ABSTRACT
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) to be a global emergency in 1993. However, political commitment to control the growing pandemic was lacking and TB continued to exact its remorseless toll. This chapter outlines the development over the last decade of growing international consensus, political will and powerful forms of international organization against TB. It highlights the Stop TB Partnership established in 2000, including its goals, achievements, and how it catalyzes and advocates for TB control, functioning through various organizations and institutions. Advocacy is a key role of the Partnership, both as a specific function and as an intrinsic element in all of its catalytic activities. Advocacy is important at global, national, and local levels. The Stop TB Partnership focuses on global advocacy, as described in this chapter. National and local advocacy is addressed in Chapter 41.
