Each year, more than 9.6 million new cases of tuberculosis are diagnosed and more than 1.5 million TB-related deaths occur globally. Since the Society was established as the American Sanatorium Association in 1905, the ATS has been the leading physician organization dedicated to the elimination of tuberculosis worldwide.
In addition to contributions to TB control through research and clinical practice guidelines, the ATS actively advocates for U.S. and international funding to control TB around the world. Learn more about ATS’s TB-related advocacy efforts:
- ATS Comments and Testimony
- World TB Day 2020
- 2020 TB Action Alert
- Bipartisan U.S. Senate Letter on UN TB Meeting
- Sens. Brown (D-OH) and Young (R-IN) Bipartisan Effort Urging U.S. Action on Tuberculosis
- Bipartisan U.S. House of Representatives Letter Urging U.S. Leadership at UN TB Meeting
- ATS Welcomes Historic Moscow Declaration to End Tuberculosis
- World TB Day 2018
- Statement from ATS Past President and TB Expert Philip Hopewell on 2017 WHO Report on TB
- 2017 TB Funding
- Latest TB Scare Highlights Need for Additional Funding
- ATS Sponsors Congressional Briefing on TB
- World TB Day 2015
- ATS In Action: Tuberculosis
- Send a Letter to Your Local Newspaper Urging Support for TB