New TB/HIV Data Available

More than a decade after it was identified as a global health emergency, tuberculosis (TB) continues to kill approximately two million people each year. The Stop TB Partnership has declared March 24 th, 2006 "World TB Day" to mobilize support and raise awareness about TB/HIV as a global health issues.

To help ensure information about TB/HIV are widely and freely available, the Kaiser Family Foundation, through its two global health websites, GlobalHealthReporting.org and GlobalHealthFacts.org, features new and updated resources, including the latest news, new data just released by the World Health Organization (WHO), and events related to TB around the world.

Visit GlobalHealthReporting.org at: www.globalhealthreporting.org/.

Visit GlobalHeatlhFacts.org at: www.globalhealthfacts.org/

Visit events calendar related to TB/HIV at: www.kaisernetwork.org/calendar/calendar.cfm?action=Month&showone=5

Highlights include:

• Daily news summaries;
• web sites and organizations;
• detailed country profiles;
• key reports and data sources on TB/HIV.
• New global country-level data on TB from the World Health Organization's report released today titled "Global Tuberculosis Control: Surveillance, Planning and Financing."
• TB-related webcasts from Kaisernetwork.org, including "Ask the Experts," an ongoing series on timely and important health issues, featuring a panel discussion about the global fight against TB.
• A calendar of upcoming events.


For media inquiries please contact: Rob Graham - Tel. 650-854-9400 ext. 237; Email: [email protected].