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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (12): 1117-1119.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20230380

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Interpretation of the Political Declaration of the Second High-level Meeting of the General Assembly of United Nations on the Fight Against Tuberculosis

Zhang Lijie, Liu Yuhong()   

  1. Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Clinical Center of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 101149, China
  • Received:2023-10-19 Online:2023-12-10 Published:2023-11-27
  • Contact: Liu Yuhong, Email: liuyuhong0516@126.com
  • Supported by:
    Beijing Municipal Health Commission High Level Public Health Talent Construction Project(Discipline Leader 01-11)

Abstract:

Tuberculosis is a major infectious disease that seriously endangers human health, and is also one of the major public health issues of global concern. The 78th General Assembly of United Nations held the second high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis in New York on September 23, 2023. Representatives of countries and international organizations expressed their support for the initiatives of United Nations initiative on the strategic goal of ending tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of General Assembly on the Fight Against Tuberculosis produced by the General Assembly was agreed by heads of state and government and senior representatives, which proposed the policy and measures to accelerate the achievement of the goal of ending tuberculosis epidemic by 2030.

Key words: United Nations, Congresses as topic, Tuberculosis, Political declaration

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