| Title of symposia |
Section(s) |
Coordinators |
| Thursday, 15 November 2012: 08:00 - 10:00 |
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| 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)
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| 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 |
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 |
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| 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) |
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