| Political will |
| Inclusion of interventions on childhood TB as part of a basic package of care in national strategic plans |
| Resource mobilisation to strengthen childhood TB research and programming |
| Facilitate involvement of civil society as more than just receivers of care |
| Innovation |
| Inclusion of children of all ages in basic, clinical and operational research |
| Development or adaptation of indicators for data collection and monitoring and evaluating programme performance for childhood TB |
| Partnerships |
| Integration of TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment into health services providing care to children and their families |
| Participation of stakeholders from HIV/AIDS and maternal and child health programmes in TB control efforts |
| Involve research institutes, academics, drug regulatory authorities and pharmaceutical industries to move the childhood TB research agenda forward |
TB: tuberculosis.