title: Western Pacific Regional Green Light Committee: progress and way forward.
abstract: The Western Pacific Regional Green Light Committee (rGLC WPR) was established in 2011 to promote the rational scale-up of programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (PMDT). We reflect on its achievements, consider the challenges faced, and explore its potential future role. Achievements include the supervision and support of national PMDT action plans, increased local ownership, contextualized guidance, and a strong focus on regional capacity building, as well as a greater awareness of regional challenges. Future rGLC activities should include (1) advocacy for high-level political commitment; (2) monitoring, evaluation, and supervision; (3) technical support and contextualized guidance; and (4) training, capacity building, and operational research. Regional activities require close collaboration with both national and global efforts, and should be an important component of the new Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative.
authors: Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination, Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office, Manila, Philippines. Electronic address: islamt@wpro.who.int.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Islam
authors: Marie Bashir Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Australia.
authors: B J
authors: BJ
authors: Marais
authors: Viet Nam National TB Control Programme, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
authors: N V
authors: NV
authors: Nhung
authors: Department of Lung Health and NCDs, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
authors: C-Y
authors: CY
authors: Chiang
authors: The Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, Hong Kong, China.
authors: W W
authors: WW
authors: Yew
authors: Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Tokyo, Japan.
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authors: T
authors: Yoshiyama
authors: College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
authors: N R
authors: NR
authors: Mira
authors: KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: van den Broek
authors: Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Lumb
authors: Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination, Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office, Manila, Philippines.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Nishikiori
authors: Global Tuberculosis Institute at Rutgers the State University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
authors: L B
authors: LB
authors: Reichman
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000639:trends; D019468:Disease Management; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Drug-resistant tuberculosis; PMDT; Programmatic management of drug-resistant TB; Western Pacific Regional Green Light Committee; rGLC