World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme — ‘The Clock is Ticking’ — and the world is running out of time to deliver the United Nations General Assembly commitments to End TB due to the COVID-19 pandemic

• Alimuddin Zumla,
• Jeremiah Chakaya,
• Mishal Khan,
• Razia Fatima,
• Christian Wejse,
• Seif Al-Abri,
• Greg J. Fox,
• Jean Nachega,
• Nathan Kapata,
• Michael Knipper,
• Miriam Orcutt,
• Lara Goscé,
• Ibrahim Abubakar,
• Tumaini Joseph Nagu,
• Ferdinand Mugusi,
• Alice Kizny Gordon,
• Sivakumar Shanmugam,
• Nathan Lloyd Bachmann,
• Connie Lam,
• Vitali Sintchenko,
• Frauke Rudolf,
• Farhana Amanullah,
• Richard Kock,
• Najmul Haider,
• Marc Lipman,
• Michael King,
• Markus Maeurer,
• Delia Goletti,
• Linda Petrone,
• Aashifa Yaqoob,
• Simon Tiberi,
• Lucica Ditiu,
• Suvanand Sahu,
• Ben Marais,
• Assiya Marat Issayeva,
• Eskild Petersen

Affiliations

Alimuddin Zumla

Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Jeremiah Chakaya

Department of Medicine, Therapeutics and Dermatology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya; Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Mishal Khan

Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Razia Fatima

National TB Control Program, Islamabad, Common Unit (HIV, TB, Malaria), Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Christian Wejse

Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark

Seif Al-Abri

Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Oman

Greg J. Fox

WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jean Nachega

Department of Medicine and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Nathan Kapata

Ministry of Health, Zambia National Public Health Institute, Lusaka, Zambia

Michael Knipper

Institute for the History of Medicine, University Justus Liebig Giessen, Germany

Miriam Orcutt

Institute for Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom

Lara Goscé

University College London, United Kingdom

Ibrahim Abubakar

Institute for Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom

Tumaini Joseph Nagu

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Ferdinand Mugusi

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Alice Kizny Gordon

Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM), Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sivakumar Shanmugam

National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Nathan Lloyd Bachmann

Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM), University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Connie Lam

Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Vitali Sintchenko

WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity and Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM), University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Frauke Rudolf

Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark; Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Apartado 861, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Farhana Amanullah

Department of Pediatrics, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Richard Kock

Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

Najmul Haider

Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Campus, Hatfield, United Kingdom

Marc Lipman

Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UCL Respiratory Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Michael King

NTM Patient Care UK, The Grove Centre London, United Kingdom

Markus Maeurer

Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal; University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Delia Goletti

Translational Research Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”- IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Linda Petrone

Translational Research Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”- IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Aashifa Yaqoob

Common Management Unit (TB, HIV & Malaria), Islamabad, Pakistan

Simon Tiberi

Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Division of Infection, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Lucica Ditiu

Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland

Suvanand Sahu

Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland

Ben Marais

WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Assiya Marat Issayeva

Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakstan

Eskild Petersen

Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark; European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, ESCMID, Basel, Switzerland; International Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID, Boston, USA; Corresponding author at: Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.