TBVI in the media


TBVI regularly shows up in a diverse range of media productions. Here is a short overview (not complete):

  • South Africa Plays Leading Role in the Development of New Tuberculosis Vaccines, Blogpost by Jelle Thole and Tom Evans, Impatient Optimists, 26 March 2013
  • Vaccines: Trial setback fails to damp enthusiasm, Financial Times, 21 March 2013
  • Documentary: Tuberculosis: an injection of hope, Euronews TV, 18 March 2013
  • Europa se 'olvida' de la investigación contra el sida, la malaria y la tuberculosis, Teknautas, 23 February 2013
  • Violetta soll nicht sterben, Frankfurter Allgemeine SonntagsZeitung, 3 February 2013
  • Los Gates respaldan la investigación española de la vacuna contra la tuberculosis, El Mundo, 16 January 2013
  • La Fundación Bill&Melinda Gates dona más de 323.000 euros para la vacuna de la tuberculosis, Heraldo, and Telecinco, 16 January 2013
  • Biofabri recibirá ayudas de la Fundación Bill Gates para su vacuna contra la tuberculosis, Faro de Vigo, 17 January 2013
  • Gates cofinancia el ensayo de la vacuna gallega de la tuberculosis, La Voz de Galicia, 17 January 2013
  • La Fundación Bill&Melinda Gates dona más de 323.000 euros a Biofrabri, Europapress, 16 January 2013
  • Vaccine for tuberculosis to undergo clinical trial, University World News, 25 November 2012
  • Green light for clinical trial of new tuberculosis vaccine candidate, News Alert European Commission Research & Innovation department, 18 October 2012
  • Green light for start clinical trials of innovative and promising tuberculosis vaccine, Pharmanews, 17 October 2012
  • A deadly double whammy for poor children, Asia Sentinel, and Asian Tribune 17 July 2012
  • New G20 Austerity Measures Required to Address Tuberculosis, Blog post in Huffington Post, 19 June 2012
  • Vaccines crucial in battle against TB, Letter in Financial Times, 13 June 2012
  • Vaccines: a powerful tool in the battle against tuberculosis, Key Correspondents, 12 June 2012
  • TB: a threat to all countries, high burden and low burden, rich and poor, Key Correspondents, 12 June 2012
  • Vooruitgang geboekt in de strijd tegen tuberculose, Flevopost, 11 June 2012. English translation via Google translate
  • TBVI receives $3 mln research grant from Gates Foundation, Key Correspondents and Pharmanews, 7 June 2012
  • A Financial Boost For The Search Of New TB Vaccines, CitizenNewsService, SpyGhana, June 2012
  • TBVI ontvangt 3 miljoen dollar voor vaccinonderzoek van Gates Foundation, Medical Facts and Flevopost, 31 May 2012
  • 3 Miljoen voor vaccinonderzoek, Laboratorium Magazine, 1 June 2012
  • HIV and TB news, Science Speaks, 4 May 20112
  • Boost to TB vaccine research as TBVI and Aeras sign MOU, Key Correspondents, 30 April 2012
  • Nonprofit TB Vaccine Developers Sign MOU to Accelerate Progress, PharmaLive and EvaluatePharma 27 April 2012
  • Opinion: A TB Vaccine Blueprint, The Scientist, 23 April 2012
  • World TB DAay, a perfect opportunity for the UK. To Cable: Money to help save lives, 24 March 2012, European Parliamentary Labour Party
  • TB Day in Toulouse, France, 24 March 2012, CNRS
  • On 20 March 2012 the new Blueprint for tuberculosis vaccines was published in the journal 'Tuberculosis'. This launch was guided by a press briefing in Johannesburg and a press release, which together resulted in a broad media outreach. Here you can find the press release, followed by the media ourtreach.
  • Bill Gates entusiasta con la nueva vacuna española contra la tuberculosis, MI+D, 5 March 2012, English translation via google translate
  • 4 vragen over tbc, De Stentor (Dutch newspaper), 2 March 2012
  • Bill Gates enthusiastic about new TB vaccine candidate from University Zaragoza, Ciberes, 1 March 2012
  • Bill Gates entusiasta con la nueva vacuna contra la tuberculosis, Sinc, 1 March 2012, English translation via google translate
  • Treinta y seis jóvenes ensayarán la nueva vacuna contra la tuberculosis de una biofarmacéutica de O Porriño, Faro de Vigo, 1 March 2012, English translation via google translate
  • Una empresa gallega probará en 36 jóvenes una nueva vacuna contra la tuberculosis, La Opinion Coruna, 1 March 2012, English translation via google translate
  • Bill Gates, interesado en la vacuna aragonesa de la tuberculosis, El Periodico de Aragon, 1 March 2012, English translation via google translate
  • La porrinesa Biofabri probara este ano en humanos la nuava vacuna contra la tuberculosis, La Voz de Galicia, 1 March 2012
  • Spaanse steun voor onderzoek naar tuberculosevaccins, Medical facts, Krant van Flevoland, 29 February 2012
  • La vacuna de la tuberculosis se probará en humanos este año (TB vaccine will be tested in humans this year), El Pais, 29 February 2012, English translation via google translate
  • Totaalresistente tbc in India (Totally drug resistant TB in India), Medisch Contact (Dutch medical magazine), 18 January 2012
  • The race against tuberculosis, Projects website and magazine, 7 December 2011
  • Want to get to zero Aids-deaths? Deal with TB! Blogposts on the occasion of World Aids day 2011 on i.a. Key Correspondents, Citizen News Service, TB Europe Coalition and Asian Tribune
  • Totaalresistente tbc in India (Totally drug resistant TB in India), Medisch Contact (Dutch medical magazine), 18 January 2012
  • New times, new tactics: broadening the argument for TB vaccine development, TBVI blogpost on Journalists against TB, also published on Citizen News Service and Key Correspondents 22 November 2011

