"UN Secretary-General appoints Former Head of State as first Special Envoy to Stop TB
New York - In an important landmark for TB advocacy, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed today former President of Portugal Mr. Jorge Sampaio as the first Special Envoy to Stop Tuberculosis. Mr. Sampaio, whose appointment takes effect immediately, will work with the Stop TB Partnership to place TB higher on international political and development agendas. He will also work to build strong commitment for the Global Plan to Stop TB to achieve the TB Millennium Development Goal and save an additional 14 million lives from TB by 2015. "
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