Opening words from the director of Brown/Ukraine collaboration

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Opening words from the director of Brown/Ukraine collaboration"

Transcription

1 International Symposium Excellence in Pediatric HIV and TB Coinfection Care Dates: October 2012 Venue: European Hall, President Hotel, 12 Hospitalna Str., Kyiv, Ukraine Program: 11 October 2012 first day Registration Morning coffee and tea Opening words from the State agency. State policy for treatment of coinfected children in Ukraine Opening words from the director of collaboration A sick child in the center of attention: growth perspectives for the National Children s Specialized Hospital Okhmatdit Tetiana Aleksandrina head of the State agency to address HIV-infection and other socially dangerous diseases. Timothy Flanigan director of the Collaboration, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Miriam Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Brown University. Volodymyr Povoroziuk head doctor of the inpatient department of the NCSH 1

2 Okhmatdit WHO recommendations for tuberculosis: Three I s to combat TB: Intensified case finding, Isoniazid preventive therapy, and Infection control Current issues of TB disease among children and adolescents in Ukraine Panel discussion with representatives from the State Agency, WHO Country Office in Ukraine, National TB Institute and questions from the audience Lunch break Diagnosing TB in HIV-positive children: Update and Practical experience from South Africa Nikoloz Nasidze coordinator for TB, HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases, WHO Country Office in Ukraine. Olga Bilohortseva chief pediatric TB specialist of the MOH of Ukraine, head of the children s TB and pulmonology department at the National Institute for TB and pulmonology named after F. Janovsky. Facilitated by Natasha Rybak/ Boris Skurkovich Collaboration, Brown University, USA. Anneke Hesseling Director of Paediatric Research at the Desmond Tutu TB Centre of 2

3 Model of cooperation between HIV and TB services in Donetsk oblast Pediatric HIV and TB Co-infection in Ukraine: Current Situation and Knowledge Gaps Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa. Svetlana Lepshyna head of the pulmonology department of the Donetsk National Medical University named after M. Gorky. Oleksandr Neduzhko director of the Diemo Razom NGO, Tetiana Kiryazova director of Future Without AIDS foundation Coffee break, networking :45 Panel Introduction Natasha Rybak - 16: Panel discussion with representatives from Diemo Razom, Brown University, Anneke Hesseling, Simon Schaaf, and questions from the audience Facilitated by Oleksandr Neduzhko director of the Diemo Razom NGO, Natasha Rybak and Boris Skurkovich Summary of the first day, suggestions for the next day Natasha Rybak/ Boris Skurkovich- 3

4 Program: 12 October 2012 second day Reflections on the previous day, thoughts and suggestions from the participants Natasha Rybak Collaboration, Brown University, USA Current clinical aspects of TB in patients with HIV-infection Svitlana Antoniak researcher of the department of viral hepatitis and HIV of the Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases MDR TB in HIV-infected children: A South African Perspective Hendrik Simon Schaaf Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Stellenbosch, and Tygerberg Children s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa Coffee break, networking Current issues in HIV-infected children in Ukraine, HIV/TB pediatric coinfection from the children s HIV-specialist perspective. Assessment coauthored by Komar S.V. and Soldatenkova K.V Pediatric HIV/AIDS treatment: experience of the Republic of Crimea, problems of stigma and parental diagnosis denial, Svitlana Komar manager of the Center Clinic for treatment of children with HIV infection/aids NCSH Okhmatdit. Halyna Kyselova pediatrician of the Center of 4

5 cooperation of HIV and TB services. Assessment coauthored by Rymarenko N.V Strategy for overcoming stigma and diagnosis denial, effective patient care: experience from abroad Panel discussion with Simon Schaaf, Svitlana Komar, Halyna Kyselova, Svitlana Antoniak, and questions from the audience Lunch break AIDS treatment and prophylaxis, Crimean Republic. Timothy Flanigan director of the Collaboration, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Miriam Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Brown University Moderated by Timothy Flanigan Director of the Clinical case discussion Hendrik Simon Schaaf Professor, Dept Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Stellenbosch, and Tygerberg Children s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Anneke Hesseling Director of Paediatric Research at the Desmond 5

6 Tutu TB Centre of Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa Clinical case discussion Iryna Popova pediatrician of the Zaporizhzhia oblast Center of AIDS treatment and prophylaxis Clinical case discussion Iryna Vozniak pediatrician of the Center Clinic for treatment of children with HIV infection/aids NCSH Okhmatdit Clinical case discussion Natalia Ulshyna pediatrician of the Center Clinic for treatment of children with HIV infection/aids NCSH Okhmatdit Coffee break, networking 6

7 Group Work: 1. HIV specialists: discussion of the new clinical guidelines for care and treatment of HIV-infected children Nataliya Kotova professor of the pediatric department No. 1, neonatology and bioethics department of the Odesa National Medical University. 2. TB specialists: discussion of the critical issues of treatment and care for TB-infected children Closing ceremony, results and implications of the Symposium. Certificates ceremony. Olga Bilohortseva chief pediatric TB specialist of the MOH of Ukraine, head of the children s TB and pulmonology department at the National Institute for TB and pulmonology named after F. Janovsky. Timothy Flanigan Director of the 7

