Stop TB Strategy

Vision

The Stop TB Strategy had been developed within the context of an overall vision for Tuberculosis (TB) control – that is, a world free of TB.

Goal

The goal of the Stop TB Strategy was to drastically reduce the global burden of TB by 2015 in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Stop TB Partnership targets and to achieve major progress in the research and development needed for TB elimination.

Objectives

The Stop TB Strategy had the following four major objectives which, in combination, are designed to achieve the following:

• To achieve universal access to high-quality diagnosis and treatment for people with TB
• To reduce the suffering and socioeconomic burden associated with TB
• To protect poor and vulnerable populations from TB, TB/HIV and multidrug resistant (MDR)-TB
• To support the development of new tools and enable their timely and effective use.

Targets

Targets for TB control was established by the World Health Assembly, by the United Nations as part of the MDGs, and by the Stop TB Partnership. The Stop TB Strategy was designed to achieve the targets set for the period 2006–2015.

Key points of the strategy are shown below:

Resources

• The Stop TB Strategy: Building on and Enhancing DOTS to Meet the TB-related Millennium Development Goals, 2006, WHO.

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