WHO Civil Society Task Force on TB: Terms of Reference

Overview

In 2016, out of 10 million people with tuberculosis (TB), 4 million were not reached by current systems and services. 54% of all persons affected by HIV-associated TB did not receive care. Response to multidrug resistant (MDR) TB remains slow: 22% of all affected persons started treatment and the treatment success rate is at 54%.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and WHO End TB Strategy call for ending the TB epidemic by 2030. The Strategy calls for building a strong coalition with civil society organizations (CSOs) and communities to achieve its ambitious goals through multisectoral action.

We are at the historical time for TB. In November 2017, WHO convened a 1st ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB in Moscow for high-level action. In 2018, for the first time in history heads of state will review progress in ending TB during the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting (HLM) on TB.

Civil society and affected communities have a crucial role to play in Ending TB. In order to harness the untapped potential in engagement with these stakeholders at all levels, the WHO GTB is revamping the Civil Society Task Force in July 2018.