Overlapping Epidemics:HIV/TB/IDU. Time for action! Sergey Filippovych, Associate Director: Treatment Olga Denisiuk Programme Officer : HIV/TB

Overlapping Epidemics:HIV/TB/IDU. Time for action! Sergey Filippovych, Associate Director: Treatment Olga Denisiuk Programme Officer : HIV/TB Overlapping Epidemics:HIV/TB/IDU. Time for action! Sergey Filippovych, Associate Director: Treatment Olga Denisiuk Programme Officer : HIV/TB 1 www.aidsalliance.org.ua Ukraine Ukraine: key context information:

More information

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS AND the IMPACT ON CHILDREN

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS AND the IMPACT ON CHILDREN EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS AND the IMPACT ON CHILDREN Anneke C. Hesseling Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health Director: Desmond Tutu TB center Stellenbosch University 11 September 11 th International

More information

7 th FIDSSA CONFERENCE 2017 Programme as at 11 May 2017 PROVISIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

7 th FIDSSA CONFERENCE 2017 Programme as at 11 May 2017 PROVISIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMME THURSDAY 9 NOVEMBER 15h00 17h00 Conference Registration FIDSSA Official Opening Ceremony 17h00 17h15 Welcome & Opening - Marc Mendelson (FIDSSA President) PLENARY SESSION 1: Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious

More information

Snapshot. These statistics reflect the Regional Knowledge Hub s activities from its inception in March 2004 through November 2006

Snapshot. These statistics reflect the Regional Knowledge Hub s activities from its inception in March 2004 through November 2006 Vol. 2, No. 6 Autumn 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: Snapshot Knowledge Hub activities to date, in numbers Knowledge Hub Calendar Find out about training workshops and other upcoming events Knowledge Hub in Review

More information

Vol. 5, No. 18 Spring 2010

Vol. 5, No. 18 Spring 2010 Vol. 5, No. 18 Spring 2010 IN THIS ISSUE: Snapshot Knowledge Hub activities to date, in numbers Knowledge Hub Calendar Find out about training workshops and other upcoming events Knowledge Hub in Review

More information

TB: INTEGRATION IN HARM REDUCTION PACKAGES. ICF "AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW Ukraine) Tbilisi, 2015

TB: INTEGRATION IN HARM REDUCTION PACKAGES. ICF AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW Ukraine) Tbilisi, 2015 TB: INTEGRATION IN HARM REDUCTION PACKAGES ICF "AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW Ukraine) Tbilisi, 2015 Ʃ = 185 760 «D» 45 083 / 38 126 TB Epidemiology in Ukraine Active TB prevalence in Ukraine (per 100,

More information

TB EPIDEMIOLOGY: IMPACT ON CHILDREN. Anneke C. Hesseling Desmond Tutu TB Centre Department Paediatrics and Child Health Stellenbosch University

TB EPIDEMIOLOGY: IMPACT ON CHILDREN. Anneke C. Hesseling Desmond Tutu TB Centre Department Paediatrics and Child Health Stellenbosch University TB EPIDEMIOLOGY: IMPACT ON CHILDREN Anneke C. Hesseling Desmond Tutu TB Centre Department Paediatrics and Child Health Stellenbosch University Robert Koch 1843-1910 Discovered M. tuberculosis 1882 TB deaths

More information

Epidemiological Background (Ukraine)

Epidemiological Background (Ukraine) Scaling up Accessible and Effective HCV Treatment through Community-based Treatment Model for Most Vulnerable Populations in the Resource Constrained Ukraine Anton Basenko Country Focal Point: PITCH Alliance

More information

Programme. Co-Chairs. Take the conversation further online follow AIDS #AIDS2016

Programme. Co-Chairs. Take the conversation further online follow AIDS #AIDS2016 EVIDENCE TOACTION This session will highlight the essential role that collaborative research plays in improving public sector policies and services for HIV treatment and prevention. Across southern Africa

More information

Virologic Outcomes of HIV-Infected Children Undergoing a Single-Class Drug Substitution from LPV/r- to EFV-Based cart: A retrospective cohort study.

Virologic Outcomes of HIV-Infected Children Undergoing a Single-Class Drug Substitution from LPV/r- to EFV-Based cart: A retrospective cohort study. Virologic Outcomes of HIV-Infected Children Undergoing a Single-Class Drug Substitution from LPV/r- to EFV-Based cart: A retrospective cohort study. K. Reichmuth 1, J. Nuttall, H. Rabie, B. Eley, H. Moultrie,

More information

TB 2015 burden, challenges, response. Dr Mario RAVIGLIONE Director

TB 2015 burden, challenges, response. Dr Mario RAVIGLIONE Director TB 2015 burden, challenges, response Dr Mario RAVIGLIONE Director Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 11-13 November 2015 Overview TB basics TB burden & challenges Response: End TB Strategy DAY 1 What is TB? Definition

More information

Progress on the targets of Millennium Development Goal 6 in central and eastern Europe and central Asia

