Global Tuberculosis Programme
The WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme works towards the goal of a world free of TB, with zero deaths, disease and suffering due to the disease. The team’s mission is to lead and guide the global effort to end the TB epidemic through universal access to people-centred prevention and care, multisectoral action and innovation.
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28 May 2023
Third WHO consultation on the translation of tuberculosis research into global policy guidelines: meeting...
The Global Tuberculosis Programme of the World Health Organization has the mandate to develop and disseminate evidence-based policy for tuberculosis prevention,...
19 May 2023
National tuberculosis prevalence surveys: what diagnostic algorithms should be used in future?
One of the strategic areas of work of the WHO Global Task Force on TB Impact Measurement is priority studies to periodically measure the burden of TB disease;...
The WHO standard: Universal access to rapid tuberculosis diagnostics sets benchmarks to achieve universal access to WHO-recommended rapid diagnostics (WRDs),...
6 March 2023
Report of the consultation on the classification of intrathoracic tuberculosis disease in children aged...
In September 2021, the WHO Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme convened an online expert consultation on the classification of intrathoracic tuberculosis...
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In June 2006, the Global Tuberculosis Programme (GTB) in the World Health Organization (WHO) established a Global Task Force on TB Impact Measurement,...
17 May 2023
Scope, modalities, format and organization of the High-Level Meeting on the Fight Against Tuberculosis:...
The UN high-level meeting is aimed to undertake a comprehensive review on the achievement of agreed tuberculosis goals at national, regional and global...
18 April 2023
Public notice: Guideline Development Group Meeting on Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing for Detection...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Programme (GTB) would like to announce an upcoming Guideline Development Group meeting on the use...
In advance of the 2023 UN High Level Meeting on TB, the World Health Organization (WHO) has expanded the scope of the WHO Director-General’s Flagship...