A/RES/73/3 Political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the fight against tuberculosis tuberculosis, and 6 million people living with HIV, re ceive preventive treatment by 2022, and with the vision of reaching millions more, and further commit to the development of new vaccines and the provision of other tuberculosis prevention strategies, including infection prevention and control and tailored approaches, and to enacting measures to prevent tuberculosis transmission in workplaces, schools, transportation systems, incarceration systems and other congregate settings; 26. Commit to overcoming the global public health crisis of multidrug resistant tuberculosis through actions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care, including compliance with stewardship programmes to address the development of drug resistance in line with General Assembly resolution 71/3 on antimicrobial resistance, improved national, regional and global pharmaco -vigilance, and improved treatment adherence for people with drug-sensitive tuberculosis; universal, equitable and affordable access to quality diagnosis, treatment, care and support for people with drug-resistant tuberculosis; global collaboration to ensure accelerated development of accessible and affordable diagnostic tools, and shorter and more effective oral regimens, including those that meet the unique needs of childr en; and through an urgent response to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and the scale and severity of local and national epidemics of the disease; 27. Ensure that tuberculosis programmes actively contribute to developing national antimicrobial resistance strategies, capacities and plans and that lessons learned from global, regional and national efforts to combat drug -resistant tuberculosis inform the design and implementation of both global antimicrobial resistance strategies and national action plans according to national contexts; 28. Commit to address tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care in the context of child health and survival, as an important cause of preventable childhood illness and death, including among children with HIV and as a co-morbidity of other common childhood illnesses, especially pneumonia, meningitis and malnutrition; to enable child-friendly policies and an integrated, family-based approach to tuberculosis care and services, address the vulnerabilities faced by children affected by tuberculosis, support their caregivers, in particular women and the elderly, and provide related social protection; to promote equitable access to childfriendly formulations of medicines to optimize the prevention and treatment of drug sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis among children, including through addressing national regulatory and policy barriers; 29. Given the strong association between the two diseases, and associated high mortality, commit to coordination and collaboration between tuberculosis and HIV programmes, as well as with other health programmes and sectors, to ensure univers al access to integrated prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care services, in accordance with national legislation, including through promoting testing for HIV among people with tuberculosis and screening all people living with HIV regularly for tuberculo sis, and providing tuberculosis preventive treatment, as well as to eliminate the burden faced by affected people, to leverage resources to maximize impact, and to address the common social, economic and structural determinants of tuberculosis, HIV, viral hepatitis, non-communicable diseases, in particular diabetes, and the complex biological factors that increase tuberculosis incidence and mortality, worsen treatment outcomes and increase drug resistance; 30. Commit to finding the missing people with tuberculosis, and integrating tuberculosis efforts more fully into all relevant health services to increase access to tuberculosis services, recognizing that reaching undetected and untreated men, as well as empowering women and girls through community health care and outreach, is a critical part of the solution, and to considering responses appropriate for men and women, boys and girls; 6/10 18-16895