The 16th meeting of the STAG-TB took place at WHO Headquarters on 13-15 June, 2016. The meeting was organized by the WHO Global TB Programme (GTB), which provides the Secretariat for the advisory body.
Dr Ibrahim Abubakar, Director of the Institute for Global Health of the University College London, was appointed by the WHO Director-General as STAG-TB Chair for the period of 2016-2018. He worked with the WHO Secretariat in the development of the agenda for the 16th meeting and in the pre-briefing of new members of STAG-TB. For 2016, there are 23 members of STAG-TB with strong gender, geographical and expertise balance. Twenty two members, including the Chair, were in attendance for the 16th meeting.
The STAG-TB members were joined by 175 technical, academic and civil society partners and WHO staff from Headquarters, all six Regional Offices and many WHO Country Offices