberculosis and Climate Change – Analytical framework and identification of knowledge gaps >> WHO Consolidated Operational Handbook on Tuberculosis – Module 4: Treatment and Care >> WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Tuberculosis – Module 3: Diagnosis >> WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Tuberculosis – Module 4: Treatment and Care >> Integrated Approach to Tuberculosis and Lung Health >> Report of the WHO Consultation on Asymptomatic Tuberculosis – Geneva, Switzerland, 14–15 October 2024 >> Global Research Agenda for Antimicrobial Resistance in Human Health >> Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis – Annual meeting report, Geneva, Switzerland, 17–19 June 2024 >> Operational Handbook on Tuberculosis – Module 6: Tuberculosis and Comorbidities, 3rd edition >> Platform for Efficient and Practical Tuberculosis Treatment Trials – Meeting report, Geneva, 30 September–1 October 2024

Presented by Shibu Vijayan

Organization which offers periodic webinars, and has a monthly newsletter with current publications on DR-TB.

This asynchronous course includes the topics of Cost-Effectiveness of TB Treatment, TB Vaccine, Pediatric TB, Pregnancy and TB, MDR TB, Policy. Register here: https://jhmi.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ehvtMnfTmW7kDpI

The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center (SNTC) is one of four TB Centers of Excellence (COE) in the United States. The SNTC supports the education and training missions of TB programs throughout our region and provides a source of expert medical consultation for healthcare providers caring for TB patients.

Video in multiple languages for collecting sputum sample

Developed by WHO “The purpose of the manual is to provide guidelines and supporting material for sites embarking on STEPS chronic disease risk factor surveillance.” While focus is non-communicable diseases useful information for communicable disease e.g., STEPS instrument.

Watch webinars, event recordings, and advocacy videos from the Stop TB Partnership.

Presented by Tess Ryckman

The TB digital platform offers dashboards displaying global TB data—from overall trends to specific sources like prevalence surveys. It brings together data from all countries and makes it easier to access and understand through clear, user-friendly visuals.

Advancing TB research through open-access, multi-domain, global TB data and tools.

The database provides the most up-to-date information on clinical trials, operational research, and other studies related to TB and MDR-TB.

Surveillance related

Open access journals by The Union with mostly TB and other lung health articles.

Presented by Chetan Gadgil

This e-learning course places a special spotlight on the links between TB and mental health conditions and the basic interventions to deliver at the level of primary health care through effective collaboration between the TB and mental health programmes.

A discussion including leading TB experts, authors, and thought leaders to shed light on how actions from the Trump administration affect patients and the long fight against TB.

Presented by Karen Dobos

Presented by Umesh Shaligram

This website provides access to the latest WHO recommendations on all aspects of tuberculosis prevention and care. The user can search, filter and cross-tabulate the recommendations through built-in functions. For each individual recommendation one can also access key background information, such as the evidence summaries and the Guideline Development Group decisions underpinning it.

Can access all WHO TB guidelines, operational handbooks and training material together in one place

This app allows users to explore and interact with data from the WHO 2024 Global Tuberculosis Report. It is also available on the Apple App Store by searching for 'TB Report'.

The WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme's newsletter for World TB Day 2025, which highlights the theme "Yes! We Can End TB: Commit. Invest. Deliver." The newsletter calls for urgent action to turn global commitments into results, increase funding, and scale up interventions that are proven to be effective, especially for drug-resistant TB. It includes key messages from various global leaders, such as the WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros, and author John Green, highlighting the need for solidarity and sustained momentum to end TB