Report of the 12th 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 global Stop TB 2015 targets of halving TB prevalence and mortality. The WHO Secretariat requires regular 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, as well as to advise on development of post-2015 TB goals, targets and strategy.

The twelfth meeting of STAG-TB took place at WHO Headquarters on 18-20 June, 2012. The meeting was organized by the WHO Stop TB Department (HTM/STB) which provides the Secretariat for the STAG-TB.