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Global Experts Urge Whole-of-Society Strategy to End Tuberculosis Ahead of World TB Day 2026

2026

A global World TB Day 2026 perspective bringing together TB experts from multiple countries to discuss strengthening TB prevention and control through health-system capacity, political commitment, financing, community engagement, research and innovation

Ensuring regional vaccine production shifts power, not just factories

2026

Vaccines

Examines how regional vaccine manufacturing can strengthen equitable access to vaccines by shifting decision-making power and building sustainable production capacity. It considers issues including technology transfer, financing, workforce and technical capacity, governance, intellectual property, procurement and partnerships needed to make regional vaccine production sustainable and equitable.

Sustaining TB Innovations to Counter Foreign Aid Cuts

2026

Highlights how countries can sustain and scale TB innovations despite reductions in foreign aid.

Tuberculosis research principles and priorities in children and adolescents

2024-2026

Novel TB vaccines

An international consensus process led by the WHO Child and Adolescent TB Working Group to identify priority research areas for TB prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care in children and adolescents. Importantly for your database, one of the agreed research priorities is the development of effective TB vaccines, alongside research into feasibility, acceptability and uptake of interventions.

How can new TB vaccines be effectively introduced in Indonesia?

2026

Hypothetical vaccines

Explores how Indonesia could prepare for and successfully introduce a new adult TB vaccine. It brought together 28 stakeholders form TB, immunisation and international organisations to examine potential target popualtions, delievery strategies, financing , vaccine accpetability, helath system readinessfor vaccine introduction

Vaccination policies for healthcare personnel in Europe, 2026

2026

BCG vaccine

Comparative study of vaccination policies for healthcare personnel acorss 32 European countries, examining which vaccines are recommended or mandatory, which healhtcare personnel are targeted and how policies have changed since 2018. It includes policies for BCG/TB vaccination, as well as influenza, Covid-19, hepatitis B, MMR, varicella, pertusis, and other vaccines

African countries convene to prepare for the future rollout of new TB vaccines for adults and adolescents

2026

Novel TB vaccines

WHO convened a workshop with Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia to strengthen country preparedness for the potential introduction of novel TB vaccines for adults and adolescents. The workshop focused on priority populations, delivery strategies, evidence needs, country adoption and decision-making, implementation roadmaps, health-system readiness, stakeholder engagement, and community support.

Includion of young adolescents in policy development for new tuberculosis vaccines

2026

M72/AS01e, MTBVAC

Reviews the inclusion of young adolescents aged 9-14 years in policy development for new TB vaccines, including the potential benefits of adolescent vaccination, evidence requirements, trial design, implementation considerations, and integration with existing adolescent vaccination programmes