"With World TB Day 2020 around the corner, I would like to stress the need for strong healthcare infrastructure, reliable surveillance systems and the availability of new diagnostics which are key to facing epidemics - both old and new. We may defeat COVID-19 in the months to come, but TB is here to stay.

We were able to rapidly mobilize resources for COVID-19, but we are chronically slow in the mobilization of funds for an old disease that kills 1.5 million people annually. This needs to change, it's Time to prioritize TB and let's start with diagnosing it." 

Learn more > NDWG flyer, It's Time to diagnose TB 

"This World TB Day, we find ourselves in the midst of a pandemic. The TB community stands in solidarity with the people affected by COVID-19. Rapid, accurate and affordable point-of-care diagnostics are the need of the hour - whether it's for TB or COVID-19. 

It's Time to share our learnings from the fight against TB and put vulnerable people first in the fight against COVID-19." 

Learn more > The Stop TB Partnership's World TB Day 2020 campaign