TB Alert

Had a great time volunteering with @tb-alert.bsky.social and chatting with lots of respiratory experts at the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting today. #BTSWinter

Great celebration of TB Alert's digital-first relaunch at the BTS Winter Conference today. We're now moving forward with a strong, modernised approach to ensure we continue our vital work and make the greatest possible impact on TB. #TBAlert #EndTB
@tbaction.bsky.social
@thetruthabouttb.bsky.social

Be Patient: Life, loss and laughter from behind the hospital curtain Tilly's poignant memoir offers raw, compassionate insights into Britain's healthcare, blending dark humor with profound lessons on perseverance and human connection.

We are so proud of @thattillyrose.bsky.social (who came to us for support during her TB journey) on the continued success of her book 'Be Patient'! We are grateful that her unhappy experience is now driving awareness of TB. An Amazon choice, it is now 99p on Kindle for November: shorturl.at/s7QLI

There is a UK national shortage of some anti-TB medicines, expected to last until at least the end of 2025. Please be reassured that plans are in place to protect your health. Please find out more at bit.ly/4o8s6Yk or contact TB Alert:
-contact@tbalert.org
-https://healthunlocked.com/tb-alert

We're giving a big shout out to Alex Harris, who is running 10K next year to raise money for our life saving work. Alex first learnt of the historic impact of TB through her English degree. She was then inspired to act after reading John Green's contemporary account. justgiving.com/page/alex-ha...

How Tuberculosis Shaped Victorian Fashion The deadly disease—and later efforts to control it—influenced trends for decades

Thankfully, TB is no longer in fashion! Though sadly, it has not been confined to the history books: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

This opportunity is still open! Please get in touch if you have lived experience of TB and links to countries where TB is more common.

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB has launched an inquiry into increasing TB rates.

If you have professional or lived experience of TB, your insights are vital. Help identify gaps, highlight good practice & shape a TB strategy for England: www.tbalert.org/news-article/appg-tb-inquiry

*Paid interview* Share your story of TB and migration in a confidential one-to-one interview (phone or video) to share your experience as of screening, diagnosis, treatment, and support pre and post-entry to the UK. Findings will inform a National TB Action Plan. Get involved: contact@tbalert.org

*Paid interview* Share your story of TB and migration in a confidential one-to-one interview (phone or video) to share your experience as of screening, diagnosis, treatment, and support pre and post-entry to the UK. Findings will inform a National TB Action Plan. Get involved: contact@tbalert.org

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB has launched an inquiry into increasing TB rates.

If you have professional or lived experience of TB, your insights are vital. Help identify gaps, highlight good practice & shape a TB strategy for England: www.tbalert.org/news-article/appg-tb-inquiry

Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testing

A devastating but sadly not unexpected development: www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/aug/28/health-malawi-tuberculosis-tb-drugs-shortages-poverty-aid-cuts-who. It should not need to be said, but TB anywhere is TB everywhere so we must not forsake the most vulnerable.

Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers Doctors and medical researchers expect more outbreaks of infectious disease as the Trump administration crams thousands more people into miserable conditions.

Unsurprising but horrifying. Wherever there are people forced into crowded living conditions, there will be tuberculosis. Wherever people are dehumanized, there will be tuberculosis. prospect.org/health/2025-...

Visual on a green background with a cell pattern. In the center, an illustration of stylized lungs surrounded by a dark blue circle. A yellow and orange magnifying glass shows rod-shaped bacteria inside the left lung. At the top of the circle, it reads “Let's talk about:”, and below, in large blue letters, “Tuberculosis.” At the bottom right, an arrow points to the right. At the bottom of the image, the hashtag #ScienceUpFirst.

In 2023, Tuberculosis overtook COVID-19 to once again become the world’s deadliest infectious disease. 🫁

Learn more about what TB is, how it spreads, and why health equity is the key to stopping it 👇

scienceupfirst.com/public-healt...

#ScienceUpFirst

Exciting news! All the content for our new website has gone to production. The countdown for our relaunch is officially on. Donate now to help us maintain this momentum and bring you even more TB information and resources: www.justgiving.com/charity/tbalert

Your story is powerful. Whether you're a person with lived experience, a healthcare professional or an advocate – your insight can bring TB the attention it deserves.

If TB has touched your life in any way, share your story now 🔗www.thetruthabouttb.org/talking-tb/stories/share-your-story

Your voice can change lives! Help shape TB Alert's future by taking our quick survey. Your input directly influences our new digital-first strategy to #EndTB #TB #tuberculosis. Take the survey: bit.ly/4lfUIh1

Screenshot of the cover of the linked report.

Important new @msfaccess.org report highlights how even EU countries lack appropriate access to #tuberculosis medicines💊.
"Bridging the gap: Securing access to essential #TB medicines in the EU and EEA"
msfaccess.org/bridging-gap...
(other high-income countries like Canada face similar challenges)

This is a worrying development when we know that smoking increases vulnerability to #TB #tuberculosis by stressing the immune system and also results in a poorer response to treatment.

TB Alert needs YOU! We were hard hit by the pandemic and continued difficult global funding environment. But we’re responding strongly with a digital-first relaunch. We need your input at this critical moment, to shape our future www.tbalert.org/about-us/a-new-chapter/ #YourVoiceMatters #EndTB

We are finding out more and what that BCG is truly an amazing vaccine - yet not so much for addressing the tricky TB bacteria it originally sought to address!

We do try!

The financial ground is shifting beneath global health - with critical TB programmes bearing the brunt. Services are disrupted, and ongoing drug trials face abrupt endings. This is a direct threat to lives and our ambition to #EndTB by 2035. Alternative donors are needed now - lives depend on it.

A huge thanks to Ruth Roberts for completing the Great Birmingham Run to raise over £200 for TB Alert! This is a fantastic effort, not least because Ruth has lasting effects to her knee from TB. Despite this, Ruth smiled through the pain and came out victorious - a testament to all who beat TB!

Congratulations to Sameer Sah, TB Alert's former Director of Overseas Programmes, on receiving the new British Humanitarian Medal from King Charles! This award recognises his vital role securing healthcare for those affected by the Gaza conflict, as Head of Programmes at Medical Aid to Palestinians.

📢 #EUTestingWeek! Did you know TB can hide in your body for years without making you ill?

🗣️ If you have links to a country with high rates of TB or work in an occupation that increases your risk ask about a latent TB test. Prevention is better than cure. #LatentTB #Tuberculosis #eutestingweek

This doesn't sound good!

This would be an absolute game changer!

Europe’s health at a crossroads: Stronger efforts needed to achieve 2030 targets HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections are causing unnecessary suffering across Europe — it is time to take action.

🇪🇺 @ecdc.europa.eu sounds alarm on #PublicHealth

“Despite being preventable, every year, over 57 000 people in the EU die from #AIDS, #TB & #hepatitis — a high toll for a continent with available resources, knowledge and effective tools for prevention and control.”

www.politico.eu/sponsored-co...

We agree. TB affected communities say it loud and clear - Nothing about us without us!