Development of global TB research agendas

Programmatic research agendas

Within the context of a global TB research agenda developed by TDR (Report of the Scientific Working Group meeting on Tuberculosis, 2005), there has been progress in the development of global programmatic research agendas in the following areas:

TB/HIV (WHO. TB/HIV research priorities in resource-limited settings. WHO/HTM/TB/2005.355;)
MDR-TB (Research Agenda on Drug Resistant Tuberculosis)
Childhood TB (WHO. A research agenda for childhood TB. WHO/HTM/TB/2007.381)
Development of global TB research agendas (Programmatic research agendas)

Research and Development agendas

Diagnostics

Strategic plan of the Working Group on New TB Diagnostics

Drugs

Strategic plan of the Working Group on New TB Drugs

Vaccines

Strategic plan of the Working Group on New TB Vaccines

Other research agendas

NIAID research agenda: multidrug resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis