Commitment, partnerships and operational research: three priorities for 11 EMR countries to achieve TB elimination
M. van den Boom,
K. Bennani,
G. B. Migliori,
L. D’Ambrosio,
R. Centis,
A. Parvez Sayed,
H. Y. Atta,
Y. Hutin
Affiliations
M. van den Boom
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt;
K. Bennani
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt;
G. B. Migliori
Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Tradate, Italy;
L. D’Ambrosio
Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland
R. Centis
Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Tradate, Italy;
A. Parvez Sayed
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt;
H. Y. Atta
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt;
Y. Hutin
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt;
BACKGROUND: In 2022, 11 of 22 Member States of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) had an estimated TB incidence of 80% when consolidating the responses, reaching sufficient from all domains. Two reached <50%. CONCLUSION: Key identified obstacles to TB elimination in EMR were insufficient commitment/financing, sub-optimal partnerships/collaborations and operational research calling for 1) all-stakeholder-inclusive, sustainably funded TB elimination plans, 2) cost-effective tools to exchange strategic information and build operational research capacity, and 3) improved collaboration.
