Diagnosis Archives – Treatment Action Group

Near Point-of-Care TB Tests: What Communities Need to Know and Advocate for in Global Fund Grant Cycle 8

April 3, 2026
Adam Ortega

TB testing is getting faster, cheaper, and more accessible and advocates have a critical window to act. Treatment Action Group's new factsheet breaks down WHO-recommended near point-of-care TB tests and shows how communities can use Global Fund Grant Cycle 8 to finance their rollout. With an estimated 2.7 million people going undiagnosed in 2024 alone, the tools and funding are finally aligned. Now is the time to push for change.

TAG Comments for the September 2025 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Meeting on How to Leverage Same-Day Diagnosis and Treatment, Docket No. CDC-2025-0321

September 30, 2025
Jason Kirk

TAG sent this comment to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) September 2025 meeting on how to leverage same-day diagnosis and treatment for hepatitis C.

An Activist’s Guide to Diagnostic Tools for Tuberculosis 2025

July 10, 2025
Jason Kirk

The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for diagnosing TB have evolved along with available technologies and tools that are increasingly accurate, simple, and efficient at detecting TB and resistance to a wider range of TB drugs.

Speed-Up, Scale-Up TB Testing: A Two-Part Webinar Series Focused on the Asia-Pacific Region

April 23, 2025
Jason Kirk

TAG, APCASO, and Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC) hosted a two-part webinar series exploring the evolving TB diagnostic landscape and strategies to increase TB testing coverage, with a specific focus on the South-East Asia and Western-Pacific regions.

Diagnostics Equity Consortium: Close the Deadly TB Testing Gaps in Asia-Pacific

April 23, 2025
Jason Kirk

TAG is one of the endorsers of this Diagnostic Equity Consortium statement and call to action advocating for scaling up access to diagnostics to address the deadly gaps in TB testing.

Community Materials on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

March 28, 2025
Jason Kirk

To accompany the updated Activist’s Guide to Shorter Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, TAG also developed three additional educational materials to support community-based and civil society organizations leading treatment literacy, peer support, and community-led monitoring activities:

Cheat Sheets for Tuberculosis Activists

December 9, 2024
Jason Kirk

TAG’s Cheat Sheets for Tuberculosis Activists are designed to help advocates navigate the range of tools in use and in the research pipeline.

TAG Calls on Danaher to Drop the Prices of GeneXpert Tests and Make the Cost Audit Public

June 26, 2024
Jason Kirk

Treatment Action Group (TAG) calls on Danaher to lower the price of GeneXpert tests for tuberculosis (TB) and other diseases to $5 each in accordance with publicly available evidence of the cost of manufacturing and to commit to public transparency of the cost audit of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra.

TB Diagnostics Pipeline: New Tools & Opportunities to Improve Access to Testing

May 15, 2024
Jason Kirk

On May 15, 2024, TAG hosted this webinar on the TB Diagnostics Pipeline: New Tools & Opportunities to Improve Access to Testing.

NOW Is the Time for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination

January 10, 2024
Jason Kirk

Hepatitis C-related liver diseases continue to kill an estimated 15,000 people per year in the United States, despite the availability of an effective cure.