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The Stop TB Department of the World Health Organization together with WHO regional and country offices: develops policies, strategies and standards; supports the efforts of WHO Member States; measures progress towards TB targets and assesses national programme performance, financing and impact; promotes research; and facilitates partnerships, advocacy and communication.
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Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board

About the Board |  Executive Committee |  Meetings |  Members |  Reports and documents

Executive Committee

The Coordinating Board appoints seven of its members, and the Director of the WHO TB Department, to constitute an Executive Committee (ExCom) which is broadly representative of the constituencies on the Board and shall act on behalf of the Board in between formal sessions of the Board.

Executive Committee Functions

  • Provide guidance to and monitor the Partnership’s strategic planning, work planning and budgeting processes, assess the options and make recommendations to the full Board;
  • Monitor, evaluate and report to the Board on the progress and outcomes of Partnership activities, (working with the Secretariat and, as necessary, with other Partnership components);
  • Preprocess issues for Board consideration, including the provision of guidance to the Secretariat on the preparation of Coordinating Board meetings;
  • On the basis of delegated authority from the Board, make decisions on issues judged not to require the consideration of the full Board;
  • Take emergency decisions on behalf of the Board subject to ratification of such decisions by the next full meeting of the Board ; and
  • Monitor the implementation of delegated powers by the Executive Secretary and report periodically to the Board.

Executive Committee Members

The following Coordinating Board members are part of the Executive Committee:

  • Dr Irene Koek (Board Chair)
    Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
    US Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • Dr Kenneth Castro
    Director, Division of TB Elimination, Governmental Organization-Technical
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Dr Mario Raviglione
    Director, Stop TB Department
    World Health Organization

  • Dr Giorgio Roscigno
    Chief Executive Officer
    Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)

  • Dr Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya (Board Vice Chair)
    Technical Expert, National Leprosy and TB Programme
    Ministry of Health, Kenya

  • Dr Roberto Tapia Conyer
    Professor de Posgrado
    Facultad de Mèdicina
    Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico

  • Dr Peter M. Small, M.D.
    Senior Program Officer, Tuberculosis
    Global Health Program, United States of America

Executive Committee Minutes

These are final minutes of Executive Committee teleconferences and meetings.