OpiniãoThis section of the WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities was developed by Annabel Baddeley (WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme [GTB]) with support from Bianca Hemmingsen (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability) and Julia Critchley (consultant) with input from Anna Carlqvist, Kerri Viney, Matteo Zignol and Farai Mavhunga, all at the WHO GTB, and Slim Slama (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability), under the overall direction of Tereza Kasaeva, Director, WHO GTB.
Experts consulted during stakeholder consultation and external peer review
Yakoba Atiase (Ghana National Diabetes Management and Research Center), Sidney Bombarda (Ministry of Health, Brazil), Philippa Boulle (Médecins Sans Frontières, Switzerland), Richard Brostrom (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States of America [USA]), Bishwajit Bhowmik (Centre for Global Health Research, Bangladesh), Uditha Bulugahapitiya (Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka), Degu Dare (KNCV, Netherlands [Kingdom of the]), Anand Date (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA), Doina Rusu (Institute of Phthisiopneumology, Republic of Moldova), Mayleen Ekiek (Department of Health and Social Affairs, Federated States of Micronesia), Gabriella Ferlazzo (Médecins Sans Frontières, Switzerland), Agnes Gebhard (KNCV, Netherlands [Kingdom of the]), Rosa Herrera (Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Mexico), Jamilya Ismailova (WHO Civil Society Task Force on TB), Anil Kapur (World Diabetes Foundation, Denmark), Kobto Koura (International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, France), Kyle Lemari (Ministry of Health and Human Services, Marshall Islands), Yan Lin, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, France), Viktoriya Livchits (United States Agency for International Development, USA), Olivia Mbitikon (International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, France), Helen McGuire (PATH, USA), Fatima-Zahra Mouzouni (Division of Nontransmissible Diseases, Morocco), Sreenivas Nair (Stop TB Partnership, Switzerland), Yassir Piro (National Tuberculosis Programme, Morocco), Selma Primo (Department of Health and Social Affairs, Federated States of Micronesia), Elem Cruz Sampaio (Ministry of Health, Brazil), Priyanka Singh (Foundation for Innovative and New Diagnostics, Switzerland), Nikhil Tandon (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India), Jamhoih Tonsing (Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland), Reinout van Crevel (Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands [Kingdom of the]), Zacharias Zacharias (Ministry of Health, Marshall Islands) and Alexa Zinaida (Ministry of Health, Republic of Moldova).
Evidence reviewers
Wassim Abdallah (Emory University, USA), Julia Critchley (City St Georges, United Kingdom), Unjali Gujral (Emory University, USA), Peijue Huangfu (City St Georges, United Kingdom), Amanuel Kisho (Emory University, USA), Elizabeth Limb (City St Georges, United Kingdom), Matthew Magee (Emory University, USA), Mia White (Emory University, USA).
Contributors at WHO headquarters
Annabel Baddeley (GTB), Anna Carlqvist (consultant), Sismanidis Charalampos (GTB), Francesca Conradie (GTB), Julia Critchley (consultant), Saskia Den Boon (GTB), Mai Eltigany (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability), Dennis Falzon (GTB), Farshad Farzadfar (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability), Bianca Hemmingsen (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability), Avinash Kanchar (GTB), Tereza Kasaeva (GTB), Marek Lalli (GTB), Irwin Law (GTB), Jennifer Manne-Goehler (consultant), Sanjana Marpadga (consultant), Farai Mavhunga (GTB), Bente Mikkelsen (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability), Cecily Miller (GTB), Carl-Michael Nathanson (GTB), Cicilia Parwati (GTB), Sarah Rylance (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability), Slim Slama (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability), Lana Syed (GTB), Hazim Timimi (GTB), Kerri Viney (GTB), Hongyi Xu (Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability) and Matteo Zignol (GTB)
Contributors at WHO regional and country offices
Kleydson Andrade (Country Office for Brazil), Pedro Avedillo (Regional Office for the Americas), Prebo Barango (Regional Office for Africa), Kenza Bennani (Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean), Vineet Bhatia (Regional Office for South-East Asia), Rolando Domingo (Regional Office for the Western Pacific), Hicham El Berri (Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean), Imane Elmenchawy (Country Office for Morocco), Jill Farrington (Regional Office for Europe), Michel Gasana (Regional Office for Africa), Stela Gheorghita (Country Office for Republic of Moldova), Deyer Gopinath (Country Office for Thailand), Monica Guardo (Country Office for Mexico), Pradeep Joshi (Regional Office for South-East Asia), Francisco León (Regional Office for the Americas), Johnson Lyimo (Country Office for United Republic of Tanzania), Silvana Luciani (Regional Office for the Americas), Mkhokheli Ngwenya (Country Office for Zimbabwe), Alphoncina Nanai (Country Office for United Republic of Tanzania), Olivia Nieveras (Country Office for Thailand), Farrukh Qureshi (Country Office for Sri Lanka), Kalpesh Rahevar (Regional Office for the Western Pacific), Preshila Samaraweera (Country Office for Sri Lanka), Momoe Takeuchi, (Country Liaison Office for Northern Micronesia) Soumia Triki (Country Office for Morocco), Askar Yedilbayev (Regional Office for Europe), Martin van den Boom (Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean), Larissa Verissimo (Country Office for Brazil) and Alexandru Voloc (Country Office for the Republic of Moldova)
Funding from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and the United States Agency for International Development is gratefully acknowledged.
