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Increasing advocacy and efforts to address childhood tuberculosis (TB) at global and country levels have brought the child and adolescent TB epidemic into the spotlight. Building on global strategies, the first Roadmap for childhood tuberculosis: towards zero deaths was developed by WHO and partners, under the guidance of the then Childhood TB Subgroup, and published in October 2013. The 2013 Roadmap laid out the strategic framework for the fight against childhood TB, aiming for zero TB deaths among children, highlighting ten key actions and the enhanced investment needed to address childhood TB.  This document compiles examples of best practices at global, regional and country levels since the launch of the first edition of the Roadmap. It describes 36 examples from 24 countries (including 10 TB, two multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and four TB/ human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) high burden countries) from all the six WHO regions, two regional initiatives and 12 global initiatives. The examples are categorized according to the ten key actions from the 2013 Roadmap.

The 2018 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Tuberculosis and the current revision of the Roadmap for childhood tuberculosis together present an important moment to consolidate and advance advocacy, commitment, resource mobilization and joint efforts by all stakeholders to provide health care and address the burden of TB among children

Each year we commemorate World TB Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic impact of tuberculosis (TB) and urge acceleration of efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The aim of this campaign, starting on 19 March, the week of the World TB Day date, is to build overarching commitment and leadership at the highest level to End TB. Despite significant progress over the last decades, TB continues to be the top infectious killer worldwide, claiming over 4500 lives a day. The emergence of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) poses a major health threat and could put at risk gains made in efforts to end TB.

The Global Health 50/50 Report provides a benchmark across the sector to catalyse shifts in organisational and management culture and practice, the adoption of gender-responsive policies, and ensuring adequate resources for programmes focusing on the gendered dynamics of global health. It seeks to provide evidence of where the gaps lie while shining a light on ways forward.

The publication "Measuring SDG progress in Asia and the Pacific: Is there enough data?" reviews the availability of data on all proposed global SDG indicators for Asia-Pacific countries and is prepared based on data from the SDG indicators Global Database. It attempts to identify data gaps for regional SDG progress monitoring and for priority setting in statistical capacity building by a range of relevant stakeholders. This edition of the Statistical Yearbook offers a wealth of information for national policy makers and development professionals. The data on which the Yearbook is based is also available on the ESCAP online statistical database with a set of tools to visualize trends and compare country situations. Also available are SDG country datasheets, a supplementary product of the 2017 edition of the Statistical Yearbook, offering an overview of each country in the region with regard to the SDGs. The datasheets present the latest data available for each indicator, together with regional figure as comparator.

This Afghanistan SDG datasheet is a supplementary product of the 2017 edition of the Statistical Yearbook, offering an overview of each country in the region with regard to the SDGs. The datasheets present the latest data available for each indicator, together with regional figure as comparator.

This Bangladesh SDG datasheet is a supplementary product of the 2017 edition of the Statistical Yearbook, offering an overview of each country in the region with regard to the SDGs. The datasheets present the latest data available for each indicator, together with regional figure as comparator.

This Bhutan SDG datasheet is a supplementary product of the 2017 edition of the Statistical Yearbook, offering an overview of each country in the region with regard to the SDGs. The datasheets present the latest data available for each indicator, together with regional figure as comparator.

This Brunei Darussalam SDG datasheet is a supplementary product of the 2017 edition of the Statistical Yearbook, offering an overview of each country in the region with regard to the SDGs. The datasheets present the latest data available for each indicator, together with regional figure as comparator.

This Cambodia SDG datasheet is a supplementary product of the 2017 edition of the Statistical Yearbook, offering an overview of each country in the region with regard to the SDGs. The datasheets present the latest data available for each indicator, together with regional figure as comparator.