What is the Stop Research Movement?

The Research Movement represents an opportunity for the Stop TB Partnership and the World Health Organization (WHO) to engage the full range of TB researchers in a collaborative and concerted strategic effort to increase the scope, scale and speed of TB research. The full range of TB researchers includes not only those already engaged through membership of the Partnership's Working Groups on new tools development and Working Groups on implementation of currently available interventions, but also those working across the wide spectrum of TB research, and especially those involved in basic research.

The development of the Research Movement was mandated in 2006 by the Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board and WHO's TB advisory body (Strategic and Technical Advisory Group) in 2007. The increasing recognition of the importance of TB research is reflected by the incorporation of the need to enable and promote research as a key element of WHO's new Stop TB Strategy (launched in 2006).

Goal

The goal is to stimulate, support and expand research to ensure the elimination of TB as a global public health problem by 2050.

Objectives

i) To provide leadership and advocacy to mobilise increased resources to support a coherent and comprehensive global TB research agenda.

ii)To provide a forum for funders and implementers of TB research to coordinate plans and actions with the result of ensuring that research needs are addressed, opportunities prioritized, and gaps filled.