Progress on the targets of Millennium Development Goal 6 in central and eastern Europe and central Asia Progress on the targets of Millennium Development Goal 6 in central and eastern Europe and central Asia 11 October 2011 Moscow, Russian Federation Zsuzsanna Jakab WHO Regional Director for Europe Millennium

More information

Anir Experience Center for International Medicine and Cultural Concerns

Anir Experience Center for International Medicine and Cultural Concerns Anir Experience Center for International Medicine and Cultural Concerns June - July Participant Information and Instructions Culture of Healing: Infectious Diseases HIV & AIDS, TB and Community Medicine

More information

International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine at the International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, July 2014

International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine at the International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, July 2014 International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine at the International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, July 2014 In 2014 and beyond the International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine continues to strengthen the responses

More information

Collaboration among TB/HIV CSOs and HIV and TB programs in Ukraine

Collaboration among TB/HIV CSOs and HIV and TB programs in Ukraine Wolfheze 2013 16 th Wolfheze Workshop 28-31 May 2013, The Hague, The Netherlands Collaboration among TB/HIV CSOs and HIV and TB programs in Ukraine Zahedul Islam International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine

More information

Childhood Tuberculosis: Progress Requires Advocacy Strategy Now

Childhood Tuberculosis: Progress Requires Advocacy Strategy Now ERJ Express. Published on February 23, 2012 as doi: 10.1183/09031936.00187711 Childhood Tuberculosis: Progress Requires Advocacy Strategy Now Andreas Sandgren 1, Luis E Cuevas 2,*, Masoud Dara 3, Robert

More information

MDR-TB preventive treatment considerations. HS Schaaf Desmond Tutu TB Centre Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Stellenbosch University

MDR-TB preventive treatment considerations. HS Schaaf Desmond Tutu TB Centre Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Stellenbosch University MDR-TB preventive treatment considerations HS Schaaf Desmond Tutu TB Centre Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Stellenbosch University Conflict of interest disclosure X I have no Conflict of Interest

More information

Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI) Update

Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI) Update Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI) Update March 21, 2012 Marcelo Fernandez-Viña, MPH Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI) Coordinator Marcelo.Fernandez-Vina@Phila.gov

More information

Childhood Vaccination and Immunisation

Childhood Vaccination and Immunisation DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT A: ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC POLICY WORKSHOP Childhood Vaccination and Immunisation Brussels, 19 June 2013 MEETING DOCUMENT Policy Department A:

More information

Snapshot. These statistics reflect the Regional Knowledge Hub s activities from its inception in March 2004 through February 2008

Snapshot. These statistics reflect the Regional Knowledge Hub s activities from its inception in March 2004 through February 2008 Vol. 3, No. 11 Winter 2007 2008 IN THIS ISSUE: Snapshot Knowledge Hub activities to date, in numbers Knowledge Hub Calendar Find out about training workshops and other upcoming events Knowledge Hub in

More information

NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE

NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE conferenceseries.com 28 th World Conference NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE May 23-24, 2019 Zurich, Switzerland SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM conferenceseries.com 28 th world Congress NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE Dear Colleagues,

More information

Children as Sentinels for Transmission and Policy Response Mercedes Becerra, ScD

Children as Sentinels for Transmission and Policy Response Mercedes Becerra, ScD Children as Sentinels for Transmission and Policy Response Mercedes Becerra, ScD Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA TB Specialist, Partners In Health, Boston, MA, USA Overview

More information

39th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Geneva, Switzerland. 6-8 December 2016

39th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Geneva, Switzerland. 6-8 December 2016 8 December 2016 39th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Geneva, Switzerland 6-8 December 2016 Decisions The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, Recalling that all aspects of UNAIDS work

More information

Press Release: Embargo in place until Monday, February 19 th, 2018 I 6:00 Eastern standard Time (11GMT)

Press Release: Embargo in place until Monday, February 19 th, 2018 I 6:00 Eastern standard Time (11GMT) Press Release: Embargo in place until Monday, February 19 th, 2018 I 6:00 Eastern standard Time (11GMT) Results from innovative tuberculosis vaccine trial show potential for new BCG revaccination strategies

More information

Hepatitis and HIV Co-Infection: Situation in Ukraine.

Hepatitis and HIV Co-Infection: Situation in Ukraine. 2nd Central and Eastern European Meeting on Viral Hepatitis and Co-Infection with HIV Hepatitis and HIV Co-Infection: Situation in Ukraine. Pavlo Skala Associate Director: Policy & Partnership Ukraine

More information

Integration of collaborative TB/HIV activities with harm reduction services

Integration of collaborative TB/HIV activities with harm reduction services Integration of collaborative TB/HIV activities with harm reduction services Maryna Zelenskaya Ph D State service on HIV/AIDS and other socially diseases control, Head of Department on HIV/AIDS combating

More information

Improving Retention in Care: What Do We Know and What Can We Do Now? Implications for Ukraine

Improving Retention in Care: What Do We Know and What Can We Do Now? Implications for Ukraine Improving Retention in Care: What Do We Know and What Can We Do Now? Implications for Ukraine Tetiana Kiriazova, PhD Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy HIV epidemic in Ukraine as of 12.01.2016

More information

Implementing TB/HIV collaborative activities in prison settings: where are we?

