The Phillippines – ASCENT DR-TB

KNCV Philippines advances DR-TB Preventive therapy & Non-Sputum Testing

1 month ago

Capacity Building, Community Partnerships, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Phillippines, video

In celebration of World TB Day 2026 KNCV Philippines and KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation hosted a webinar on DR-TB Preventive Therapy and Non-Sputum TB Testing under the Unitaid-funded project ASCENT-DRTB: CHANGING THE MINDSET:…

Strengthening Regional Capacity for Pediatric TB Diagnosis through Supplemental Training on the Simple One-Step Stool Method

7 months ago

Capacity Building, South East Asia Region, The Phillippines, Training

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine–National TB Reference Laboratory (RITM–NTRL), in collaboration with the Unitaid-funded and KNCV-led ASCENT DR-TB Project, successfully conducted three batches of Supplemental Training on the Simple…

Workshop on Drug Resistant TB Preventive Treatment and Tuberculin Skin Testing initiative of the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, the Philippines

7 months ago

Capacity Building, South East Asia Region, The Phillippines, Training

The road to TB elimination starts with TB prevention… Through the support of the Unitaid-funded ASCENT DR-TB Project, drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) Preventive Treatment (DR-TPT) using 6 months of levofloxacin has…

Stakeholders validate interim policy on stool-based LC-NAAT for pediatric TB diagnosis

9 months ago

Diagnosis, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, South East Asia Region, TB in children, The Phillippines

Manila, Philippines – August 20, 2025 A total of 38 stakeholders representing government agencies, private medical practitioners, laboratory staff, medical societies, civil society organizations (CSOs), tuberculosis (TB) experts, and TB…

Addressing TB infection for drug-resistant TB in the Philippines

10 months ago

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Phillippines

The 2024 WHO Global Tuberculosis Report states that one-fourth of the world’s population is estimated to have been infected with tuberculosis (TB). The vast majority of them are not infectious…

ASCENT DR-TB Project launched in the Philippines in collaboration with the Department of Health

11 months ago

ASCENT, The Phillippines

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation (KNCV TB Plus) launched the initiation of the Unitaid-funded ASCENT DR-TB Project in the Philippines in collaboration with the National TB Program (NTP), Disease Prevention and Control…

Yayasan KNCV Indonesia – Job Aids Resources 2025

1 year ago

ASCENT, Capacity Building, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Phillippines, Training, Tratment Action Group (TAG), Yayasan KNCV Indonesia

The ASCENT DR-TB Partner Yayasan KNCV Indonesia (YKI) created a series of job aids (flip charts) to support healthcare workers on active drug-safety management and monitoring (aDSM), and drug-resistant tuberculosis…