Report of the 11th Meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB

Overview

WHO recognizes its critical role in supporting urgent national efforts to enable universal access to TB prevention, treatment and care, so as to serve all those in need and to meet the Millennium Development Goal 6 target of reversing TB incidence, and the Stop TB 2015 targets of halving TB prevalence and mortality rates. The WHO Secretariat requires ongoing scientific, technical and strategic advice in TB care and control from its Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis (STAG-TB), to help guide implementation of the Stop TB Strategy and the Stop TB Partnership's Global Plan to Stop TB, 2011-2015.

The eleventh meeting of STAG-TB took place at WHO Headquarters on 20 to 22 June, 2011. The meeting was organized by the WHO Stop TB Department (HTM/STB) which provides the Secretariat for the STAG-TB.