16-17 November 2017 the First WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response took place in Moscow. About 1000 delegates from all over the world attended the Conference.

At the opening ceremony of the Conference Honorable President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin encourages all nations from the world to end TB. «According to experts, today from the tuberculosis – just scared to call this number – are suffered about one third of the world's population. This disease takes more lives than any other infection, nobody is insured from this, including the inhabitants of affluent states with high living standards and high-quality medicine. To this must be added the direct and indirect socio-economic losses from the spread of tuberculosis», - said Vladimir Putin.

The First WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB is an opportunity to discuss new approaches to tuberculosis treatment and control. At the Conference, questions regarding the financing of fight against tuberculosis, the health system reform to get treatment for all patients, research and innovation for the development of new and effective drug, and many others were discussed.

The Conference was also attended by Veronika Skvortsova, Minister of Health of Russian Federation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General of World Health Organization, Amina Mohammed, Deputy UN Secretary-General, Ministers of Health and other sectors from all 194 WHO Member States, leaders of UN organizations, development agencies and regional bodies, partnerships, nongovernmental organizations; faith-based organizations, civil society representatives; affected people and communities, professional societies, academic and research institutions, philanthropic foundations and private sector entities.

ACADEMSERVICE was the official organizational partner of the event.