Tuberculosis control in the Netherlands: current situation and five-year plan

donderdag 24 maart 2016 12:00

Every year on 24 March, the world marks ‘World TB Day’ to raise awareness for the global fight against tuberculosis (TB)– one of the world’s top infectious killers. The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries and partners to "Unite to End Tuberculosis". In 2014, the Netherlands endorsed the World Health Organization's Global End TB Strategy. The Dutch National Tuberculosis Control Plan 2016-2020 sets out the interventions that are needed to achieve the interim-objectives of this strategy.