WHO Virtual Press Conference, Thursday 23 March 2023 at 15.00 CET

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Wednesday, 22 March 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHO Virtual Press Conference

When: Thursday, 23 March at 15.00 CET

Subject: World Tuberculosis Day and other global health issues

On 24 March, millions around the globe will come together to commemorate World Tuberculosis Day. The theme this year, 'Yes! We can end TB!', aims to inspire hope and encourage high-level leadership, increased investments, faster uptake of new WHO recommendations, and multisectoral collaboration to combat the TB epidemic.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, and WHO experts will also update on other global health issues and situations.

Special guests:

Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Assistant Director-General ad interim, Universal Health Coverage / Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases

Jeff Acaba, a TB and HIV survivor from the Philippines, representing the civil society task force

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Note to journalists:

The language of the press conference will be English.

Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet). Kindly note, only questions from media (one per journalist) are allowed. When you sign in you will be automatically put in the meeting room. To ask a question, please click "raise hand" and this will enter you into the queue for questions (it can be found under the tab: participants).

Please make sure you have a microphone connected or active on your computer. Do not ask questions via the chat as we cannot guarantee that we can incorporate them into the Q&A session.

WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behavior causes any disruption.

The event is also broadcast on WHO social media channels and you can follow it there.

Media contacts:

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