Multi-stakeholder Panel on the Fight Against Tuberculosis - Panel 1

Heads of State gathered in New York on 26 September 2018 at the United Nations General Assembly first-ever high-level meeting on tuberculosis (TB) to accelerate efforts in ending TB and reach all affected people with prevention and care. The theme of the meeting is “United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic”.

• Categories: Meetings & Events
• Video Length: 01:42:09
• Production Date: 26 September 2018
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Personal Subject: BILL GATES; HENRIETTA FORE
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS
• MAMS Id: 2245746
• Parent Id: 2244868

Description

Panel I

The General Assembly then held a high‑level panel discussion on “Accelerating comprehensive response through access to affordable prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care to end the tuberculosis epidemic, including multi‑drug‑resistant tuberculosis, taking into consideration co‑morbidities and the linkages to relevant health challenges on each country’s path towards achieving universal health coverage, taking note of and building on the efforts concerning an accountability framework to drive multisectoral action, as envisaged in the Moscow ministerial declaration”.

Moderated by Isaac Adewole, Minister for Health of Nigeria, and David Sergeenko, Minister for Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, it featured presentations by Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson of BRAC; Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa, President of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease; and Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Executive Director, Supporting Community Development Initiatives.