The End TB strategy of WHO prioritizes the management of latent TB and TB prevention. To facilitate this, WHO established a task force on latent TB infection (LTBI) in 2015, which primarily focused on low TB burden settings. However, following the development of the 2018 harmonised and consolidated guidelines on the programmatic management of LTBI, the WHO has reorganised the LTBI task force with representation from both high and low TB burden settings. This was the first meeting of the re-organised task force.
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The End TB strategy of WHO prioritizes the management of latent TB and TB prevention. To facilitate this, WHO established a task force on latent TB infection (LTBI) in 2015, which primarily focused on low TB burden settings. However, following the development of the 2018 harmonised and consolidated guidelines on the programmatic management of LTBI, the WHO has reorganised the LTBI task force to include representation from both high and low TB burden settings.