The 4th Regional High-Level Meeting on Migration and Tuberculosis: Cross-Border TB Control and Care in the Central Asian Region

Astana, Kazakhstan, December 5-6, 2018

Тhe 4th High-Level Regional Meeting on “Migration and Tuberculosis (TB): Cross-Border TB Control and Care in the Central Asian Region” convened on December 5 and 6, 2018 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Central Asia government officials, national TB program and migration authority representatives, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), the STOP TB Partnership, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society participated to develop mechanisms for regional coordination of TB diagnostic and treatment efforts among labor migrants. The meeting was organized by the Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Health National Scientific Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Project HOPE with financial support from the Global Fund and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).