NDWG Highlights - October 2021

Upcoming 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health (virtual) on 19-22 October 2021

Satellite Session | TB diagnostic tools: is COVID-19 catalysing progress?

19 October, 18:15−19:45 CET

Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics that are accurate, non-sputum based, rapid, low-cost, and user-friendly are necessary to find the “missing millions” affected by TB. In this session by FIND and the Stop TB Partnership New Diagnostics Working Group (NDWG), updates on TB diagnostics research and development (R&D) will be shared. You will be engaged by global health specialists on topics including the most recent developments in the TB diagnostics pipeline, TB detection, and next-generation sequencing.

*Participants registered to the conference can attend this satellite session

Community Connect Session | Taking TB research literacy online

21 October, 16:00−16:45 CET

The Stop TB Partnership Working Groups on New TB Vaccines, New TB Drugs, and New TB Diagnostics and the Stop TB Partnership NGO and Affected Community Board Delegations are co-developing a self-guided online learning course on new TB drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines. The course has been specifically designed with and for advocates and affected communities to provide a base of knowledge in TB research and to generate interest and engagement in TB research advocacy. In this session, you will get to hear from the course development team on the TB research literacy opportunity the course presents including a teaser of what it looks like!

Recently published paper on the diagnostic performance of TB infection tests

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the diagnostic performance of novel skin-based in-vivo tests for TB infection was published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases.