United Nations, Jun 5 (UNI) The UN General Assembly has called for more action to ensure the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic is ended by 2030, a deadline set by the UN.
At a civil society hearing on TB, President of the UN General Assembly Misrolav Lajcak on Monday said, "We are not on track to meet this SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) target," adding that the pace of progress has been too slow and global action and investment are far from enough.
Newer challenges like "multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis", are a threat and the funding gap in developing countries amounts to some 2.3 billion US dollars in 2017.