Members of the WHO Expert Group on Smear- Negative TB: Getachew Aderaye (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia), Ludwig Apers (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium), Leopold Blanc (World Health Organization, Switzerland), Amy Bloom (United States Agency for International Development, United States of America), Jermiah Chakaya (Ministry of Health, Kenya), Liz Corbett (London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, United Kingdom), Haileyesus Getahun (World Health Organization, Switzerland), Charlie Gilks (World Health Organization, Switzerland), Jeroen van Gorkom (KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, the Netherlands), Mark Harrington (Treatment Action Group, United States of America), Pierre-Yves Norval (World Health Organization, Switzerland), Paul Nunn (World Health Organization, Switzerland), Rick O’Brien (Foundation for Innovative and New Diagnostics, Switzerland), T. Santha (Ministry of Health, India) and Jay Varma (United States Centers.
