DOTS Expansion Working Group (DEWG)

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DEWG

DOTS Expansion Working Group (DEWG) 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
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
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