Official UN General Assembly Side Event on progress and multisectoral action towards achieving global targets to End TB

Background:

Despite progress over the last decades, TB remains among the leading infectious killers worldwide, claiming nearly 4000 lives a day. To accelerate action to end TB, Heads of State came together at the first-ever UN high-level meeting on TB in September 2018. The meeting resulted in an action-oriented political declaration that included bold targets to close gaps in prevention and care. In 2020, a progress report of the UN Secretary-General to the General Assembly showed that high-level commitments and targets have galvanized global and national progress towards ending TB, but that urgent and more ambitious investments and actions are required to put the world on track to reach targets, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. New data from over 90 countries collated by WHO highlights that the progress made in the fight against TB is at risk with COVID-19 disruptions leading to 1.4 million additional people missing out on access to TB care in 2020 alone, and over half a million deaths.

The side event will bring together Heads of State, Ministers of Health and other ministries, WHO leadership, Heads of Agencies, partners and civil society, to review progress towards reaching global TB targets, advance multisectoral action and accountability, and discuss preparations for the 2023 UN High Level Meeting on TB. It will build upon the successes of two high level UNGA side events held in 2019 and 2020 with the support of the Russian Federation, as well as the 2018 UN High Level Meeting on TB and the 2017 Moscow Ministerial Conference on ending TB.

Join for a special UN General Assembly virtual side event to review progress towards reaching global TB targets, advance multisectoral action & accountability, and discuss preparations for the 2023 UN High Level Meeting on TB.

The side event is co-organized by the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations and the World Health Organization.

Event date: 24 September from 10:00H – 12:00H EDT (16:00H-18:00H CEST). 

Key speakers will include Heads of State, Ministers of Health and other ministries, WHO leadership, Heads of Agencies, partners and civil society representatives.

Recommended readings

• Global Tuberculosis Report 2019: Latest status of the tuberculosis epidemic
• Dissemination of Findings and Recommendations of Joint External Monitoring Mission(JEMM) of Nepal National Tuberculosis Program
• National Tuberculosis Programme Annual Report 2018
• National Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Prevention, Care and Control 2016 – 2021
• NTP, Nepal: New TB Treatment Algorithm & Regimen (Updated)
• WHO announces landmark changes in MDR-TB treatment regimens
• TB Vaccine results announce a promising step towards ending the emergency
• 7 million people receive record levels of lifesaving TB treatment but 3 million still miss out

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• NTP, Nepal: New TB Treatment Algorithm & Regimen (Updated)
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• Global Tuberculosis Report 2018
• WHO Global Tuberculosis report 2015
• Dissemination of Findings and Recommendations of Joint External Monitoring Mission(JEMM) of Nepal National Tuberculosis Program
• National Tuberculosis Programme Annual Report 2018