Our Journey

Amsterdam Declaration to Stop TB
From the Ministerial Conference on TB & Sustainable Development
24 March 2000, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A call for accelerated action against tuberculosis from ministerial delegations of 20 countries with the highest burden of TB.  

The world adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Goal N°6 was targeting to halt the TB epidemic by 2015.

The World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the establishment of a Global Partnership to Stop TB.

The launch of Global Plan to Stop TB 2001-2005

The Global Drug & Diagnostics Facility has changed the landscape of TB care since its creation in 2001 by increasing access to high quality and affordable TB treatments & diagnostics to population in need. By the end 2016, GDF has delivered more than 30 million treatment courses to 137 countries.

24-26 March 2004, New Delhi, India
The Second Stop TB Partners' Forum was held in New Delhi, setting the frame for guiding the Partnership's efforts to achieve the MDGs targets for TB by 2015. 

Keeping the Pledge to Stop TB

The Third Partners' Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in March 2009 resulted in 85  Recommendations for the global community in the fight against TB to create the most inclusive possible environment. 

The main objective of TB REACH is to increase case detection of TB, detect the disease as early as possible, and ensure timely and complete treatment while maintaining high TB cure rates. TB REACH focuses on reaching people with limited or no access to TB services and looking for innovative ways to imporve. 

Global Plan to Stop TB 2011-2015 was launched in October 2010 and for the first time, identified the research gaps that needed to be filled to bring rapid TB tests, faster treatment regimens and fully effective vaccines to market.

Since 2015, the Stop TB Partnership is hosted and administered by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Geneva. 

The Sustainable Development Goals were adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. Goal N°3 makes a bold committment to ending the TB epidemic by 2030. 

The Stop TB Partnership and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released the Out of Step Report 2015 report, a 24-country survey of policies and practices used to guide the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB).

In Cape Town, the Partnership launched the  Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020

In 2017, the Stop TB Partnership reached a benchmark of 1,500 active Partners.

In 2017, the Stop TB Partnership and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched  the third edition of the Out of Step Report, highlighting the need for governments and other stakeholders to increase efforts to fight TB.

In April 2018, Partners, including civil society and communities, formulated 5 Key Asks for the UN HLM on TB. 

The UN HLM on TB will bring together Heads of State in New York on 26 September 2018. A critical milestone on this path was recently reached with the completionof the Interactive Civil Society Hearing (the Hearing).

First ever UN High Level Meeting on TB.

Heads of State and Government approve the UN Political Declaration on TB.

We aim to End TB in 2030.