VN becomes STAG TB member
VGP – Viet Nam was elected for the first time as a member of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis (STAG-TB) under the World Health Organization (WHO).
Accordingly, Dr Nguyen Viet Nhung, Director of the National Lung Hospital and the National Tuberculosis Program in Viet Nam was appointed as one of 23 members of the STAG-TB.
The election took place at the 16th session of the STAG TB on June 13-15 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The session is of great significance as it opened the End TB Strategy in the 2016-2035 period.
Viet Nam was referred as one of the pioneers in TB fight. Earlier, Viet Nam adopted the National TB control strategy in 2014.
With the new appointment, Viet Nam’s experience in TB control will be shared with the international community.
In Viet Nam, over 100,000 TB patients are annually discovered and treated. Especially, over 90% of people with TB diseases were successfully cured./.
By Kim Loan
