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What is tuberculosis? Tuberculosis, or TB, is a contagious disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). It usually destroys the lungs, but can also affect any other organ in the body. Common symptoms include coughing, loss of weight, fever and night sweats, tiredness and loss of appetite. A vaccine for TB has been […]

Neglected tropical diseases affect 1.4 billion people in the world’s poorest countries, but they could be safely and cheaply treated

Health systems across the Global South are short of cash. Yet the rules of the tax and trade systems are taking resources away from healthcare.

Today is the World Day of Social Justice. An opportunity to focus our attention on efforts to tackle the many injustices persisting across the world.

Wherever we live, we want similar things. To live peaceful lives in a supportive community, have access to health care for our families when we are sick, and an education for our children that gives them a solid foundation for their futures.

Poverty and poor health worldwide are inextricably linked.

Health is a human right, no matter who we are or where we are born.

Our Head of Policy and Campaigns blogs about our values, and our roots in the Primary Healthcare Movement.

Millions of people around the world live in a cycle of poverty and poor health that is difficult to break

Tomorrow we recognise World Malaria Day and the ongoing fight to defeat this disease globally