Mission
The mission of the STAG-TB is to contribute to ending the tuberculosis epidemic, and eventually eliminating the disease, by providing state-of-the-art scientific and technical guidance to WHO.
Its functions include, providing WHO's Director-General an independent evaluation of the strategic, scientific and technical aspects of WHO's TB work; to review, from a scientific and technical viewpoint, progress and challenges in WHO's TB-related core functions; and to advise on priorities between possible areas of WHO activities related to TB prevention and care.
STAG-TB is comprised of 15 eminent experts from ministries of health, national TB programmes, academic and research institutions, civil society organizations, and communities and patients affected by TB. The group is led by Dr Ethel Leonor Maciel as Chairperson. WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Programme serves as the Secretariat for STAG-TB.Terms of reference
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Members
Full Professor, Epidemiology Laboratory, Federal University of Espírito Santo
Director, Office of AIDS and TB Research, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Professor of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pulmonologist, Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Indonesia
Professor of Operations Management; Deputy Dean of Faculty and Research; Executive Director of Max Institute of Healthcare Management, Indian School of Business, India
Professor and Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States of America
Project Director, PATH, Latvia
Senior Global Health Specialist, South Africa
Senior Consultant on Infectious Diseases and Director for Research and Innovation Center, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
Deputy Division Chief, Infectious Disease Office/Tuberculosis Division, Global Health Bureau, United States Agency for International Development, United States of America
Executive Director, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences, San Francisco, United States of America
National Director of Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Department, Disease Control Department, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Infectious Diseases Specialist, Programmatic Management of Drug-resistant TB, Philippines
Director, Advocacy and Strategy, TB Proof, South Africa
Professor of Immunology and Head of the TB Research Group, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Republic of the Gambia