GHTC statement on TB high-level meeting delivered at WHA
A statement by GHTC and partners calling for the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB to issue a political declaration focused on increasing investments in tuberculosis (TB) R&D was delivered at the 71st World Health Assembly (WHA). The statement, which was prepared in partnership with Global Health Council, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and Partners in Health, also encourages the inclusion of child-specific targets for TB R&D and additional resources for R&D to combat drug-resistant TB.