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WHO Director-General and Civil Society Task Force on TB release joint statement on sustaining the momentum to end TB [1]
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Date: 2025-03
Seventy-nine million lives have been saved from tuberculosis (TB) since 2000, yet the fight against the disease is now at risk due to funding shortages and competing global priorities. Any disruptions to TB services will have fatal consequences for the millions of people affected by TB worldwide.
To prevent service disruptions and ensure continuity of quality TB care worldwide, urgent measures are needed. The latest joint statement by the WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the WHO Civil Society Task Force on Tuberculosis (CSTF-TB) sets out key actions required to sustain momentum, mobilize resources and strengthen TB responses worldwide.
Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of WHO’s Global Programme on Tuberculosis and Lung Health, emphasized, “The world cannot afford to step back in the fight against TB. We must act with urgency to safeguard TB services, protect the most vulnerable, and secure the investments needed to end TB as a public health threat.”
Read the full statement here.
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https://www.who.int/news/item/18-03-2025-who-director-general-and-civil-society-task-force-on-tb-release-joint-statement-on-sustaining-the-momentum-to-end-tb
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