Communities, civil society and stakeholders are pinning high hopes on the first-ever Interactive Civil Society Hearing on TB scheduled for June 4 at the UN Headquarters in New York.

World Health Assembly adopts a Resolution with commitments to act faster to end TB and in support of the 2018 UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

Advocates call on Indian Prime Minister to personally attend the UN High-Level Meeting on TB and lead the country’s national delegation.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) releases two important TB publications.

The Union releases a report, Silent Epidemic: A Call to Action Against Child Tuberculosis, calling for urgent action to protect children from TB.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) release a common evidence-based guidance for the prevention and control of communicable diseases in prison settings in the EU/EEA.

The World Health Organization publishes its first Essential Diagnostics List, a catalogue of the tests needed to diagnose the most common conditions as well as a number of global priority diseases.

DEADLINE for registration: 22 May 2018; The Interactive Civil Society Hearing will take place on 4 June 2018 at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Advocates call on WHO leadership to ensure rapid development of clear, consolidated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of TB.

WHO issues a position statement on the continued use of the shorter MDR-TB regimen following an expedited review of the STREAM Stage 1 preliminary result.