Global Laboratory Initiative

The Stop TB Partnership is a United Nations organization, based in Geneva, Switzerland and a hosted entity of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). Established in 2000, the Partnership aligns 1600 partner organizations (including international and technical organizations, government programmes, research and funding agencies, foundations, NGOs, civil society and community groups and the private sector) all over the world, leading global advocacy to end tuberculosis (TB). Together with its partners, the Stop TB Partnership is a collective force that is transforming the fight against TB globally.

The Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI) is a network of international partners dedicated to accelerating and expanding access to quality assured laboratory services in response to the diagnostic challenges of TB, notably HIV-associated and drug-resistant TB. The GLI provides a focus for TB within the framework of a multi-faceted yet integrated approach to laboratory capacity strengthening.

Organizationally, the GLI is one of seven main Working Groups of the Stop TB Partnership (STP) with the GLI secretariat provided by WHO-HQ in Geneva. Functionally, the GLI serves as an independent, technical expert advisory group to WHO, the STP, development agencies and countries. Structurally, the GLI consists of individuals with expertise in multiple disciplines, representing constituencies of stakeholders and/or institutions involved in global, regional and country-level laboratory strengthening.