Framework towards TB Elimination in Low-Incidence Countries

In May 2014, the World Health Assembly adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) post-2015 global TB strategy, which aims to reduce global TB incidence by 90% before 2035. Given the special challenges of TB in countries with low levels of the disease, WHO in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), and with experts from low-incidence countries has developed an eight-point framework adapted from the post-2015 global TB strategy to target pre-elimination and, ultimately, elimination. Today, there are 33 countries and territories with a low incidence of TB, where there are fewer than 100 TB cases per million population. The framework is also relevant for countries that are approaching the low TB incidence level.