Stop TB Working Group on MDR-TB - Team

The current members of the Working Group's Core Group are:

Amy BloomUSAID, USA
Case GordonVice-Chair, (Chair, DR Mobilization Subgroup), Community representative, World Care Council, France
Kitty Lambregts- van WeezenbeekChair, KNCV, the Netherlands
Ernesto JaramilloWHO
Frank CobelensChair, Research Subgroup, KNCV, the Netherlands
Michael KimerlingLiaison to TB/HIV Working Group, University of Alabama, USA
Paul ZintlChair, Subgroup on Drug Management, Partners in Health (PIH), USA
Salmaan KeshavjeeChair, Green Light Committee, Partners in Health (PIH), USA
Thelma TupasiLiaison to Infection Control Subgroup of the TB/HIV Working Group, Chair, Tropical Disease Foundation, the Philippines
Xiexiu WangTianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China

Secretariat: Martins Pavelsons (WHO)

The current members of the Green Light Committee Technical Review Panel are:

InstitutionCountryPrincipalAlternate
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)USATimothy HoltzCharles Daley
Hospital General de "Francisco J. Muniz"ArgentinaDomingo PalmeroCristina Brian
IUATLDFranceJosé CamineroArnaud Trebucq
KNCV Tuberculosis FoundationNetherlandsAgnes GebhardJacques van den Broek
Médecins sans Frontières (MSF)FranceFrancis VaraineMyriam Henkens
NTP LatviaLatviaVaira LeimaneGunta Dravniece
Partners in Health (PiH)USASalmaan KeshavjeeJaime Bayona Garcia
World Care Council (WCC)MexicoCase GordonNeichu Angami
World Health Organization (WHO)SwitzerlandFuad MirzayevMatteo Zignol

Secretariat: Fuad Mirzayev (WHO), Irina Sahakyan (WHO), Paloma Marroquin Lerga (GDF-WHO).

The current members of the Research Subgroup are:

  1. Carole Mitnick, Partners in Health/Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
  2. Einar Heldal, Norwegian Association of Heart and Lung Patients - LHL, Norway
  3. Frank Cobelens, Chair, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands
  4. Hans Rieder, The Union, Paris, France
  5. Karin Weyer, WHO Stop TB, Geneva, Switzerland
  6. Laura Podewils, US CDC, Atlanta, USA
  7. Michael Kimerling, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
  8. Rajeswari Ramachandran, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai, India
  9. Matteo Zignol, Secretary, WHO Stop TB, Geneva, Switzerland

The current members of the Drug Management Subgroup are:

  1. Fernando Pascual, MSF
  2. Fuad Mirzayev, WHO
  3. Joël KERAVEC, Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
  4. Jacques van den Broek, KNCV
  5. Mavlyuda Makhmudova, Project Hope
  6. Paul Zintl, Interim Chair, Partners In Health
  7. Raul Kiivet, WHO Pre-Qualification
  8. Robert Matiru, Global Drug Facility
  9. Salmaan Keshavjee, Harvard Medical School
  10. Tom Moore, MSH

A call for membership of the DR Mobilization Subgroup will be announced shortly.