A call to action on antimicrobial stewardship in tuberculosis: safeguarding effective tuberculosis treatment for future generations
On 8 and 9 June 2026, the 1st Conference on Antimicrobial Stewardship in Tuberculosis convened in Chişinău, Republic of Moldova, bringing together more than 60 experts from across the WHO European Region. The conference adopted the following call for action.
Authors
- Mathieu S. Bolhuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1627-8133)
- Raquel Duarte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2257-3099)
- Kavindhran Velen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8577-3915)
- C Lange
- Yousra Kherabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6201-426X)
- Ohanna Kirakosyan
- Juvenal Nkeramahame (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9089-2668)
- Nelly Ciobanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1032-0617)
- Clara Suñer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-8864)
- Rūta Mereškevičienė
- Tehmina Mustafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9822-1191)
- Osman Sezer Cırıt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1064-3766)
- Eduard Kabasakalyan
- Onno W. Akkerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5638-9260)
- Till Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0140-2808)
- Sivan Perl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2106-317X)
- Juliana Maíra Watanabe Pinhata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5758-6688)
- Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-6465)
- Temesgen Mohammed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8727-8707)
- Dragoș Băiceanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1219-0011)
- Laima Vasiliauskaitė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2061-3387)
- Filiz Duyar Ağca
- Muhammad Hasnain Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2076-3147)
- Riccardo Paggi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8767-2640)
- Ariful Basher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1278-2292)
- Anne Marie McLaughlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3770-7478)
- Gülkan Karadağ
- Valeriu Crudu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5059-8002)
- Margaret Fitzgibbon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8822-214X)
- Alexander Mischnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-4132)
- Sten Skogmar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9342-7115)
- Dumitru Chesov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6203-5020)
- Irma Tashi
- Lucy Catteau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4695-4275)
- Emil Ceban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1583-2884)
- Francesca Saluzzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6705-1716)
- Freddy Eric Kitutu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2277-9572)
- Sophia Hatzianastasiou
- Armine Serobyan
- Aylin Babalık (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-1558)
- Khasan Safaev
- Maja Stošić
- Thomas Theo Brehm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-161X)
- Laura Tervo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9474-0285)
- Ivica Čabraja
- Aysel Elman Aslanova
- Yana Terleieva
- Ihor Perehinets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2941-4875)
- Janina Trauth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1959-7295)
- Francesca Mariotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2796-8621)
- Federico Fama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1423-7415)
- Yazeed Garba Bala
- Tuula Vasankari
- Beatrice Mahler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9240-922X)
- Viktorija Lodeikina
- Silja Mentula
- Agnes Gebhard
- Adriana Nívea Leão-Helder
- Aabid Ali
- Liuba Mitrofan
- Alina Malic
- Diane Ashiru-Oredope
- Cecile Magis-Escurra
- Alexandru Voloc
- Elena N. Paskaleva-Georgieva
- Valentina Vilc
- Askar Yedilbayev
- Lorenzo Guglielmetti
- Olga Cerneţchi
- Evelina I. Gherghelegiu
- Andrii Kruzhylin
- Nosheen Nasir
- Malay Sarkar
- Adriana Niguleanu
- Esra Taş
- Martin Kuhns
- Billel Smara
- Natalie Lorent
- Simon Tiberi
- Charalampos Moschos
- Alena Skrahina
- Anne M. Akkerman-Nijland
- Dimitrios Papaventsis
- Seth Kagia
- Giovanni Sotgiu
- Adam Nowiński
- Elmira Gurbanova
- Donika Bardhi Mema
- Niklas Köhler
- Otto D. Schoch
- Ralf Otto-Knapp
- Muratali Serikbayev
- Elena Chițan
- Luisa Berckenhagen
- Kalambayi Francois Lumbala
- Helmut J.F. Salzer
- Fusun Oner Eyuboglu
- Adrian Belîi
- Mykhailo Anatolyovich Tkhorovskiy
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (DK)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (MD)
- Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center (DE)
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CH)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
- Published
- 2026-07-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101797
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00