Stop TB Partnership | Members of the Board

Members of the Board

The following persons are Coordinating Board members. Details on the composition of the Board can be found here.

DOTS Expansion Working Group (DEWG)
Dr Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya
Technical Expert, National Leprosy and TB Programme
Ministry of Health
Kenya
TB/HIV Working Group
Dr Diane V. Havlir
Professor of Medicine and Chief of the HIV/AIDS Division and Positive Health Program
University of California
United States of America
Working Group on MDR-TB
Dr Aamir Khan
Director
MDR-TB Control Program
The Indus Hospital
Pakistan
Working Group on New TB Vaccines
Mr Michel Greco
Parteurop
France
Working Group on New TB Diagnostics
Dr Philippe Jacon (Co-Chair)
Chief Executive Officer
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)
Switzerland
and
Dr. Daniela Maria Cirillo (Co-Chair)
Working Group on New TB Drugs
Dr. Mel Spigelman (Co-Chair)
Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
United States of America
Global Laboratory Initiative Working Group
Dr Thomas M Shinnick
Associate Director for Global Laboratory Activities, Division of TB Elimination
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
United States of America

African Region
Dr. Mphu Ramatlapeng
Lesotho
American Region
Dr Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr.
Secretário de Vigilância em Saúde
Ministério da Saúde
Brazil
Eastern Mediterranean Region
Dr Zuhair Hallaj
Syrian Arab Republic
European Region
Dr Tonka Varleva
Director
Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS & TB Directorate
Ministry of Health
Bulgaria
South East Asia Region
To be announced
Western Pacific Region
Dr Nobukatsu Ishikawa
Director, Research Institute of TB (RIT)
Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Japan

China
Dr Hao Yang
Deputy Director
Department of Disease Control and Prevention
Ministry of Health
China
South Africa
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi
Minister of Health
Ministry of Health
South Africa
Swaziland
Swaziland
Mr Benedict Xaba
Minister of Health
Ministry of Health
Swaziland

World Health Organization
Dr Mario Raviglione
Director, STOP TB
World Health Organization
Switzerland
World Bank
Dr Montserrat Meiro-Lorenzo
Senior Public Health specialist
Health, Nutrition and Population
Human Development Department
United States of America
UNAIDS
Dr. Paul De Lay
Deputy Executive Director
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Switzerland
GFATM
To be announced

CDC
Dr Kenneth Castro
Director Division of TB Elimination
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
United States of America
The Union
Dr Nevin Wilson
Regional Director of the South East Asia Office
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)
France
KNCV
Dr Peter Gondrie, MD, MPH
Executive Director
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
The Netherlands
and
Operation ASHA
Mr Sandeep Ahuja
Chief Executive Officer
Operation ASHA
India

USAID
Ms Cheri Vincent
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
CIDA
Ms Sara Nicholls
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Canada
Japan
Dr Masato Mugitani
Assistant Minister for Global Health
Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare
Japan
The Netherlands
Dr Ger Steenbergen
Senior Health Advisor and Thematic Expert
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Netherlands