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The Symposia will take place on 15 - 16 - 17 November 2012.

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Title of symposia	Section(s)	Coordinators
Thursday, 15 November 2012: 08:00 - 10:00
1. TB REACH: results from TB case finding innovations in the first two Waves	TB	Jacob Creswell (Switzerland)
2. Pharmacists can help protect TB drugs and do more to sustain TB control: how can TB programmes engage them?	TB/NAPs	Mukund Uplekar (Switzerland), Monica Dias-yesudian (Switzerland)
3. Progress and prospects: sustainability of TB vaccine development	TB	Jennifer Woolley (USA)
4. Challenges in the design and conduct of clinical trials for improving the treatment of tuberculosis	TB	Patrick Phillips (UK)
5. Capitalising corporate sector strengths to address TB and HIV challenges	HIV/TB	Monica Dias-Yesudian (Switzerland)
6. Ensuring the quality of TB laboratory services	TB/Bact.	Thomas Shinnick (USA), Christopher Gilpin (Switzerland)
7. Who has the right to health care and who is responsible for ensuring it?	LH/TB	Mary E. Edginton (South Africa)
8. The role of communications in changing social norms and promoting public health policy in LMICs	TC	Rebecca Perl (USA), Alexey Kotov (USA)
9. WHO guidelines on screening for active tuberculosis	TB	Knut Lonnroth (Switzerland), Elisabeth Corbett (Malawi)
Thursday, 15 November 2012: 14:30 - 16:30
10. Rolling out XpertMTB/RIF: bringing donors, laboratories and programmes together for sustainability	HIV/TB	Bess Miller (USA), Heather Alexander (USA)
11. Translating TB projects into sustainable TB programmes: lessons from the WHO-CIDA initiative	TB	Monica Dias-Yesudian (Switzerland), Mukund Uplekar (Switzerland)
12. Tuberculosis screening programmes for healthy migration and strengthening tuberculosis control programmes	TB	Deliana Garcia (USA), Drew Posey (USA)
13. Challenges and solutions for sustainable TB and TB-HIV care among migrants and marginalised populations	TB/NAPs	Trini Mathew (USA), Poonam Dhavan (Philippines)
14. Building national and international partnerships to ensure a sustainable response to TB challenges	TB	Elisabetta Minelli (Switzerland), Mandy Slutsker (USA)
15. A realistic assessment of programmatic management of DR-TB (PMDT) scale-up achievements, challenges and opportunities	TB	Catharina Van Weezenbeek (Philippines), Michael Rich (USA)
16. Effective aid for better lung health: good practices on sustainability and mutual responsibility	TB/LH	Patrick Bertrand (France)
17. Monitoring the global tobacco epidemic: strategic and sustainable system	TC	Yang Song (USA), Susan Mercado (Philippines)
18. Tuberculosis in prisons: breaking the cycle through integration with community health services	TB	Philipp Du Cros (UK), Sarabjit Chadha (India)
Friday, 16 November 2012: 08:00 - 10:00
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
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)
Saturday, 17 November 2012: 10:15 - 12:15
36. Controversies in HIV/AIDS	HIV	Anthony D. Harries (UK), Reuben Granich (Switzerland)
37. Sustainable TB laboratory networks	TB/Bact.	Christopher Gilpin (Switzerland), Akos Somoskovi (Switzerland)
38. Changing the landscape in TB: how civil society and communities can increase the impact of GF in countries	TB	Jenniffer Dietrich (Switzerland), Katja Roll (Switzerland)
39. Palliative care in drug-resistant and complicated tuberculosis: models of community-based care	TB/NAPs	Stephen Connor (USA), Gunar Gunther (Germany)
40. Sustainable practices, building design and engineering to reduce TB transmission in resource limited settings	TB	Luciana Brondi (UK), Grigory Volchenkov (Russian Federation)
41. Biomarkers in tuberculosis: from discovery to clinical application	TB/Bact.	Bonita T. Mangura (USA), Alfred A. Lardizabal (USA)
42. Health system strengthening for childhood tuberculosis: policy to practice	LH	Anne Detjen (USA), Anneke Hesseling (South Africa)
43. Tobacco taxation: a sustainability tool for tobacco control and health programmes	TC	Ehsan Latif (UK)
Saturday, 17 November 2012: 13:45 - 15:45
44. Defining and sustaining the impact of new tools for TB	TB	Jennifer Woolley (USA), Elizabeth Talbot (Switzerland)
45. Community Participation and CAB: paths for effective and sustainable TB control interventions	TB	Giselle Israel (Brazil), Subrat Mohanty (India)
46. The Union/CDC late-breaker session		Chinnambedu N Paramasivan (Switzerland) Michael Iademarco (USA) Elsa Villarino (USA)
47. Models of care and engagement for sustaining a competent workforce for MDR-TB/HIV care and management	TB/NAPs	Jason Farley (USA)
48. Contact investigation: operational research to increase case detection and drive sustainability	TB	Salah Ottmani (Morocco), Mary R. Reichler (USA)
49. Translating policies into practice: building lasting solutions for TB laboratory networks in countries	TB/Bact.	Fuad Mirzayev (Switzerland), Kefas Samson (Swaziland)
50. Management of common respiratory infections in children	LH	Khurshid-E-Khuda Talukder (Bangladesh)
51. Countering tobacco industry interference in tobacco control: sustaining our efforts through collaboration	TC	Bill Bellew (New Caledonia) Anne Jones (Australia)