Dr. Sarah Thomsen, Scientific Coordinator at Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR) at Karolinska Institute, Sweden, and Dr. Wang Weibing Department of Epidemiology,School of Public Health at Fudan University visited CCHDS on August 22, 2011. They discussed in-depth with CCHDS researchers about the topic of intensifying efforts to achieve health-related MDGs in four developing countries. Preliminary agreement is made about a collaborative study with the focus on TB control and equity-related issues in health care in China.