Global Programme on Tuberculosis & Lung Health
The WHO Global Programme on Tuberculosis & Lung Health works towards the goal of a world free of TB, with zero deaths, disease and suffering due to the disease. The team’s mission is to lead and guide the global effort to end the TB epidemic through universal access to people-centred prevention and care, multisectoral action and innovation.
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Preventing TB

Scaling up diagnosis of TB and drug-resistant TB

TB monitoring and evaluation

Strengthening multisectoral accountability to end TB

Intensifying TB research and innovation

Engaging affected communities and civil society to end TB

Screening for TB disease

Public-Private Mix (PPM) for TB care and prevention

Publications

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Accelerating research to end tuberculosis in pregnant and lactating women: a call to action
19 August 2025

Accelerating research to end tuberculosis in pregnant and lactating women: a call to action

This call to action accompanies the consensus statement on the optimal and early inclusion of pregnant and lactating women in tuberculosis research and...

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Optimal and early inclusion of pregnant and lactating women in tuberculosis research: consensus statement
19 August 2025

Optimal and early inclusion of pregnant and lactating women in tuberculosis research: consensus statement

In 2024, the World Health Organization Global Programme on Tuberculosis & Lung Health (WHO/GTB) led a consensus building process to advance the earlier...

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Target product profiles for tuberculosis screening tests
7 August 2025

Target product profiles for tuberculosis screening tests

WHO first published target product profiles (TPPs) for a test to improve the early detection of TB in 2014, to spur the development of novel tools that...

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WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis
5 August 2025

WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis

The “WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 3: diagnosis” provides an implementation guidance on detection of TB infection,...

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Other resources

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16 June 2025

The WHO global task force on tuberculosis impact measurement - brochure

The Global Tuberculosis Programme (GTB) in the World Health Organization (WHO) established a Global Task Force on TB Impact Measurement in 2006.The...

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24 April 2025

Progress update report of the TB Vaccine Accelerator Council: November 2024-February 2025

The update charts progress achieved by the TB Vaccine Accelerator Council and its Secretariat between November 2024 and February 2025. 

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20 March 2025

Information sheet: Integrated approach to TB and lung health

This information sheet summarizes key messages from the policy brief on an integrated approach to tuberculosis and lung health. It highlights the urgent...

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24 February 2025

World TB Day 2025: Advocacy and communication toolkit

This toolkit contains materials and resources which can be used in the lead-up to and during World TB Day 2025 to support your activities and outreach.

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