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#EndTB Webinar: Ending TB in the context of climate change:building evidence to inform actions [1]

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Date: 2024-09-02

As part of the agenda for the 4th meeting of the Health Working Group Meeting of the G20 which will take place on 1st – 3rd September 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan-American Health Organization, and the Brazilian Ministry of Health are convening a special event on “Ending tuberculosis in the context of climate change: building evidence to inform actions". The event will be moderated by Dr Ethel Maciel, Secretary of Health Surveillance and Environment in the Brazil Ministry of Health, who is also the current Chair of TB WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Tuberculosis (STAG-TB). It will focus on sharing and discussing current evidence on the effects of climate change on the TB epidemic and the corresponding response at country level, featuring experiences from Brazil and South Africa.

“Climate change is a new challenge to tackle while working towards achieving the targets of the political declaration of the 2023 UN High-Level meeting on TB,” said Dr Tereza Kasaeva, director of WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Programme. She emphasized that, “the social, economic, and environmental drivers of TB, such as inequalities, poverty, food insecurity, mass displacement, health systems disruption, heighten susceptibility to TB disease, contribute to fuel TB and MDR-TB transmission globally, and increase people’s vulnerability to the clinical and financial consequences of TB, and these factors are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. The prioritization of climate change and health including TB, in the high level agenda of the G20 Health Working Group under the Brazilian Presidency is very welcome and timely.”

Under the Brazilian Presidency, the Health Working Group of the G20 focuses on building resilient health systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals; strengthening inclusive, efficient, and quality national health systems, with an emphasis on primary health care. To achieve these goals, “Climate change and health” has been selected as one of the four priorities in addition to prevention, preparedness, and response to pandemics; digital health; and health equity.

To access the event please register at

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[1] Url: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/02/default-calendar/endtb-webinar--ending-tb-in-the-context-of-climate-change-building-evidence-to-inform-actions

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