UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on the fight against tuberculosis, 2023

Global Programme on Tuberculosis & Lung Health

The WHO Global Programme on Tuberculosis & Lung Health 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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Vision

A World free of TB – zero deaths, disease and suffering due to TB and associated lung health conditions

Mission

Lead and guide the global effort to end the TB epidemic and address closely related lung health conditions and risk factors through universal access to people-centered prevention and care, multisectoral action and innovation.

Core functions

To contribute to achieving the targets of the Sustainable Development Goal 3, the End TB Strategy and WHO's Strategic Priorities, the team focuses on 6 core functions:

1. Provide global leadership to end TB through strategy development, political and multisectoral engagement, accountability, advocacy, and partnerships and address its risk factors, and social determinants.

2. Shape the TB research and innovation agenda and stimulate the generation, translation and dissemination of knowledge based on the WHO Global Strategy for Tuberculosis Research and Innovation.

3. Develop and disseminate evidence-based normative guidance on people-centered TB prevention and care.

4. Provide technical support to Member States to implement WHO’s End TB Strategy and guidance, while strengthening health workforce capacity.

5. Monitor, report and provide strategic information on the status of the TB epidemic and progress in the TB response at global, regional and country levels, in the context of global TB commitments, strategies and targets.

6. Promote integrated approaches to lung health, through multisectoral, people-centered prevention, care, and innovations, while contributing to the UHC and pandemic preparedness agendas.

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gtbprogramme@who.int

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Dr Tereza Kasaeva

Director

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Dr Matteo Zignol

Unit Head of the Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment, Care and Innovation

Dr Farai Mavhunga

Unit Head, People-centred Services, Communities and Determinants (PCD)

Dr Katherine Floyd

Unit Head, TB Monitoring, Evaluation and Strategic Information

Mr Michael McCullough

Unit Head, Planning, Analysis and Risk Management

Ms Hannah Monica Dias

Cross Cutting Lead, Multisectoral engagement and accountability, WHO Flagship Initiative to end TB, Public-Private Mix and TB Elimination

Ms Karina Halle

Cross Cutting Specialist, Enhanced TB Collaboration for Country Impact in High TB Burden Countries

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Overview

The United Nations General Assembly held the second high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis on 22 September 2023.

The theme of the meeting is: “Advancing science, finance and innovation, and their benefits, to urgently end the global tuberculosis epidemic, in particular, by ensuring equitable access to prevention, testing, treatment and care.”

WHO was working closely with the office of the President of the General Assembly, the Co-facilitators, Member States and partners including civil society in making preparations for the UN high-level meeting. The main objective of the meeting was to implement a comprehensive review of progress in the context of the achievement of targets set in the 2018 political declaration, and in the Sustainable Development Goals. In preparation for the high-level meeting, Member States have requested for the Secretary- General, with support of the World Health Organization, to develop a "comprehensive and analytical report on progress achieved and challenges remaining in realizing tuberculosis goals within the context of achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including on the progress and implementation of the 2018 political declaration”.

Political declaration of the high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis