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Join us on Thursday, 20 August 2026, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EAT for a LabCoP Extended Session to discuss "Beyond Health: A Multisectoral Approach to Ending Tuberculosis".
Background:
Tuberculosis (TB), one of the oldest infectious diseases, remains a leading cause of death from infectious diseases. However, the conditions that determine who becomes ill, who can access care, and who experiences poor outcomes extend beyond the health system. The TB epidemic is strongly influenced by broader social, economic, and environmental factors (smoke, air pollution, overcrowding, and poverty) as well as often interrelated risk factors more specifically linked to health, such as diabetes, undernutrition, and HIV. People with tuberculosis often face vulnerabilities such as inadequate housing or food insecurity, which are beyond their own control or that of their national tuberculosis programme. Therefore, ending TB requires more than health sector interventions alone. Beyond political commitment, it requires robust collaboration across multiple sectors and a rigorous system of accountability.
This webinar will introduce the concept of the tuberculogenic environment as a way of understanding the complex interaction between the environmental, physical, socioeconomic, commercial, political, and health system actors that shape TB risk and outcomes. It will explore how this systems perspective can help countries identify the non-health actors who influence these determinants and the policy levers that can be used to reduce structural vulnerabilities.
Objectives:
Present the tuberculogenic environment, a complex systems approach that enables programs to identify non-health actors who influence and shape environments that sustain TB transmission and disease vulnerability.
Explore cross-sectoral interventions that can address structural determinants of TB and how action in non-health sectors (e.g., finance, agriculture, housing, social protection) can generate benefits that extend beyond TB
Discuss operationalization of the WHO multi-sectoral framework, including identifying responsible actors, defining roles, and establishing mechanisms of accountability
Presenters:
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Dr Mikaela Coleman, Infectious Disease Researcher, LMU University of Munich, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe (THRU-Zim) and The University of Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute (Sydney ID)
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Dr Collins Timire, Epidemiologist & Research Scientist, CeSSHAR, Zimbabwe
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Mr Jeremiah Okari Ogoro, Head of Diagnostics Unit, Division of Tuberculosis and Lung Health, Ministry of Health, Kenya
🔗 Register for the session at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_smWridNESrimLqlT7Dyl9Q
Meeting ID: 819 5264 3599
Passcode: 066895
Find your local time: https://aslm-org.zoom.us/u/kdo8NPu1x2
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