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1 PROVISIONAL AGENDA WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 2009 SESSION 1: THE CHALLENGE OF M/XDR-TB: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CHAIR: DR JORGE SAMPAIO, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO STOP TB AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC 09:00 09:50 OPENING AND WELCOMING REMARKS SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE STATE COUNCIL OF CHINA PREVENTING AND MANAGING M/XDR-TB: A GLOBAL HEALTH IMPERATIVE MARGARET CHAN DIRECTOR-GENERAL URGENCY AND INNOVATION: THE WINNING FORMULA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TB BILL GATES CO-CHAIR BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION 09:50-09:55 AIRBORNE A JOURNEY INTO THE CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO STOPPING M/XDR-TB (VIDEO PRODUCED BY WHO) 09:55-10:05 THE CHALLENGE OF M/XDR-TB: THE WAY FORWARD MARIO RAVIGLIONE DIRECTOR, STOP TB DEPARTMENT 10:05-10:15 FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO BEIJING: MESSAGE FROM THE IRENE KOEK CHAIR, COORDINATING BOARD CINDY KELEMI BIGAMOYO (BOTSWANA) & EZIO TÁVORA SANTOS-FILHO (BRAZIL) REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STOP TB COMMUNITY 10:15 11:30 TEA BREAK ** GROUP PHOTO ** PRESS CONFERENCE ** AIRBORNE EXHIBITION 1

2 SESSION 2: MINISTERIAL PRESENTATIONS CHAIR: MINISTER OF HEALTH OF TANZANIA 11:30 12:30 COUNTRY RESPONSE TO M/XDR-TB PRESENTATIONS BY MINISTERS OF HEALTH OF CHINA, INDIA, KAZAKHSTAN, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOUTH AFRICA 12:30 13:00 MINISTERIAL PANEL: "HOW TO MOBILIZE RESOURCES FOR M/XDR-TB RESPONSE AT THE TIME OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS?" MODERATOR: GIORGIO ROSCIGNO CHAIR, TB DIAGNOSTICS WORKING GROUP 13:00-14:00 LUNCH SESSION 3: MINISTERIAL PRESENTATIONS CHAIR: MINISTER OF HEALTH OF PERU 14:00-15:00 COUNTRY RESPONSE TO M/XDR-TB PRESENTATIONS BY MINISTERS OF HEALTH OF ARMENIA, BANGLADESH, BULGARIA, MOLDOVA, UKRAINE, VIETNAM, TAJIKISTAN 15:00 15:30 MINISTERIAL PANEL: "WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IN THE HEALTH SYSTEMS FOR EFFECTIVE PREVENTION OF M/XDR-TB?" MODERATOR: ZSUZSANNA JAKAB DIRECTOR, EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL 15:30-16:00 TEA BREAK SESSION 4: MINISTERIAL PRESENTATIONS CHAIR: MINISTER OF HEALTH OF LESOTHO 16:30-17:00 COUNTRY RESPONSE TO M/XDR-TB PRESENTATIONS BY MINISTERS OF HEALTH OF AZERBAIJAN, BELARUS, KYRGYZSTAN, INDONESIA, PHILIPPINES, UZBEKISTAN 17:00 17:30 MINISTERIAL PANEL: "SHOULD THE STRENGTHENING OF HEALTH SYSTEMS COME BEFORE SCALING-UP?" MODERATOR: KITTY LAMBREGTS CHAIR, MDR-TB WORKING GROUP SESSION 5: THE BEIJING "CALL FOR ACTION" CHAIR: HANS TROEDSSON, WHO REPRESENTATIVE CHINA 17:30-18:30 THE BEIJING "CALL FOR ACTION" DR JORGE SAMPAIO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO STOP TB AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC 2

3 THURSDAY 2 APRIL 2009 SESSION 1: PANEL - IMPACT, PLAN AND FUNDING OF M/XDR-TB CONTROL AND CARE CHAIR: TADATAKA YAMADA, PRESIDENT, GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMME, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION 09:00-09:10 INNOVATION IN TB RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT TADATAKA YAMADA PRESIDENT, GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMME BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION 09:10-09:20 FORECASTING THE CONTROL OF MDR-TB EPIDEMICS CHRIS DYE DIRECTOR, HEALTH INFORMATION (HIV/AIDS, TB, MALARIA AND NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES) 09:20-09:30 THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO M/XDR-TB KITTY LAMBREGTS CHAIR, MDR-TB WORKING GROUP 09:30-09:40 FINANCING THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF M/XDR-TB RESPONSE KATHERINE FLOYD COORDINATOR, STOP TB DEPARTMENT 09:40-09:50 UNITAID SUPPORTING M/XDR-TB SCALE-UP JORGE BERMUDEZ EXECUTIVE SECRETARY UNITAID 09:50-09:55 THE ROLE OF THE GLOBAL FUND IN THE RESPONSE TO TB AND M/XDR-TB THREAT MICHEL KAZATCHKINE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA (VIA VIDEO) 09:55-10:30 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 10:30-11:00 PANEL: THE ROLE OF DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES MODERATOR: KENNETH CASTRO, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (US) EUROPEAN UNION GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY UNITED KINGDOM DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORLD BANK 11:00-11:20 TEA BREAK 3

