1. DOTS Expansion Working Group (DEWG) Laboratory Strengthening Capacity
Chairperson:
Dr Jeremiah Chakaya, Kenya
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)
Dr Léopold Blanc
Dr Malgosia Grzemska
vacant
Members:
22 High TB Burden Countries (HBC), technical and financial partners, experts
DEWG Core Team
Chairperson (elected):
Dr Jeremiah Chakaya, Kenya
Members:
Permanent: WHO, KNCV, IUATLD,
Elected: USAID, CIDA, RIT/JATA, National Programme Managers (Brazil, Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Myanmar), Subgroup Chairpersons, Community Representatives
TB and Poverty
Subgroup
Chairperson:
To be elected
Secretariat: Dr Bertie Squire, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Members: Secretariat Network for Action on TB and Poverty, DEWG, World Bank, BRAC, IUATLD, KNCV, WHO/STB, Stop TB Partnership and Community Representatives
Laboratory Strengthening Capacity
Subgroup
Chairperson:
Dr John Ridderhof, USA
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)
Dr Mohamed Aziz
Dr Véronique Vincent
Members:
Supranational Reference Laboratory Network, Laboratory Experts
PPM DOTS
Subgroup
Chairperson:
Dr Phil Hopewell, USA
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)
Dr Mukund Uplekar
Dr Knut Lönnroth
Members:
Technical and Financial Agencies, National Programme Managers, Academicians, Private Sectors and Community Representatives
Childhood TB
Subgroup
Chairperson:
Dr Robert Gie, South Africa
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)
Dr Dermot Maher
Members:
WHO, IUATLD, NIH, CDC, USAID, IPA, Representatives of Academic and Research Institutes and of HBC, Paediatricians in Clinical Practice