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The African Union and the World Health Organisation urge swift action against childhood tuberculosis

August 25, 2022

Lomé, 24 August 2022 – The African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) today called for immediate and comprehensive measures to end the significant toll of tuberculosis among children in Africa. The appeal was made jointly with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and the Stop TB Partnership

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CALL TO ACTION: by the WHO African Region Ministers of Health during the side event on Paediatric TB and Nutrition on the margins of the 72nd WHO AFRO Regional Committee, Lomé, Togo.

August 25, 2022

Recalling the following continental commitments by the African Heads of State and Government on TB and Nutrition: The Assembly/AU/Dec.565 (XXIV) which calls for control and elimination of airborne infectious diseases, including Tuberculosis in Africa by 2030. The Assembly/AU/Dec.619 (XXVII), which emphasises the elimination of emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases

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