Webinar: Scaling Up New Near Point-of-Care TB Tests

The Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC) and Stop TB Partnership are pleased to invite you to a live webinar: Scaling Up New Near Point-of-Care TB Tests. 

📅 25 February 2026
⏰ 8am ET | 2pm CET | 3pm SAST | 4pm EAT | 6:30pm IST
📍 Zoom

In this first session of DEC’s two-part study club, we will explore how new and near point-of-care (nPOC) TB tests can move from innovation to ambitious scale-up. The discussion will focus on:

• The current landscape of near point-of-care TB diagnostics
• The Global Fund’s Strategic Initiative to support rollout
• Country and community perspectives on what it takes to scale testing equitably

Speakers

• Shaukat Khan, Director, Global Tuberculosis Diagnostics, Clinton Health Access Initiative
• Melanie Kitongo, Market Shaping Specialist, TB team, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria
• Sharonann Lynch, Co-Director, Center for Global Health Policy & Politics, Georgetown University
• Olayide Akanni, National Coordinator, Civil Society Network for the Eradication of Tuberculosis Nigeria  
• Steve Anguva, National Coordinator, Network of TB Champions Kenya
• Lucica Ditiu, Executive Director, Stop TB Partnership 

Moderated by Alice Kayongo, Senior Associate, Center for Global Health Policy & Politics, Georgetown University