| Title of symposia |
Session(s) |
Coordinators |
| Friday, 16 November 2012: 08:00 - 10:00 |
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| 19. State of the art on childhood TB treatment and diagnostics |
LH/TB |
Anneke Hesseling (South Africa), Sharon Nachman (USA) |
| 20. Tuberculosis and diabetes collaborative activities: policy and practice |
TB |
Kerri Viney (New Caledonia), Richard Brostrom (USA) |
| 21. Saving lives in areas of conflict or disaster: partnering for results |
TB |
Morgan Richardson (USA), Eliud Wandwalo (Tanzania) |
| 22. Thinking out of the box: catalysing innovations and expansion of mHealth in TB care |
TB/NAPs |
Dennis Falzon (Switzerland), Suvanand Sahu (Switzerland) |
| 23. Former TB patients: effective community engagement - lessons learnt |
HIV/TB |
Carol Nawina Nyirenda (Zambia) |
| 24. Advancing molecular diagnosis with a sustainable approach to impact patient care |
TB/Bact. |
Daniela M. Cirillo (Italy), Michael Lademarco (USA) |
| 25. NCDs and chronic respiratory diseases: global burden and response |
LH |
Chen-Yuan Chiang (Taiwan), Guy Marks (Australia) |
| 26. The importance of public policy on tobacco control: a global view |
TC |
Jesus Felipe Gonzalez Roldan (Mexico) |
| 27. NGO and civil societies role in sustainable approaches for scaling up DR-TB programmes |
TB |
Grania Brigden (Switzerland) |
| Friday, 16 November 2012: 14:30 - 16:30 |
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| 28. Advances in the treatment of MDR-TB: current recommendations, short course MDR-TB regimens, and new drugs |
TB |
Chen-Yuan Chiang (The Union), C. Robert Horsburgh (USA) |
| 29. Evaluation of tobacco control programmes: experiences to improve the effectiveness of resources used and sustainability |
TC |
Angela Jackson (UK) |
| 30. Implementation and evaluation of TB contact investigation in high burden settings |
TB |
Naranzul Dambaa (Mongolia), Cecily Miller (USA) |
| 31. Best practice in the application of new technologies and innovations |
TB/NAPs |
Virginia Williams (Switzerland) |
| 32. Nutritional support in the prevention of TB and WHO guidelines following TB diagnosis |
TB |
Joann McDermid (USA), Knut Lonnroth (Switzerland) |
| 33. Using geographic information systems |
TB |
Stella Van Beers (Netherlands) |
| 34. Occupational health encouragement: a pathway to attaining sustainability |
LH |
Asma Elsony (Sudan), Sara Hassanain (Sudan) |
| 35. Ensuring sustainable surveillance, diagnosis, prevention and control of zoonotic tuberculosis |
ZTB |
Francisco Olea-Popelka (USA) |