NEW YORK (April 26, 2018) – In a statement released on Thursday, members of the Global TB Caucus, a group of more than 2,300 parliamentarians from 132 countries committed to ending tuberculosis (TB), called on world leaders to attend the U.N. General Assembly High Level Meeting (HLM) on TB and make meaningful commitments to address TB—now the world’s deadliest infectious disease. 

New report reveals the cost of the TB epidemic to the global economy.

The Global TB Caucus is seeking to better understand what the role of parliamentarians should be in relation to the Global Ministerial Conference on TB in November 2017 and the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB in 2018, what should be the primary objectives, and what the desired outcome should look like.

Podgorica (Montenegro), January 7, 2016 - An amendment to the 2016 budget of Montenegro has been secured through the efforts of members of the Global TB Caucus from Montenegro.

First Global TB Summit culminates in signing of the Barcelona Declaration on TB.