Global tuberculosis experts want to see numerical funding targets for combating the epidemic set at the first United Nations high-level meeting on the disease next year.

It’s time for the science to be translated to the policymakers. Finally, in the next 14 months we will have an opportunity to put the issues that confront us daily on the world stage. We need to translate the experience TB has had on a global level to those individuals in a political position.

Experts want to set additional targets for 2020 and 2025 linked with the World Health Organization’s End TB Strategy, as well as a corresponding accountability mechanism.

At the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health, deputy executive director of the Stop TB Partnership, Dr. Suvanand Sahu, said civil society must also be included in the meeting, along with the attendance of at least 40 member states. Advocates are seeking a commitment to hold a high-level meeting on TB every four years.

Read the full article on TB funding goals at by Sophie Cousins  Devex International Development