Implementing TB/HIV collaborative activities in prison settings: where are we? Implementing TB/HIV collaborative activities in prison settings: where are we? Severin Lilian (1), Morosan Vitali (1), Doltu Svetlana (2), Ilona Burduja (2), Viorel Soltan (3), Sain Dmitri (4) (1)Carlux

More information

Rashes, Fevers and Infectious Diseases Sydney 2015

Rashes, Fevers and Infectious Diseases Sydney 2015 QRC: 2240 Price One Day : $440 inc. GST Two Days: $660 inc. GST Date 29-30 Jan 2015 Venue Rydges Sydney Central 28 Albion Street, Surry Hills, NW, 2010 CPD Hours 11 Hours 0 Mins Rashes, Fevers and Infectious

More information

Submitted electronically to:

Submitted electronically to: Submitted electronically to: ODOARRFI19@nih.gov Maureen Goodenow, PhD Associate Director of AIDS Research, NIH Director, Office of AIDS Research (OAR) National Institutes of Health 5601 Fishers Lane. Room

More information

CHAIR: DR JORGE SAMPAIO, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO STOP TB AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC

CHAIR: DR JORGE SAMPAIO, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO STOP TB AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC 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

More information

Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children

Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children H Simon Schaaf Desmond Tutu TB Centre Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, and Tygerberg Children s Hospital (TCH) Estimated TB incidence

More information

The Barents Tuberculosis Program. The Barents Euro-Arctic Council Joint Working Group on Health and Related Social Issues

The Barents Tuberculosis Program. The Barents Euro-Arctic Council Joint Working Group on Health and Related Social Issues The Barents Tuberculosis Program The Barents Euro-Arctic Council Joint Working Group on Health and Related Social Issues 1 CONTENTS Introduction... 4 General Information... 7 Epidemiological Situation

More information

Drug Treatment and HIV Prevention

Drug Treatment and HIV Prevention Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and illicit trafficking in Drugs TRAINING WORKSHOP Drug Treatment and HIV Prevention Oblast Kiev, 5-7 November 2018 PROGRAMME Monday 5 November 2018 10:00 Arrival

More information

First International Symposium on Sports Cardiology and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention

First International Symposium on Sports Cardiology and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Organized by CHAMPS Fund at the Department of Family Medicine at AUBMC, in collaboration with the Lebanese Society of Cardiology, the Division of Cardiology at AUBMC, the Division of Pediatric Cardiology

More information

Address MINISTRY OF HEALTH 7 Hrushevsky str., Kyiv, Ukraine Tel:

Address MINISTRY OF HEALTH 7 Hrushevsky str., Kyiv, Ukraine Tel: Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Project Name Region Sector Project ID Borrower(s) Implementing Agency Environment Category

More information

TB/HIV Project in the Philippines. Yumiko Yanase

TB/HIV Project in the Philippines. Yumiko Yanase TB/HIV Project in the Philippines Yumiko Yanase 1 TB situation in the Philippines Global rank: 9th Incidence (all): 296 Prevalence (all): 458 TB mortality (all): 49 New MDR-TB: 3.2% Case types notified

More information

Closing the HIV Testing Gap in South Africa with SIMUL8

Closing the HIV Testing Gap in South Africa with SIMUL8 SIMUL8 Case Study Closing the HIV Testing Gap in South Africa with SIMUL8 SIMUL8 is supporting the South African charity, Shout It Now, to improve HIV screening and treatment in an effort to save millions

More information

ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE EPIDEMIC: COVERING HIV/AIDS Training for journalists and representatives of AIDS-service organizations

ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE EPIDEMIC: COVERING HIV/AIDS Training for journalists and representatives of AIDS-service organizations ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE EPIDEMIC: COVERING HIV/AIDS Training for journalists and representatives of AIDS-service organizations PROGRAM Wednesday, November 22, 2006 Moscow Education Training Centre Golitsino

More information

WHO WHO AIDS 2018 JOIN US AT

WHO WHO AIDS 2018 JOIN US AT WHO AIDS 2018 JOIN US AT WHO at AIDS 2018 TEDROS GHEBREYESUS Director-General, WHO ZSUZSANNA JAKAB WHO Regional Director for Europe REN MINGHUI WHO Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases

More information

Meeting of the Steering Committee Barents HIV/AIDS Programme BEAC

Meeting of the Steering Committee Barents HIV/AIDS Programme BEAC Meeting of the Steering Committee Barents HIV/AIDS Programme BEAC St. Petersburg, September 22, 2009 Venue: Hotel St. Petersburg, Pirogovskaja Emb. 5/2 Minutes 1. Opening of the meeting Tatiana Smolskaya

More information

MEETING OF INTERESTED PARTIES

MEETING OF INTERESTED PARTIES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION MEETING OF INTERESTED PARTIES GENEVA, 3 TO 7 NOVEMBER 2003 Timetable and annotated agenda Please note that the timetable is indicative and that the timing of discussions may vary

More information

The WHO END-TB Strategy

The WHO END-TB Strategy ENDING TB and MDR-TB The WHO END-TB Strategy Dr Mario RAVIGLIONE Director Joint GDI/GLI Partners Forum WHO Geneva, 27 April 2015 This talk will deal with TB Burden Progress, Challenges Way Forward Who

