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Updates on important WHO events

The World Health Organization (WHO) provided updates on several important events hosted by the organization and its partners in June 2024 in Dhaka, Bangladesh: first Global Forum on Advancing Multisectoral and Multistakeholder Engagement and Accountability to End TB (23-24 June); #Youth2EndTB Townhall (23 June); annual meeting of the Stop TB Working Group on Public-Private Mix (PPM) for TB prevention and care (25-26 June); consultation on enhanced TB-PPM data dashboards with seven PPM priority countries (27 June). The WHO policy brief: "Public-Private Mix Data Dashboards for Enhanced Action and Accountability to End TB" was launched and disseminated at the consultation.

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Call for experts: WHO Technical Advisory Group on clinical and policy considerations for new TB vaccines

The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking experts to serve as members on WHO Technical Advisory Group on clinical and policy considerations for new TB vaccines.

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WHO publishes updated list of priorities for paediatric formulations of TB medicines

WHO publishes the report of the second meeting of PADO-TB2 group providing an updated list of priorities for paediatric formulations of TB medicines.

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WHO #EndTB webinar: WHO guidance on conducting reviews of TB programs

The World Health Organization (WHO) will host a global webinar on 5 June 2024 on its newly-released guidance on conducting reviews of TB programs and undertaking TB epidemiological reviews and assessments of TB surveillance and vital registration systems.

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Public call for data to inform an update of WHO guidance on IGRAs for detection of TB infection

The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to update its guidance on use of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) for the detection of TB infection. The aim of the update is to compare new (index) IGRAs with the IGRAs currently recommended by WHO (reference tests) for the diagnosis of TB infection.

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WHO releases new guidance on TB surveillance

Its goal is to ensure the continued worldwide standardization of TB surveillance, in the context of WHO’s End TB Strategy, the latest WHO guidelines on TB screening, prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and commitments made at the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

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WHO and ILO join forces to release new guidance on social protection for people affected by TB

The guidance includes approaches to expanding the coverage, quality and impact of existing social protection programs to people affected by TB.

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WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health

The World Health Organization (WHO) released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grouped into critical, high and medium categories for prioritization. The list provides guidance on the development of new and necessary treatments to stop the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

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WHO launches updated guidance on HIV-associated TB

WHO releases consolidated guidelines on HIV-associated TB providing a single comprehensive source for the latest evidence-informed TB/HIV recommendations.

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WHO Town Hall for civil society and affected communities on the operationalization of the 2023 TB Political Declaration

On 14 May 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a civil society Town Hall in close collaboration with the WHO Civil Society Task Force on TB. The Town Hall will focus on the urgent actions needed to translate the Political Declaration of the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on TB into action, through the civil society lens and community empowerment.

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