Asia region looks to accelerate the finding of missing people with TB and reach targets outlined in the UN Political Declaration

27-28 November 2018 l New Delhi, India - The Global Fund (GF) led the 1st Executive High Impact Asia TB Regional Meeting brought together NTP Managers, stakeholders, implementers and partners from nine countries which jointly receive half of all TB funding from GF in the effort to accelerate the finding missing people with TB and achieve the ambitious national targets outlined in the UN Political Declaration on TB.

During the two-day meeting in New Delhi, the 80 participants from the Asian Region exchanged experiences and learnings. Participants also discussed challenges and opportunities in the implementation processes and ways to improve TB cases by more than 1 million compared to 2015.