4 SESSION 2: "TURNING OFF THE TAP" A HEALTH SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE IN THE PREVENTION OF M/XDR-TB CHAIR: BERNHARD SCHWARTLANDER, UNAIDS COUNTRY DIRECTOR CHINA 11:20-11:35 STRENGTHENING BASIC TB CONTROL THROUGH THE STOP TB STRATEGY LEOPOLD BLANC COORDINATOR, STOP TB DEPARTMENT 11:35-11:45 TB INFECTION CONTROL: WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BESS MILLER CHAIR, INFECTION CONTROL SUBGROUP OF THE TB/HIV WORKING GROUP 11:45-11:55 HIV FUELLING M/XDR-TB SPREAD CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING TB/HIV COLLABORATION BRADLEY HERSH COORDINATOR, HIV DEPARTMENT 11:55-12:20 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 12: RESPONSE PANEL MODERATOR: BERNHARD SCHWARTLANDER, UNAIDS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES JAPANESE ANTI-TB ASSOCIATION KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION UNAIDS UNION CDC (US) 13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK SESSION 3: "TURNING OFF THE TAP" THROUGH RATIONAL USE OF QUALITY-ASSURED ANTI-TB MEDICINES CHAIR: KENNETH CASTRO, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TB ELIMINATION, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (US) 14:00-14:10 SCALING UP QUALITY OF, ACCESS TO, AND RATIONAL USE OF ANTI-TB MEDICINES, INCLUDING FIXED DOSE COMBINATIONS PAUL ZINTL CHAIR, DRUG MANAGEMENT SUBGROUP - MDR-TB WORKING GROUP 14:10-14:20 PROMOTING GOOD QUALITY OF TB MEDICINES: THE WHO PREQUALIFICATION PROGRAMME HANS HOGERZEIL DIRECTOR, ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND PHARMACEUTICAL POLICIES 14:20-14:30 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 4

5 14:30-15:45 GROUP WORK (FACILITATOR AND RAPPORTEUR FOR EACH GROUP) A. EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND PERU B. CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES C. SOUTH EAST-ASIAN COUNTRIES AND BRAZIL D. AFRICAN COUNTRIES E. WESTERN PACIFIC COUNTRIES AND PAKISTAN SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WILL BE PREPARED FOR THE GROUPS TO ADDRESS 15:45-16:15 TEA BREAK 16: REPORTS BACK FROM GROUPS TO PLENARY FRIDAY 3 RD APRIL 2009 SESSION 1 SCALING UP THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF M/XDR-TB CHAIR: NILS BILLO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE :10 NEW TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIERS IN TB AND M/XDR-TB DIAGNOSIS GIORGIO ROSCIGNO CHAIR TB DIAGNOSTICS WORKING GROUP 09:10-09:20 BUILDING TB DIAGNOSTIC CAPACITY IN QUALITY-ASSURED LABORATORY SYSTEMS JOHN RIDDERHOF CHAIR GLOBAL LABORATORY INITIATIVE 09:20-09:30 NEW MEDICINES, NEW REGIMENS: THE WAY FORWARD IN TB TREATMENT MELVIN K. SPIGELMAN CO-CHAIR NEW TB DRUGS WORKING GROUP 09:30-09:40 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 09:40-10:45 GROUP WORK (FACILITATOR AND RAPPORTEUR FOR EACH GROUP) A. EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND PERU B. CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES C. SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES AND BRAZIL D. AFRICAN COUNTRIES E. WESTERN PACIFIC COUNTRIES AND PAKISTAN SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WILL BE PREPARED FOR THE GROUP'S TO ADDRESS 10:45-11:15 TEA BREAK 5

6 SESSION 1 (CONTINUED) SCALING UP THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF M/XDR-TB CHAIR: PETER GONDRIE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KNCV-TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION 11:15-11:25 A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR TREATMENT AND CARE OF M/XDR-TB PAUL NUNN COORDINATOR, STOP TB DEPARTMENT 11:25-11:35 ROLE OF THE GREEN LIGHT COMMITTEE INITIATIVE IN THE SCALE UP SALMAAN KESHAVJEE CHAIR, GREEN LIGHT COMMITTEE 11:35-11:45 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 11:45-13:00 GROUP WORK (FACILITATOR AND RAPPORTEUR FOR EACH GROUP) A. EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND PERU B. CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES C. SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES AND BRAZIL D. AFRICAN COUNTRIES E. WESTERN PACIFIC COUNTRIES AND PAKISTAN SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WILL BE PREPARED FOR THE GROUP'S TO ADDRESS 13:00-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-15:00 REPORT BACK TO PLENARY SESSION 2 KEEPING THE MOMENTUM AND ACCELERATING THE RESPONSE TO M/XDR-TB CHAIR: IRENE KOEK, CHAIR OF THE COORDINATING BOARD :00 CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS MARIO RAVIGLIONE DIRECTOR, STOP TB DEPARTMENT XIAO DONGLOU DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MINISTRY OF HEALTH CHINA PETER SMALL, SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER FOR TUBERCULOSIS BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION CLOSING REMARKS 6

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