title: Consultation meeting on tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus:  meeting summary and recommendations.
abstract: The steadily growing epidemic of diabetes mellitus (DM) poses a threat for global tuberculosis (TB) control. Previous studies have identified an important association between DM and TB. However, these studies have limitations: very few were carried out in low-income countries, and none in Africa, raising uncertainty about the strength of the DM-TB association in these settings, and many critical questions remain unanswered. As a result of these questions and uncertainties, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), the World Diabetes Foundation and the World Health Organization Stop TB Department undertook a series of consultations as of January 2009. A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken by the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health between May and August 2009, and a consultation meeting involving the experts who reviewed the report took place at The Union Headquarters in Paris on 6 and 7 November 2009. This paper constitutes a summary report of the findings, the research gaps and prioritised areas of research, and the recommendations from that meeting.
authors.affiliation: Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S-E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ottmani
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kapur
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lönnroth
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Harries
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012107:Research Design; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control