11 July 2013 – Ottawa, Canada – The Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board has elected Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of Health of South Africa, as its Chair.

10 July 2013 – Ottawa, Canada – The Stop TB Partnership has presented Canada’s Minister for International Development, Julian Fantino, with an award recognizing Canada’s support and leadership in the fight against tuberculosis (TB).

10 June 2013 - Geneva - The Stop TB Partnership has appointed five new Coordinating Board members who will act as constituency representatives.

30 May 2013 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Community health workers - known as health extension workers in Ethiopia - have teamed up with motorbike riders to dramatic effort in Ethiopia’s Sidama Zone, finding double the number of people with tuberculosis (TB) compared to a previous period and increasing their chances of survival.

African health ministers last night drew up a list of priority measures needed to accelerate the response to tuberculosis (TB) in sub-Saharan Africa.

Business leaders have launched a new initiative to support the achievement of international tuberculosis (TB) targets by the time that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2015.

30 April 2013 - Thimpu, Bhutan - The third South-East Asia Regional Green Light Committee (GLC) meeting ended on an ambitious note, with representatives from national tuberculosis (TB) programmes, the World Health Organization (WHO), technical agencies and civil society all showing their support for a vision of zero TB deaths, infections and suffering.

15 April 2013 - Geneva - The Stop TB Partnership Secretariat is inviting nominations from individuals who are interested in serving as country or constituency representatives on the Coordinating Board.

A group of activists launched the Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA), a new network that aims to put communities affected by tuberculosis at the centre of decision making in the fight against TB.

24 March 2013 - Cape Town - The Deputy President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, today handed over six Xpert diagnostic machines to the country’s prison service, providing access to rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis for more than 30% of the country’s prison population.