摘要：The National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee (NTAC) was established in 1999 as a subcommittee of Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA). The terms of reference of NTAC are:• to provide strategic, expert advice to CDNA on a coordinated national and international approach to Tuberculosis (TB) control; and• to develop and review nationally agreed strategic and implementation plans for the control of TB in Australia.NTAC membership is comprised of the following:• representation from those responsible for the TB programs in their respective jurisdictions, namely nurse managers with TB expertise, public health physicians, clinicians practising in TB clinics, tho-racic physicians, and infectious disease physicians• a representative from the Commonwealth Department of Health (DoH)• a representative from the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN)• an human immunodeficiency virus-tuberculosis (HIV-TB) specialist nominated by the Australasian Society for Infectious Disease (ASID)• a paediatric specialist nominated by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Paediatrics & Child Health Division; and• a representative from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).The Tuberculosis Data Quality Working Group (TBDQWG) is a working group of NTAC, with representation from jurisdictions, DoHA and the Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network. The TBDQWG ensures that high quality data informs routine and timely reports on trends and emerging issues in TB.Secretariat support for NTAC and TBDQWG is provided by DoHA. This report documents activities undertaken by NTAC in 2012. NTAC formally met on four occasions: face-to-face in April and October and via teleconference in February and August. Dr Justin Waring, of Western Australia, was appointed Chair of NTAC in March 2011 and has been endorsed to continue as Chair until March 2015. Ms Amanda Christensen (of New South Wales) was the Deputy Chair of NTAC during 2012. NTAC developed and finalised a comprehensive work plan which sets out the work that the committee aims to complete by the end of 2015. This has helped the committee to focus on its core work and to structure its meeting agendas accordingly.
