FeedbackThese guidelines were developed by Annabel Baddeley (World Health Organization [WHO]) and Anna Carlqvist (consultant, WHO), with inputs from Kerri Viney, Farai Mavhunga and Maria Nieves Garcia Casal (WHO), under the overall direction of Tereza Kasaeva, Director of the WHO Department for HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Guideline Development Group
The Guideline Development Group (GDG) comprised Peter Cegielski (Emory University, United States of America [USA]), Cathy Hewison (Médecins Sans Frontières, France), Renuka Jayatissa (Medical Research Institute, Sri Lanka), Saira Khowaja (Interactive Research and Development, Pakistan), Knut Lönnroth (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden), Patrick Lungu (East, Central and Southern African Health Community, Zambia), Ben Marais (University of Sydney, Australia), Sanjay Kumar Mattoo (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India), Kuzani Mbendera (Ministry of Health, Malawi), Mansa Mbenga (KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Russian Federation), Megan Murray (Harvard Medical School, USA), Ingrid Schoeman (WHO Civil Society Task Force on Tuberculosis, South Africa) and Sakhone Suthepmany (Ministry of Health, Lao People’s Democratic Republic).
The co-chairs were Immaculate Kathure (Ministry of Health, Kenya) and Indi Trehan (University of Washington, USA). Nandi Siegfried (Medical Research Council, South Africa) was the methodologist.
Systematic review team
The systematic review team comprised David Ajayi (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), Onno Akkerman (University of Groningen, Netherlands), Segun Bello (University of Ibadan / Cochrane Nigeria, Nigeria), Asbjørn Hróbjartsson (Cochrane Denmark / Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Odense, Denmark) and Olabisi Oduwole (Achievers University / Cochrane Nigeria, Nigeria).
Other technical resource experts
Other experts who provided technical resources during the GDG meeting were Anurag Bhargava and Madhavi Bhargava (Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, India), Rebecca Clark and Finn McQuaid (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [United Kingdom]) and Pranay Sinha (Boston University Medical Centre, USA).
External review group
The external review group comprised Chishala Chabala (University of Zambia, Zambia), Kirrily de Polnay (United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF], USA), Janke Draper (TB Specialist Hospital, South Africa), Maria Arriaga Gutiérrez (Fundação José Silveira, Brazil), Anthony Harries (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease [the Union], France), Anne Kepple (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy), Muhammad Amir Khan (Association for Social Development, Pakistan), Yuhong Liu (Beijing Chest Hospital, China), Johann Ockenga (Klinikum Bremen Mitte, Germany), Ramatoulaye Sall (consultant, Senegal), Prajowl Shrestha (Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal), Gang Sun (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS [UNAIDS], Switzerland), Terry Theuri (United Nations Refugee Agency [UNHCR], Switzerland) and Stavia Turyahabwe (Ministry of Health, Uganda).
WHO Guideline Steering Group
The WHO Guideline Steering Group comprised Annabel Baddeley, Delia Boccia, Annemieke Brands, Anna Carlqvist, Saskia den Boon, Ernesto Jaramillo, Soleil Labelle, Farai Mavhunga, Linh Nhat Nguyen, Cicilia Gita Parwati, Sabine Verkuijl and Kerri Viney from the Global Programme on Tuberculosis and Lung Health, Elena Vovc (WHO Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes), and Maria Nieves Garcia Casal (WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety).
At each stage of the guideline development process and for identification of experts, the steering committee also consulted with Michel Gasana and Laetitia Ouedraogo Nikiema from the WHO African Region, Pedro Avedillo and Leendert Nederveen from the WHO Region of the Americas, Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh and Martin van den Boom from the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, Kremlin Wickramasinghe and Askar Yedilbayev from the WHO European Region, Vineet Bhatia and Angela de Silva from the WHO South-East Asia Region, and Kyung Hyun Oh, Kalpesh Rahevar and Juliawati Untoro from the WHO Western Pacific Region.
Other contributors
The following people participated as observers at the GDG meetings: Kirrily de Polnay (UNICEF, USA), Sun Gang (UNAIDS, Switzerland), Vaibhav Ghule (World Bank, USA), Kobto Koura (the Union, France), Georgette Munezero (World Food Programme, Italy), Michael Smith (World Food Programme, Italy), Terry Theuri (UNHCR, Switzerland) and Jamhoih Tonsing (Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland).
WHO acknowledges the contribution of the Guidelines Review Committee and its WHO Secretariat in reviewing and approving the guidelines ahead of their publication. WHO also acknowledges the contribution of the funders for their support.