Stop TB Partnership

Implementers gather to assess effectiveness of new TB diagnostics

13 November 2012 - Kuala Lumpur - The Brazilian Ministry of Health, the South African Ministry of Health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development organized a meeting during the World Conference on Lung Health to discuss the Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and other tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics.

The meeting provided a forum to share data, conclusions and research models from studies currently being carried out to assess the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and ease of implementation of the Xpert diagnostic. Presenters from Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia and India showed preliminary results from Xpert implementation in their countries.

Read the full meeting report, including presentations.