World Tuberculosis Day 2023 theme “Yes! We Can End TB!”

• Delia Goletti,
• Seif Al-Abri,
• Giovanni Battista Migliori,
• Rhea Coler,
• Catherine Wei Min Ong,
• Susanna Maria Roberta Esposito,
• Marina Tadolini,
• Alberto Matteelli,
• Daniela Cirillo,
• Elisa Nemes,
• Alimuddin Zumla,
• Eskild Petersen

Affiliations

Delia Goletti

Translational Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research, National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani-Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Roma, Italy; Corresponding author:

Seif Al-Abri

Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman; International Society for Infectious Diseases, Brookline, USA

Giovanni Battista Migliori

Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy

Rhea Coler

Center for Global Infectious Disease Research (CGIDR), Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Brotman Baty Institute, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, USA

Catherine Wei Min Ong

Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Tower Block, Singapore; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital; Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore

Susanna Maria Roberta Esposito

Pediatric Clinic, Pietro Barilla Children's Hospital, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

Marina Tadolini

Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Alberto Matteelli

Institute of Infectious and Tropical diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for TB prevention, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Daniela Cirillo

Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, WHO Collaborating Centre in Tuberculosis Laboratory Strengthening, Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Elisa Nemes

South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Department of Pathology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Alimuddin Zumla

Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NHIR-BRC, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

Eskild Petersen

Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman; Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark and ESCMID (European Society Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Emerging Infections Task Force, Basel, Switzerland