05 September 2019 | New Delhi: Health Ministers and experts from Member States of WHO South-East Asia Region began a week-long meeting in New Delhi this week to deliberate on priority public health issues and build on the recent momentum for elimination of communicable diseases.

End-users (i.e. policy makers; health professionals, including doctors, nurses and educators working in governmental and non-governmental organizations; TB patients) interested in providing comments on the scope of this guideline update are invited to submit their feedback.

The Stop TB Partnership, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the World Health Organization call for immediate action to implement the commitments made by Head of States and Governments at the UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

The World Health Organization issues a public call for individual patients data on rifampicin-resistant and multidrug-resistant TB treatment outcomes.

WHO Director-General calls for urgent country action to meet UN High-Level Meeting on TB targets in letters to Heads of State.

Countries, partners and civil society pledge to scale up engagement of private and unlinked public health providers to close gaps in access to quality TB care.

Joint statement of WHO Director-General and WHO Civil Society Task Force on accelerating action to end TB.

Over 200 young people from all over the world pledged their commitment to end TB at the first-ever Youth Town Hall on ending TB in Jakarta on July 15, 2019. Through a bold Youth Declaration on the Fight to End TB, youth representatives including from high TB burden countries such as Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kenya and the Philippines, outlined key commitments and actions they would lead to accelerate efforts to end TB. The declaration is aligned to and will contribute to reaching the targets set in the political declaration of the UN High Level Meeting by Heads of State, the WHO End TB Strategy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

01 July 2019 | Geneva: In July 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a Guideline Development Group (GDG) to discuss what updates are needed to the current guidelines for programmatic management of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI).

Member States and partners at the 72nd World Health Assembly, held 20-28 May 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, reaffirmed their commitment to the Political Declaration of the UN High-Level Meeting on TB and its targets, and shared actions taken in follow-up.