What is the Global Project on Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance?
The Global Project on Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance was launched in 1994 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners to respond to the emerging threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis. The aim of the project is to evaluate drug-resistant tuberculosis, to monitor its progress across the world, and to develop plans to prevent and tackle it. A network of 26 supra-national reference laboratories supports countries by providing them with drug resistance testing, by giving them technical help, by checking the quality of the tests s performed by the national laboratories and by collecting reliable data. The main priorities for the network are to expand in order to meet the demand for reference laboratories and to obtain regular funding. More…
