Core Group

Membership to the core group is by nomination, election and invitation by the current core group members and secretariat.

• The major constituencies to be represented on the core group include:
  • National TB Programmes
  • Stop TB technical and donor partners including NGOs, corporate sector and professional associations
  • Representatives from other relevant Stop TB Working Groups
  • Academic/Research institutions
  • Patient/community representatives
• Membership to be institutional rather than individual (excluding for ad hoc purposes)
• About a third of the core group members will be replaced every 2 years.
• Chair will be elected/re-elected every 2 years
• New nominations will be solicited pro-actively from individuals/institutions that have not applied but have a potential to contribute substantively.
• WHO Regional Advisors are ex-officio members