25 years of surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis: achievements, challenges, and way forward

A personal view, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, presented the achievements, challenges, and way forward for the oldest and largest global antimicrobial resistance surveillance system. Hosted by the World Health Organization since 1994, the Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance has served as a platform for the evaluation of the trends in TB drug resistance for over 25 years at country, regional, and global levels.