  • TB vaccine network to connect African and European institutions, Key Correspondents 11 November 2011
  • Maximising collaboration to fight tuberculosis, Effect Magazine, European Foundations Centre, Autumn 2011
  • Call for new vaccines, blogpost on Journalists against TB
  • Overview media outreach related tot the press conference organized by Fundacion Ramon Areces, Spain, 18 October 2011.
  • TB vaccine research: New network connects African, European institutions Africa Science News
  • New TB vaccines: a reality in the next decade, article on Citizen News Service
  • New TB vaccines, a matter of poltical will, TBVI blogpost on Journalists Against TB, also published on Citizen News Service
  • Nieuwe tbc-vaccins een kwestie van politieke wil, article in Dutch medical magazine Medical Facts, 6 July 2011
  • Overview media outreach related to press conference organized by the biopharmaceutical company Biofabri, Spain, 24 May 2011, where the progress of the vaccine candidate MTBVAC01 to phase I clinical trials was announced.
  • The French TV3 on 9 April 2011 had a one hour TV show about tuberculosis vaccines. 42 min. from the beginning, the current TB vaccine development work from Institut Pasteur Lille was explained, including the role of TBVI.
  • TBVI partner Peter Andersen receives prestigious scientific prize, Citizen News Service, 6 April 2011
  • Overview media outreach World TB Day symposium, organized by TBVI and several other partners, 24 March 2011
  • TBC: de moordenaar komt sterker terug, Nederlands Dagblad (Dutch Daily), 25 March 2011
  • New vaccines: A financial booster, article in Financial Times, 24 March 2011
  • TB vaccines: getting them out of the lab, Science and Development Network, 24 March 2011. Also published on Alertnet, 31 May 2011
  • Spotlight on new approach to tuberculosos vaccine funding, TBVI blog post at Citizen News Service: Citizen News Service, 24 March 2011
  • Tuberkuloosi ei ole menneisyyden vitsaus, opinion article by Juhani Eskola in Helsingin Sanomat, Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish), 24 March 2011
  • Developing new TB vaccines: cucial requirements, TBVI blog post at TropIKA, 9 March 2011
  • New vaccines aganist TB seem to be in sight, TBVI blog post at Journalists against TB, 13 February 2011
  • Progress in tuberculosis vaccine research, TBVI blog post at Citizen News service (CNS), 13 February 2011
  • MEPs urge EU to fight tuberculosis worldwide, press release European Parliament 
  • New vaccines against TB, where do we stand? TBVI blog post on Journalists Against TB, 25 January 2011 

  • Erforschung von TB-Impfstoffen macht Fortschritte - Es fehlt aber am Geld, Ärzte Zeitung, 3 January 2011 (in German)

  • Overview media outreach 2nd global forum on TB vaccines, co-organized by TBVI, 21-24 September 2010

  • A new blueprint for TB vaccines, TropIKA.net, 13 October 2010

  • Funding crucial to tackling global TB epidemic, Irish Times, 1 October 2010

  • Eesti on tuberkuloosi vastu voitlemisel teistele eeskujuks, opinion in Estonian medical newspaper Meditsiiniuudised, 28 September 2010

  • TB vaccine advocates assess efforts to raise TB vaccine support, Science Speaks, 27 September 2010

  • Gulbenkian dá 100 mil euros para ajudar no desenvolvimento de nova vacina, Destak, July 7, 2010 (in Portgese)

  • TB conference to map out vaccine plan, SciDev.net, September 20, 2010

  • Fighting TB in Asia: Public and private health sector should partner up, Citizen News Service, June 15, 2010

  • Research and development of new tuberculosis vaccines: conference update, TropIKA, June 9, 2010

  • Symposium shows progress in TB vaccines, Citizen News Service, June 8, 2010

  • Tuberculosis vaccine research: progress is being made, TropIKA, June 7, 2010

  • Further research into field of new tuberculosis vaccines needed, Citizen News Service, June 4, 2010

  • Los recortes en investigación no retrasarán la nueva vacuna contra la tuberculosis, Aragondigital, June 4, 2010

  • Seis vacunas en desarrollo en TB tratan de mejorar la actual :: Diariomedico.com :: ESPAÑA, Herenciageneticayenfermedad, June 4, 2010

  • Tuberculosis: The quest for vaccine picks up momentum, BioSpectrum, April 28, 2010.

  • Inoculations: Drive is on to replace venerable 90-year-old vaccine, Financial Times (free registration required), March 24, 2010 (article in Combating Tuberculosis special report)

  • TBVI is developing booster BCG vaccines, BioSpectrum, February 4, 2010

  • La tuberculose à mettre à l’agenda, La Libre Belgique, January 26 2010. Former minister of health Catherine Fonck made a proposal for a resolution to include the global fight against TB in the agenda of the Belgian presidency of the European Union in 2010. She supports the activities of TBVI to develop new vaccines.
  • Zeitbombe Tuberkulose, Berlin Medical, September 4, 2009.
  • TB vaccine research gets a boost from Europe, TropIKA.net, August 28, 2009.
  • Bill Gates, el magnate más generoso, El Pais, August 25, 2009.
  • Flevolands bedrijf krijgt miljoenen van Bill Gates, De Stentor, August 20, 2009.
  • Bill Gates geeft 3 miljoen aan tuberculosebestrijder, de Volkskrant and most other Dutch newspapers, August 18, 2009.

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