Report of the 14th Meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB

Overview

WHO recognizes its critical role in supporting national efforts to enable universal access to TB prevention and care, guiding the global response to threats, and promoting innovation. The WHO Secretariat requires regular scientific, technical and strategic advice from its Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis (STAG-TB), to help WHO guide national implementation of the Stop TB Strategy and achievement the Millennium Development Goal 6 target of reversing TB incidence and the Stop TB 2015 targets of halving TB prevalence and mortality. It also seeks advice on WHO support for the implementation of the World Health Assembly-approved post-2015 Global TB Strategy which aims to end the global TB epidemic by 2035.

The fourteenth meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis (STAG-TB) took place at WHO Headquarters on 16-18 June, 2014. The meeting was organized by the WHO Global TB Programme (HTM/GTB) which provides the Secretariat for STAG-TB.