Committing to End TB in Children, Adolescents and Families

On the eve of the 73rd UN General Assembly, UNICEF, WHO and the Stop TB Partnership hosted a side-event to show commitment and accelerate action towards ending TB in children, adolescents and families. Co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, the Danish Ministry of Health, the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, TB Alliance, Louder Than TB, Treatment Action Group, Unitaid, the Global Fund, USAID, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, JHPIEGO, The Union, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation and Every Woman Every Child, the event aimed to show commitment and accelerate action towards ending TB in children, adolescents and families. Leaders and people affected by TB discussed the importance of targeted commitments for children and adolescents. During the event the new Roadmap towards ending TB in children and adolescents was launched. The event was opened by Stefan Peterson (Chief of Health Section, UNICEF Head Quarters), Tereza Kasaeva (Director Global TB Programme, WHO) and Lucica Ditiu (Executive Director, Stop TB Partnership). They highlighted the current global epidemiology of TB in children and adolescents, progress made since the publication of the first childhood TB Roadmap and the remaining gaps around case detection, prevention and integration of services aimed at children and adolescents.
Source: WHO Feature Stories - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, tuberculosis [subject], tb, tuberculosis [subject], tb Source Type: news