African regional research networks for TB control

Overview

In 2015, 16 national TB programmes in West Africa established a TDR-supported West African Regional Network for TB control (WARN-TB) to boost TB research in the subregion.

Since then, TDR has been training and supporting the national TB programme teams to enhance research in close collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Africa; the WHO Global TB Programme (GTB); the West African Health Organization; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria (the Global Fund); the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union); the Damien Foundation; and European and African universities and research institutions.

The Central African Regional Network for TB control (CARN-TB) with 11 countries replicates and builds on the experience of WARN-TB. The secretariat for both networks is hosted by the National TB Programme of Benin.