Article: PRESS CONFERENCE BY TUBERCULOSIS SPECIAL ENVOY

The United Nations issued the following press release:

Global leaders will meet to fashion a common strategy to scale up efforts to systematically address HIV and tuberculosis co-infection at United Nations Headquarters on 9 June, Jorge Sampaio, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Stop Tuberculosis, said today.

Mr. Sampaio told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing that the meeting was expected to be a galvanizing moment towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for tuberculosis - halting and reversing its incidences - with a measurable impact on individual health and well-being, as well as global health security.

He said the meeting was being organized ...

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