Antoine Pierson and Arnaud Orelle participate in the GLI/GDI Partners Forum organized by the World Health Organization Global TB Programme.

The overall goal of the Joint Partners Forum is to bring together representatives from country TB control programmes, international institutions and initiatives, non-governmental organizations, academic and research institutes from developed and developing countries, patient communities, the TB Supranational Reference Laboratory network, industry representatives and funding agencies, working in partnership to address the challenges of increasing access to early diagnosis and treatment of all persons with TB, including drug-resistant TB and TB/HIV.