More information

DRAFT AGENDA EXPERTS MEETING DECEMBER Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

DRAFT AGENDA EXPERTS MEETING DECEMBER Addis Ababa, Ethiopia AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone 011-551 7700 Fax : 011-551 7844 website : www. africa-union.org DRAFT AGENDA 2 ND STC ON GENDER AND WOMEN S EMPOWERMENT

More information

CURRICULUM VITAE Natasha Renee Rybak, M.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE Natasha Renee Rybak, M.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Natasha Renee Rybak, M.D. Business Address Division of Infectious Diseases The Miriam Hospital 164 Summit Avenue CFAR/RISE Building Providence, RI 02906 Business Telephone (401) 793-2463

More information

Why is there not enough coordination and collaboration between programmes to implement collaboration TB/HIV activities

Why is there not enough coordination and collaboration between programmes to implement collaboration TB/HIV activities Why is there not enough coordination and collaboration between programmes to implement collaboration TB/HIV activities Olga P. Frolova Head of the TB/HIV Health Care Centre, Ministry of Health Social Development,

More information

Snapshot. These statistics reflect the Regional Knowledge Hub s activities from its inception in March 2004 to February 2006

Snapshot. These statistics reflect the Regional Knowledge Hub s activities from its inception in March 2004 to February 2006 Vol. 1, No. 3 Winter 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: Snapshot Knowledge Hub activities to date, in numbers Knowledge Hub Calendar Find out about training workshops and other upcoming events Knowledge Hub in Review

More information

3 rd EACS Standard of care for HIV and co-infections, Bucharest, 2019

3 rd EACS Standard of care for HIV and co-infections, Bucharest, 2019 3 rd EACS Standard of care for HIV and co-infections, Bucharest, 2019 Cristiana Oprea MD, Ph.D Associate Professor Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Clinical Hospital for Infectious

More information

INH Preventive Therapy in. Mark F Cotton KID-CRU & Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, TygerbergChildren s Hospital & Stellenbosch University

INH Preventive Therapy in. Mark F Cotton KID-CRU & Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, TygerbergChildren s Hospital & Stellenbosch University INH Preventive Therapy in Children Mark F Cotton KID-CRU & Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, TygerbergChildren s Hospital & Stellenbosch University Prophylactic effect of INH on primary TB in

More information

Scaling up collaborative TB/HIV activities: achievements, challenges, and opportunities in Viet Nam

Scaling up collaborative TB/HIV activities: achievements, challenges, and opportunities in Viet Nam Scaling up collaborative TB/HIV activities: achievements, challenges, and opportunities in Viet Nam 20 th International AIDS Conference, 20 July 2014, Melbourne, Australia Nguyen Hoang Long, MD, Ph.D.

More information

Barents HIV/AIDS Programme. Progress Report Luleå, 13 October 2015

Barents HIV/AIDS Programme. Progress Report Luleå, 13 October 2015 Barents HIV/AIDS Programme Progress Report Luleå, 13 October 2015 6.11.2015 Outi Karvonen 1 Barents HIV/AIDS Programme Ongoing and recent projects Finnish-Russian (multilateral): Promotion of good practices

More information

THE GAP REPORT 2014 PRisOnERs

THE GAP REPORT 2014 PRisOnERs THE GAP REPORT 2014 Prisoners Every year, 30 million people spend time in prisons or closed settings (1) and 10 million are incarcerated at any given point in time (2). Virtually all will return to their

More information

TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV/AIDS: A STRATEGY FOR THE CONTROL OF A DUAL EPIDEMIC IN THE WHO AFRICAN REGION. Report of the Regional Director.

TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV/AIDS: A STRATEGY FOR THE CONTROL OF A DUAL EPIDEMIC IN THE WHO AFRICAN REGION. Report of the Regional Director. 30 August 2007 REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Fifty-seventh session Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 27 31 August Provisional agenda item 7.8 TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV/AIDS: A STRATEGY FOR THE

More information

LIMPOPO PROVINCIAL MEN S SECTORS/BROTHERS FOR LIFE

LIMPOPO PROVINCIAL MEN S SECTORS/BROTHERS FOR LIFE LIMPOPO PROVINCIAL MEN S SECTORS/BROTHERS FOR LIFE PRESENTED BY: RAPAKWANA JOHANNAH MANAGER:GAAP in HIV & AIDS & STIs Directorate DEPT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT VENUE: THE RANCH HOTEL DATE:09.03.2010

More information

Theresa NeSmith Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Global Health Division of Global HIV/AIDS International Laboratory Branch

Theresa NeSmith Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Global Health Division of Global HIV/AIDS International Laboratory Branch Theresa NeSmith Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Global Health Division of Global HIV/AIDS International Laboratory Branch PEPFAR Laboratory Program is a Critical Part of Health Systems

More information

Tuberculosis in Alameda County, 2009

Tuberculosis in Alameda County, 2009 Tuberculosis in Alameda County, 29 Alameda County Public Health Department Tuberculosis Overview Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB is spread

