Innovations for Tackling Tuberculosis in the Time of COVID-19: Proceedings of a Workshop (2022)
Chapter: Appendix B: Workshop Statement of Task
Appendix B
Workshop Statement of Task
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a two-part public workshop series to explore future innovations to meet the targets in the World Health Organization’s End TB Strategy by 2030.
The public workshop series will feature invited presentations and discussions to explore the following questions:
- How can we accelerate the development of affordable point-of-care tests for TB? What barriers or challenges have prevented the development of accessible point-of-care tests for TB for low- and middle-income countries?
- Improvements in the usual care for TB: Can a 2-week, nontoxic treatment for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB be achieved?
- How can we rapidly use the TB platform, such as contact investigation, in low- to middle-income countries to address COVID-19 and other airborne infections to prevent future pandemics?
- How can we ensure increased and sustained commitments to reach the UNHLM TB targets in high-burden countries, despite the challenges from COVID-19?
The planning committee will organize the workshop series, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate or identify moderators for the discussions. The presentations and discussions at the
workshop series will be summarized in a proceedings—in brief (Part One) and a full-length proceedings (Part Two), prepared by designated rapporteurs in accordance with institutional guidelines.
