Support throughout tuberculosis treatment.
TBsupport is designed to help people receiving tuberculosis treatment keep track of medication, report concerns, and stay connected with their care team.
Participation is set up with your care team. Clinician and researcher accounts are reviewed before approval.
Explore the demonstration versionWho TBsupport is for
Patients
People receiving tuberculosis treatment who are registered by their care team. The app helps you follow your schedule, report concerns and stay in contact with your physician.
Care teams
Physicians, health extension workers, TB experts and researchers who support treatment. Clinicians manage patient records, set reminders and discuss cases with TB experts.
Three core features
Medication reminders
Your care team sets reminders for your medicines, tests and appointments. The app shows your schedule and sounds an alarm at the right time.
Report side effects
If you feel unwell, answer a few short questions about your symptoms. Your report goes directly to your physician so they can follow up.
Message your care team
Send short messages to your physician and read their replies in one place, from home or from the clinic.
TBsupport also includes a learning hub with tuberculosis information for patients, health workers and the public. Visit the learning hub
How patients join and use TBsupport
Join with your care team
Your clinician registers you on TBsupport and helps you set up your sign-in.
Follow your schedule
Open the app to see your medicine, test and appointment reminders.
Stay in touch
Report side effects and message your care team whenever something changes.
New clinician, researcher and TB expert registrations are reviewed by TBsupport administrators before accounts are activated.
Project status
TBsupport is in active development. The features below are working in the app today; anything not listed is still being built. A demonstration version with clearly labelled sample data is available.
- Medicine, test and appointment reminders for patients
- Step-by-step side-effect reporting to your physician
- Two-way messaging between patients and physicians
- Patient records, lab results and follow-up notes for clinicians
- Case discussions between physicians and TB experts
- A TB learning hub for professionals and the public
Planned features, including dose check-off by patients and notifications by SMS or mobile push, are not available yet.
Why TBSupport matters
Tuberculosis is treatable and curable — yet it still affects millions. Here is the scale of the challenge we are tackling together.
0.0M
Develop TB every year
People worldwide fall ill with tuberculosis annually.
0.00M
Lives lost annually
TB remains one of the world's top infectious killers.
6–24
Months of treatment
The long road patients walk to cure — especially for MDR-TB.
0
High-burden countries
Account for most of the global TB burden.
0%
Adherence is the goal
Every dose taken, every day, until treatment is complete.
Based on the latest WHO global TB estimates.
Questions about TBsupport?
Whether you are a patient, a clinician or a researcher, we are happy to hear from you.
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