More information

Pediatric HIV/AIDS training course February 23-25, 2013

Pediatric HIV/AIDS training course February 23-25, 2013 Pediatric HIV/AIDS training course February 23-25, 2013 St. Jude Children s Research Hospital Memphis, TN Dear Delegate, The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Committee on Pediatric AIDS are delighted

More information

HIV & AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: WHERE ARE WE AND WHAT ARE

HIV & AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: WHERE ARE WE AND WHAT ARE HIV & AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: WHERE ARE WE AND WHAT ARE THE REMAINING CHALLENGES DR YOGAN PILLAY, NDOH SA HIV CLINICIANS SOCIETY CONFERENCE, CAPE TOWN 25 NOVEMBER, 2012 GLOBAL DATA 34m people living with

More information

Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health E33.2316.099 Community Health: A Society in Transition: Capetown, South Africa Dates: July August (Application Deadline: March 14) Course Description:

More information

Vol. 1, No. 4 Spring 2006

Vol. 1, No. 4 Spring 2006 Vol. 1, No. 4 Spring 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: Snapshot Knowledge Hub activities to date, in numbers Knowledge Hub Calendar Find out about training workshops and other upcoming events Knowledge Hub in Review

More information

14:30-16:30 SATS Council Meeting Venue: Hospitality 25

14:30-16:30 SATS Council Meeting Venue: Hospitality 25 PATS & SATS 2018 CONGRESS 12-15 April 2018, Durban ICC, Sout: Africa Provisional Programme (subject to change) Thursday 12 April 7:00 Registration for pre-congress workshops open Outside workshop venues

More information

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME. 5 edition BERLIN ORGANISING SECRETARIAT

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME. 5 edition BERLIN ORGANISING SECRETARIAT PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME th BERLIN 20-23 JUNE 2019 ORGANISING SECRETARIAT th SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION SPAO Sociedad de Pediatría de Andalucía Oriental y Extremadura BERLIN 20-23 JUNE 2019 COMMITTEES WSP BOARD

More information

SPEAKING NOTES OF H.E. DR. AARON MOTSOALEDI, MINISTER OF HEALTH OF REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AT THE GLOBAL HIV

SPEAKING NOTES OF H.E. DR. AARON MOTSOALEDI, MINISTER OF HEALTH OF REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AT THE GLOBAL HIV SPEAKING NOTES OF H.E. DR. AARON MOTSOALEDI, MINISTER OF HEALTH OF REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AT THE GLOBAL HIV PREVENTION COALITION MEETING, 10 OCTOBER2017 I have said many times, and wish to repeat, that

More information

Government of Canada Federal AIDS Initiative Milestones

Government of Canada Federal AIDS Initiative Milestones HIV in Canada: Trends and Issues for Advancing Prevention, Care, Treatment and Support Through Knowledge Exchange Michael R Smith, Senior Policy Advisor, Programs and Coordination Division, Centre for

More information

Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Children. Réghana Taliep

Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Children. Réghana Taliep Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Children Réghana Taliep Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a common complication and leading cause of death in HIV infection HIV is the strongest

More information

South African Business Coalition on Health and AIDS (SABCOHA)

South African Business Coalition on Health and AIDS (SABCOHA) Address by the Chief Inspector of Mines, Mr. David Msiza, on behalf of the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Honourable Godfrey Oliphant, MP, on the occasion of the opening of the 7 th South African

More information

PS1.4 PARALLEL SESSION 1.4. Information for More Focused Acton and Monitoring Progress to Ensure that No One is Left Behind

PS1.4 PARALLEL SESSION 1.4. Information for More Focused Acton and Monitoring Progress to Ensure that No One is Left Behind PARALLEL SESSION 1.4 Information for More Focused Acton and Monitoring Progress to Ensure that No One is Left Behind Background In September 2015, world leaders came together to formally adopt the new

More information

Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network. National Capacity Strengthening Workshop on illicit drug use in Zimbabwe. Support. Don t Punish Campaign

Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network. National Capacity Strengthening Workshop on illicit drug use in Zimbabwe. Support. Don t Punish Campaign Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network National Capacity Strengthening Workshop on illicit drug use in Zimbabwe Support. Don t Punish Campaign 23 June 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe Introduction The Support

More information

Integrated HIV Programming: Effectiveness and Lessons Learned from a Literature Synthesis. Research Brief

Integrated HIV Programming: Effectiveness and Lessons Learned from a Literature Synthesis. Research Brief Integrated HIV Programming: Effectiveness and Lessons Learned from a Literature Synthesis Research Brief February 2017 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research brief is made possible by the support of the American

More information

RESEARCH. All Photos: Eric Bond/EGPAF,2017

RESEARCH. All Photos: Eric Bond/EGPAF,2017 RESEARCH All Photos: Eric Bond/EGPAF,2017 The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is a recognized global leader in the fight to end pediatric HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and delivery

More information

About Annette Sohn, MD. Biography

About Annette Sohn, MD. Biography About Annette Sohn, MD Dr Annette Sohn is the Director of TREAT Asia, a regional programme of amfar, The Foundation for AIDS Research, in Bangkok, Thailand. TREAT Asia conducts a range of adult and paediatric

