New Delhi, 26 October 2021-- The Ministers of Health of countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region today committed to renew and accelerate efforts to end tuberculosis, in view of the pandemic disrupting services and leading to increase in TB cases in the already high-burden Region. 

The new version of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 Global TB Report app is now available for free download in English, French, Spanish and Russian.

TB deaths rise for the first time in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Program launched a call for case studies and best practices on the adaptation and implementation of the WHO Multisectoral Accountability Framework on TB (MAF-TB).

27 September 2021 | Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has established a new technical advisory group that will advise on TB diagnostic tools and strategies, and complement the WHO guideline development process.

On 24 September 2021, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization co-hosted a special UN General Assembly virtual side event to review progress towards reaching global TB targets, advance multisectoral action and accountability, and discuss preparations for the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global TB Program will conduct a post-graduate course on the latest WHO TB guidelines and recommendations on prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and care of TB. The course is organized as part of the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health on 28 September 2021.

On 30 September 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO)' Global TB Program will host a special #EndTB webinar on strengthening TB surveillance providing a global synthesis of findings and recommendations from national TB surveillance assessments and epidemiological reviews carried out between January 2013 and April 2020.

On 24 September 2021, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization will co-host a special UN General Assembly virtual side event to review progress towards reaching global TB targets, advance multisectoral action and accountability, and discuss preparations for the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Program is launching a second call for case studies of programmatic innovations to maintain and improve TB prevention and care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.