XDR-TB

5th December 2025

Princess Chichibu Memorial TB Global Award at 2025 World Conference on Lung Health

Prof Keertan Dheda was awarded the Princess Chichibu Memorial TB Global Award, presented by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA), in recognition of his exceptional scientific contributions and his global leadership in the fight against tuberculosis (TB).

18th December 2023

A Big Misconception About the World’s Greatest Infectious Killer

Growing up in India, which for decades has clocked millions of tuberculosis cases each year, Lalita Ramakrishnan was intimately familiar with how devastating the disease can be. The world’s greatest infectious killer, rivaled only by SARS-CoV-2, Mycobacterium tuberculosis spreads through the air and infiltrates the airways, in many cases destroying the lungs.

28th November 2023

In-depth: SA’s remarkable TB clinical trial capacity

One reason why so much TB and HIV research can be done in South Africa is quite simply that we have large epidemics of both diseases here. Around 13% of South Africa’s population are living with HIV.

28th February 2023

Assessing Pretomanid for Tuberculosis (APT)

The paper discussed in today's episode: Assessing Pretomanid for Tuberculosis (APT), a Randomized Phase 2 Trial of Pretomanid-containing Regimens for Drug-sensitive TB: 12-Week Results

25th October 2022

TB is surging again—can lessons from the covid-19 pandemic help?

Our podcast on science and technology. This week, we examine why the pandemic shattered global efforts to control tuberculosis, and ask whether innovations from the covid era could turn the tide against the disease. Podcasts | Babbage - The Economist

5th September 2022

New TB Regimen

TB experts elated as new drug cocktail cuts therapy and reduces side effects Drug-resistant TB remains a public health threat in SA with a cure rate of just more than 50% for MDR and 27% for XDR.

25th September 2018

TB: Everything we have is not enough

The story of Goodman Mkhanda In the world of tuberculosis it is often said that ‘it takes a village to cure TB’, and in the case […]

25th March 2017

Report: Global increase in drug-resistant TB threatens to ruin efforts to eradicate the disease

New antibiotics are becoming available for the first time but without accurate diagnostics, clear treatment guidelines, and improved control efforts, their effectiveness could be rapidly lost […]

24th March 2017

Global rise of multidrug resistant tuberculosis threatens to derail decades of progress

New antibiotics are becoming available for the first time but without accurate diagnostics, clear treatment guidelines, and improved control efforts, their effectiveness could be rapidly lost […]

24th March 2017

Resistance risk for new TB drugs, claims study

TB kills more people every year than any other infectious disease, including AIDS, claims the report. New Delhi: Global rise of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis threatens to derail […]

24th March 2017

South Africa: Latest Transmission Patterns for drug Resistant TB Pose New Challenge

Analysis By Keertan Dheda, University of Cape Town The emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis has resulted in scientists taking a more aggressive and urgent approach to […]

23rd March 2017

Rise of multidrug resistant TB ‘threatens to derail decades of progress’

Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly resistant to drugs worldwide which threatens to derail decades of progress, a report warns. Although new antibiotics are becoming available for the […]