More information

UNITAID. AMDS Partners Meeting. UNITAID Strategy & 2013 Call for Letters of Intent. Brenda Waning. Page 1

UNITAID. AMDS Partners Meeting. UNITAID Strategy & 2013 Call for Letters of Intent. Brenda Waning. Page 1 Page 1 UNITAID AMDS Partners Meeting UNITAID 2013-2016 Strategy & 2013 Call for Letters of Intent Brenda Waning Geneva 7 May, 2013 UNITAID s Six Strategic Objectives SO1: Increase access to simple, point-of-care

More information

SOUTH AFRICA S TB BURDEN - OVERVIEW

SOUTH AFRICA S TB BURDEN - OVERVIEW SOUTH AFRICA S TB BURDEN - OVERVIEW Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, MP: Chairperson of the Board, Stop TB Partnership Minister of Health, South Africa 31 January 2014, Cape Town South Africa s TB Burden Global TB

More information

2nd World Congress on Infectious and rare disease. September 09-10, 2019 Bangkok, Thailand

2nd World Congress on Infectious and rare disease. September 09-10, 2019 Bangkok, Thailand 2nd World Congress on Infectious and rare disease September 09-10, 2019 Bangkok, Thailand Invitation We cordially invite you all the participants from all over the world to attend 2nd World Congress on

More information

Newsletter. August 7, Visit

Newsletter. August 7, Visit Share: Tweet Newsletter August 7, 2013 Jump to a Topic: Upcoming Events Funding Opportunities Conferences and Meetings Announcements Check out our new website! We are excited to announce the launching

More information

Anri Uys (MSc Pharmacology, BPharm NWU) Medicines Information Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology University of Cape Town

Anri Uys (MSc Pharmacology, BPharm NWU) Medicines Information Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology University of Cape Town Anri Uys (MSc Pharmacology, BPharm NWU) Medicines Information Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology University of Cape Town Since March 2008 26 700 Queries to date 450 Queries per month South Africa:

More information

The Global Fund & UNICEF Partnership

The Global Fund & UNICEF Partnership The Global Fund & UNICEF Partnership Prof Michel D. Kazatchkine Executive Director UNICEF Executive Board February 9 th, 2011 The Global Fund Millennium Development Goals 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and

More information

Annual Meeting on Infectious Diseases

Annual Meeting on Infectious Diseases Annual Meeting on Infectious Diseases August 20-21, 2018 Prague, Czech Republic Theme: Infectious Diseases and Global Health: Cutting Edge Researches https://infectiousdiseases.infectiousconferences.com/

More information

Influenza Specialist Group 2015 Program Annual Scientific Meeting 1 & 2 February 2015 Park Royal Hotel Melbourne Airport Melbourne, Australia

Influenza Specialist Group 2015 Program Annual Scientific Meeting 1 & 2 February 2015 Park Royal Hotel Melbourne Airport Melbourne, Australia Influenza Specialist Group 2015 Program Annual Scientific Meeting 1 & 2 February 2015 Park Royal Hotel Melbourne Airport Melbourne, Australia Day One: Sunday 1 February 2015 Macedon Room 4.30pm 5.00pm

More information

MODULE SIX. Global TB Institutions and Policy Framework. Treatment Action Group TB/HIV Advocacy Toolkit

MODULE SIX. Global TB Institutions and Policy Framework. Treatment Action Group TB/HIV Advocacy Toolkit MODULE SIX Global TB Institutions and Policy Framework Treatment Action Group TB/HIV Advocacy Toolkit 1 Topics to be Covered Global TB policy and coordinating structures The Stop TB Strategy TB/HIV collaborative

More information

TB/HIV in the WHO European Region Overview, Priorities & Response

TB/HIV in the WHO European Region Overview, Priorities & Response TB/HIV in the WHO European Region Overview, Priorities & Response 16 th Core Group Meeting TB/HIV Working Group Stop TB Partnership Almaty, Kazakhstan May 2010 Martin Donoghoe Andrei Dadu, Smiljka de Lussigny

More information

World Health Organization HIV/TB Facts 2011

World Health Organization HIV/TB Facts 2011 World Health Organization HIV/TB Facts 20 Note: The facts and figures of the HIV/TB Facts 20 are drawn from WHO HIV and TB surveillance data from 200 and 2009, as referenced below. Why is tuberculosis

More information

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children James Seddon Clinical Lecturer Imperial College London UCL-TB and LSHTM TB Centre World TB Day 2015 24th March 2015 Outline Burden Recent studies Preventive

More information

Guidance on Matching Funds: Tuberculosis Finding the Missing People with TB

Guidance on Matching Funds: Tuberculosis Finding the Missing People with TB February 2017 Guidance on Matching Funds: Tuberculosis Finding the Missing People with TB 1. Background TB is the leading cause of death by infectious disease, killing 1.8 million people in 2015. Each

More information

Dr. Mark R. Dybul Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria

Dr. Mark R. Dybul Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria Dr. Mark R. Dybul of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria Dear Dr. Dybul, With this letter we, the undersigned organizations representing civil society including organizations representing

