WMA 11.8 TB
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THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
L’ASSOCIATION MEDICALE MONDIALE, INC
ASOCIACION MEDICA MUNDIAL, INC
Centre International de Bureaux
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France E-mail address : wma@wma.net France
71st
World Health Assembly
11.8 Preparation for a high-level meeting of the General Assembly on ending tuberculosis
Honourable Chairperson, Distinguished Delegates,
Thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of the World Medical Association, which
represents 9 million physicians around the world.
The WMA welcomes the Report of the Director General. We appreciate WHO’s leadership and
efforts towards Tuberculosis control.
We take this opportunity to reiterate the following:
-The WMA would like to call on all member states to increase investments in efforts to prevent,
contain and control, curb resistance, as well as research, namely the development of new anti-TB
agents. Additionally, an adequate public health infrastructure is crucial to any intervention.
-A comprehensive integrated approach to Tb drug resistance should use the momentum and
infrastructure being put in place in the broader agenda of antimicrobial resistance.
-In the recent past TB had a high coincidence with HIV/AIDS and affected especially those from
lower socio-economic demographic, prisoners and migrants, today Tb is also a significant threat to
patients with cancers, organ transplants and those receiving immunologic therapies for various
diseases.
-We also reiterate the call on member states to ensure that health workers have access to adequate
personal protective equipment while caring for patients with active tuberculosis.
The WMA has worked with WHO in the past on capacity building for healthcare providers around
the world through regional workshops. We would like to extend our expertise and network to assist
in further efforts towards ending Tb.
Thank you for your kind attention