Digital health for the end TB strategy: progress since 2015 and future perspectives: meeting report

Overview

A joint WHO/ERS consultation held in Geneva on 7-8 February 2017 - focused on the theme “Digital health for the End TB strategy: progress since 2015 and future perspectives” - concluded that as the evidence and experience on the use of digital health for TB increases, further investment and bold action is needed for improved TB care and prevention.

This document is a report of the consultation. It describes the discussions held during the consultation on the state of the evidence for the effectiveness and efficiency of common digital health approaches to improve TB treatment adherence, the implementation of priority technologies in TB prevention and care, and novel approaches and constructs that can influence TB efforts in future. The consultation brought together 60 experts from a broad cross-section of technical expertise in TB and other disease programmes, digital health, evidence review, laboratory science, and programme management, as well as funding agencies and end-users.