The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) is convening a global webinar on the operationalization of WHO’s Multisectoral Accountability Framework to End TB (MAF-TB).
This webinar will showcase how countries and partners are translating the MAF-TB into practice, transforming commitments into concrete actions to drive accountability and accelerate progress towards ending TB. The webinar will be held in an interactive format, with opportunities for participants to ask questions, provide feedback, and share their experiences in operationalizing MAF-TB in their respective countries. This is the first webinar in a three-part global webinar series on MAF-TB.
The event is open to all stakeholders committed to the fight against TB and the goal of achieving Health for All.
Please find the agenda outlined below:
AGENDA
When: October 9, 2025, 12:00 PM–3:00 PM CET
· Opening remarks – Dr. Tereza Kasaeva, Director, WHO Department for HIV, TB, Hepatitis and STIs
· Global overview: 10 key steps to implement MAF-TB at the national level - Hannah Monica Dias, Crosscutting Lead - TB & Multisectoral Engagement, WHO Department for HIV, TB, Hepatitis and STIs
· Building momentum: Pathways for scaling MAF-TB implementation - Aleksandra Vasylenko, Communication Manager/MAF-TB Lead, TB Europe Coalition
· Donor perspectives on MAF-TB: From “Nice-to-Have” to “Essential” to end TB
- Unitaid: Cherise Scott, PhD, MPH, Senior Technical Manager, Strategy Team, Unitaid;
- Global Fund: Mohammed Yassin, Senior TB Advisor, the Global Fund.
- Q&A
· Interactive panel: Six deep dives into operationalizing MAF-TB in the African and EECA regions
- Nigeria: Dr. Onyekachi Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro, Deputy Director and Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme (NTBLCP), Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria;
- Tajikistan, Safarali Naimov,Executive Director,Stop TB Partnership Tajikistan;
- Kenya: Dr. Stephen Macharia, Technical Advisor, National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Programme of the Ministry of Health of Kenya;
- Moldova: Dr. Valentina Vilc, National TB Programme - Moldova;
- Zimbabwe: Donald Denis Tobayiwa, Executive Director, Jointed Hands Welfare Organisation (JHWO),Zimbabwe;
- Ukraine: Iryna Koroieva, CCM Secretariat of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
- Interactive discussion - Moderator: Yuliia Kalancha, Executive Director, TB Europe Coalition
Registration – https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/PNaerD3ZQquqx1-47qzgIg
Languages: English / French / Russian (simultaneous interpretation)
