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First WHO Global Ministerial Conference Ending TB in The Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response 16--17 November 2017, Moscow, Russian Federation
Global Health Security Capacities
Communicable Diseases
Description
The WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response aims to accelerate implementation of the WHO End TB Strategy - with immediate action addressing gaps in access to care and the multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) crisis - in order to reach the End TB targets set by the World Health Assembly and the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through national and global commitments, deliverables and accountability. The Ministerial Conference will inform the UN General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis (TB) in 2018.