The Hague – KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation today shares in the outrage expressed by our partners in the TB community regarding the exclusion of tuberculosis from the recently published WHO list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens”. On February 28th, the WHO responded by stating that “addressing drug-resistant TB research is a top priority for WHO and for the world” given the “global consensus that new TB treatments are already a top priority for R&D”. KNCV welcomes this needed clarification and looks forward to accelerated action following the Global Ministerial Conference on TB in Moscow in November of this year. It is KNCV’s conviction that this event, and other platforms for collaboration and effective partnerships, will have a significant impact in ending the global TB epidemic. Therefore, let us take immediate action to demand further investment in development of novel drugs to treat drug resistant TB and halting the needless suffering incurred by communities, families and patients.
TB is a top priority for R&D
