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THE VISION
Vision
Our vision is a TB-free world: the first children born this millennium will see TB eliminated in their lifetime.
Stop TB is a global movement to accelerate social and political action to stop the unnecessary spread of TB around the world.
Targets
- By 2005: 70% of people with infectious TB will be diagnosed and 85% of them cured.
- By 2015: the global burden of TB disease (deaths and prevalence) will be reduced by 50% relative to 1990 levels.
- By 2050: The global incidence of TB disease will be less than 1 per million population. (Elimination of TB as a global public health problem.)
Mission
- To ensure that every TB patient has access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure.
- To stop transmission of TB.
- To reduce the inequitable social and economic toll of TB.
- To develop and implement new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies to stop TB.
In order to achieve our mission and make our vision a reality, the Stop TB Partnership has set the following goals:
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Promote wider and wiser use of existing strategies to interrupt TB transmission by:
- increasing access to accurate diagnosis and effective treatments by accelerating DOTS implementation to achieve the global targets for TB control; and
- increasing the availability, affordability and quality of anti-TB drugs.
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Derive strategies to address the challenges posed by emerging threats by:
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Accelerate elimination of TB, by:
- promoting research and development for new TB drugs, diagnostics and vaccines; and
- promoting adoption of new and improved tools by ensuring appropriate use, access and affordability.
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