The World Health Organization (WHO) organized a special virtual Talk Show to commemorate World TB Day. This year, the spotlight is on the theme 'Yes! We can end TB!' with the aim of inspiring hope and encouraging high-level leadership, increased investments, faster uptake of new WHO recommendations, adoption of innovations, accelerated action, and multisectoral collaboration to combat the TB epidemic. 2023 is critical, with several opportunities to raise visibility and political commitment. Countries will be urged to ramp up progress in the lead-up to the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on TB. WHO’s Director General will launch an initiative spanning 2023-2027, bringing together countries and stakeholders to redouble efforts to ensure universal access to prevention, care and the latest tools and technologies to combat TB on the road to Universal Health Coverage. WHO will also issue a call to action with partners urging Member States to accelerate the rollout of new WHO-recommended shorter all-oral treatment regimens for drug-resistant TB.
Key speakers include WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other senior WHO leadership, Ministers, leaders and other high-level government representatives, Heads of Agencies, TB survivors, civil society and partners. The Show will be broadcast live, with interactive Q&A from the audience online.
The full recording of the Talk Show is available here:
World TB Day 2023 Messages
- H.E. Prof Peng Liyuan, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, Written Statement (English translated version).
- H.E. Ambassador Mr. Krzysztof Szczerski, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the UN
- H.E. Ambassador Mr. Bakhtiyor Ibragimov, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the UN
- Honorable Ms Nísia Trindade Minister of Health, Brazil
Honorable Ms Sylvia Masebo, Minister of Health for Zambia Honorable Prof MAM Bunheng Minister of Health, Kingdom of Cambodia Honorable Dr Dante Saksono Harbuwono Deputy Minister of Health of Indonesia Honorable Mr Ulugbek Sabirov, Deputy Minister of Health, Republic of Uzbekistan H.E. Dr Katarzyna Drążek-Laskowska, Plenipotentiary for the treatment of refugees abroad director, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Health, Republic of Poland