Role
The National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee (NTAC) has an ongoing role to
- consolidate tuberculosis (TB) related activities including
- enhanced national surveillance of epidemiological control indexes
- drug resistance and treatment outcomes
- provide expert advice to the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) on a coordinated national and international approach to TB control
- develop, review and implement national strategic plans for the control of TB in Australia.
Members
NTAC brings together representatives from:
- TB programs across Australia
- nurse managers with TB expertise
- public health physicians
- clinicians practicing in TB clinics
- thoracic physicians and infectious disease physicians
- the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- the Public Health Laboratory Network
- the Australasian Society for Infectious Disease
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ Paediatrics & Child Health Division
- Australian Government Department of Home Affairs.
| Member | State | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Justin Denholm (Chair) | VIC | Victorian Department of Health |
| Dr Chris Coulter (Deputy Chair) | QLD | Queensland Health |
| Ms Ellen Donnan | NSW | New South Wales Health |
| Dr Marianne Turner | ACT | Australian Capital Territory Health |
| Dr Vicki Krause | NT | Northern Territory Health |
| Dr Simone Barry | SA | South Australia Health |
| Dr Alison Ratcliff | TAS | Tasmanian Department of Health |
| Dr Justin Waring | WA | Western Australia Health |
| Member | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Dr Gary Lum | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing |
| Dr Anthony Moore | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing |
| Dr Shweta Singhal | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing |
| Ms Lila Caplice | Australian Government Department of Home Affairs |
| Dr Grant Pegg | Chief Medical Officer, Australian Government Department of Home Affairs |
| Ms Camilla Burkot | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Professor Vitali Sintchenko | Public Health Laboratory Network |
| Dr Vikas Goyal | Paediatric specialist, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service |
| Dr Megan Campbell | The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Protection subcommittee |
| Vacant | Regional engagement specialist |
Meetings
NTAC meets 3 to 5 times a year.
Related committees or groups
NTAC is a subcommittee of the Communicable Disease Network Australia (CDNA) and works with:
- Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN)
- Communicable Diseases Genomic Network (CDGN)
- Tuberculosis Data Quality Working Group.
Publications
NTAC publishes its guidelines and position statements in the Communicable Diseases Intelligence journal:
- See annual reports on tuberculosis notifications in Australia in the Communicable Diseases Intelligence journal
- Consensus statement on the use of a four-month treatment regimen for drug susceptible tuberculosis in children (< 10 years of age) with uncomplicated disease, 2022
- Not everything that can be counted counts: defining and evaluating tuberculosis mortality in Australia, 2022
- The use of whole genome sequencing for tuberculosis public health activities in Australia: a joint statement of the National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee and Communicable Diseases Genomics Network, 2023
- The Strategic Plan for Control of Tuberculosis in Australia, 2021–2025, 2022
- Position statement on interferon-γ release assays for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection, 2017
- National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Guideline: Management of Tuberculosis Risk in Healthcare Workers in Australia, 2017
- National position statement for the management of latent tuberculosis infection, 2017
- Tuberculosis notifications in Australia, 2014, 2017
- Infection control guidelines for the management of patients with suspected or confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in heathcare settings, 2016
- Defining a tuberculosis cluster or outbreak, 2016
- Essential Components of a Tuberculosis Control Program within Australia, 2014
- The BCG vaccine: information and recommendations for use in Australia, 2013
- National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee multi-drug resistant tuberculosis Information Paper, 2007
- Guidelines for Australian Mycobacteriology Laboratories, 2006
Contact
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing National Office
Use these contact details for all general enquiries, comments and concerns.
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