The first WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Tuberculosis (TB) in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response (16/17 November, Moscow) brought together 79 Ministers, and a total of 117 country delegations, as well as representatives of civil society, multilateral organizations, researchers and other partners.

01 December 2017 | GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) extended their close partnership with a new cooperation agreement to help countries accelerate efforts to end the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2030. The overall agreement includes financing support for all three diseases - HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, as part of efforts to achieve universal health coverage.

24 November 2017 | Geneva: The Global TB Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to announce and congratulate the newest member of the WHO TB Supranational Reference Laboratory (SRL) Network – the National TB Reference Laboratory in Cotonou, Benin.

WHO policy paper calls for increased investments in TB research to reach end TB targets.

WHO urges governments to take action: 1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified.

Over 120 national delegations that participated in the first Global Ministerial Conference on TB adopted the Moscow Declaration to End TB.

75 Ministers, 114 country delegations and over 1000 participants registered

Compendium of WHO guidelines and associated standards: ensuring optimum delivery of the cascade of care for patients with tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's top infectious killer today. It is airborne and can affect any one of us. Over 5 000 women, men and children still die each day from TB. The social and economic impacts are devastating, including poverty, stigma and discrimination. This disease is curable and preventable, yet global actions and investments fall far short of those needed to end the global TB epidemic.