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About the National Tuberculosis Coalition of America

The NTCA was created in 1995, as the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association, to bring together the leaders of tuberculosis control programs in all states and territories, as well as many counties and city health departments that organize their own TB control activities. In 2023, the organization changed its name to the National Tuberculosis Coalition of America. Our website is undergoing a slow transformation to this new name and branding. Learn more…

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    2025 End TB Conference of the Union -- NAR

    Date: February 26 - March 1, 2025

    Location: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver, BC

    Specifics: For additional information, the agenda, and to register, click here.


    SETC's Quarterly All Member Call

    Date: Thursday, February 6th, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET

    Location: Virtual, Zoom Meeting

    Specifics: For additional information and to register, click here.


    2025 National TB Conference and APHL's 14th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of TB

    Date: Week of June 2-6, 2025

    Location: Atlanta Marriott Maquis, Atlanta, GA

    Specifics: Coming Soon


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    Noteworthy

    February 6, 2025 - NTCA's president, Jason Cummins, has written a letter for our membership.  Please review Jason's letter here.


    January 29, 2025 - John Green's book, Everything is TB: The History and Persistence Of Our Deadliest Disease, will be released in March. Pre-orders are available as signed copies. Click here for information about the book and his book tour.


    January 3, 2025 - Newly updated tuberculosis (TB) treatment guidelines were published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, “Updates on the Treatment of Drug Susceptible and Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: An Official ATS/CDC/ESR/IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines.” These guidelines introduce shorter, safer, and more effective treatment regimens for patients diagnosed with TB disease.


    December 13, 2024 - TAG releases a new report on TB Research Funding Trends (2005 - 2023). The report presents new data on funding for TB R&D in 2023, analyzes trends in spending since 2005, and takes a close look at funding for research to develop new TB vaccines.


    December 9, 2024 - DTBE released a DCL on the continued supply interruption of the BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ 960 PZA kits. These kits will not be available for shipment until early 2025. Read more about this and the assignments of labs to which samples can be submitted for testing until the issue is resolved here.


    October, 2024 - The Association of Refugee Health Coordinators (AHRC) released an overview of U.S. Refugee Admissions Tracks & Health Considerations. This document can be found on the NTCA website under Resources/New Arrivals or at this link.