More information

SUMMARY OF THE ANALYTICAL REPORT

SUMMARY OF THE ANALYTICAL REPORT SUMMARY OF THE ANALYTICAL REPORT MONITORING THE BEHAVIOUR AND HIV-INFECTION PREVALENCE AMONG PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS AS A COMPONENT OF HIV SECOND GENERATION SURVEILLANCE (ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF 2013

More information

ASEAN Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS: Fast-Tracking and Sustaining HIV and AIDS Responses To End the AIDS Epidemic by 2030

ASEAN Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS: Fast-Tracking and Sustaining HIV and AIDS Responses To End the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 ASEAN Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS: Fast-Tracking and Sustaining HIV and AIDS Responses To End the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 1. WE, the Heads of State and Government of the Association of Southeast

More information

Strengthening Health Systems and Blood Services

Strengthening Health Systems and Blood Services Strengthening Health Systems and Blood Services through a Primary Health Care Approach Dr Neelam Dhingra Coordinator Blood Transfusion safety WHO-HQ, Geneva Outline of the Presentation Blood Transfusion

More information

COUNTRY REPORT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATIONS AND PROJECT ACTIVITIES

COUNTRY REPORT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATIONS AND PROJECT ACTIVITIES COUNTRY REPORT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATIONS AND PROJECT ACTIVITIES BIRUTE SEMENAITE, MEDICAL DIVISION OF PRISON DEPARTMENT AT THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LITHUANIAN PRISONS. BACKGROUND:

More information

Tuberculosis surveillance in Germany. Data of the tuberculosis report 2013

Tuberculosis surveillance in Germany. Data of the tuberculosis report 2013 1 Tuberculosis surveillance in Germany Data of the tuberculosis report 2013 Robert Koch Institute (RKI) Respiratory Infections Unit Outline 2 Tuberculosis notification system in Germany Epidemiological

More information

TB Program and Epidemic aka B2B

TB Program and Epidemic aka B2B TB Program and Epidemic aka B2B Nulda Beyers On behalf of DTTC BOD Workshop 30 September2013 Trend in tuberculosis incidence, selected countries in Africa 1400 1200 Rate per 100,000 1000 800 600 400 200

More information

PAEDIATRIC TB TRIAL UPDATE

PAEDIATRIC TB TRIAL UPDATE PAEDIATRIC TB TRIAL UPDATE ANNEKE C. HESSELING PROFESSOR IN PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH DIRECTOR: DESMOND TUTU TB CENTRE DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA

More information

HIV Update. Under the direction of: Peter F. Weller, MD, MACP Douglas S. Krakower, MD Simi Padival, MD

HIV Update. Under the direction of: Peter F. Weller, MD, MACP Douglas S. Krakower, MD Simi Padival, MD JUNE 1-3, 2017 Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING HIV Update Contemporary Issues in Management HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS CAN RELY ON THIS PROGRAM FOR THE LATEST UPDATES

More information

11 12 August 2011 Upper Eastside Hotel, Cape Town

11 12 August 2011 Upper Eastside Hotel, Cape Town 11 12 August 2011 Upper Eastside Hotel, Cape Town The AIDS Priorities Seminars The AIDS Priorities symposia series is presented by, with additional support from the President s Emergency Plan For AIDS

More information

Regional Consultation on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in French Speaking Countries in Africa Region

Regional Consultation on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in French Speaking Countries in Africa Region Regional Consultation on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in French Speaking Countries in Africa Region Evidence, lessons and recommendations for action Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17-20 November 2008 PROVISIONAL

More information

May 26-28, 2010, Almaty, Kazakhstan November 2011

May 26-28, 2010, Almaty, Kazakhstan November 2011 Progress note of the recommendations of the 16 th TB/HIV Core Group Meeting Report May 26-28, 2010, Almaty, Kazakhstan November 2011 1. Structural and organizational barriers The Core Group urges Ministries

More information

Snapshot. These statistics reflect the Regional Knowledge Hub s activities from its inception in March 2004 through August 2008

Snapshot. These statistics reflect the Regional Knowledge Hub s activities from its inception in March 2004 through August 2008 Vol. 4, No. 13 Summer 2008 IN THIS ISSUE: Snapshot Knowledge Hub activities to date, in numbers Knowledge Hub Calendar Find out about training workshops and other upcoming events Knowledge Hub in Review

More information

Tuberculosis in Chicago 2006

Tuberculosis in Chicago 2006 Chicago Department of Public Health May 27 Communicable Disease Information Tuberculosis in Chicago 26 City of Chicago Richard M. Daley, Mayor Department of Public Health Terry Mason, MD, FACS Commissioner

More information

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME. 5 edition BERLIN ORGANISING SECRETARIAT

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME. 5 edition BERLIN ORGANISING SECRETARIAT PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME th BERLIN 20-23 JUNE 2019 ORGANISING SECRETARIAT th SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION SPAO Sociedad de Pediatría de Andalucía Oriental y Extremadura PATRONEGE BERLIN 20-23 JUNE 2019 COMMITTEES

More information

FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND GYNAECOLOGICAL CYTOLOGY TUTORIAL

FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND GYNAECOLOGICAL CYTOLOGY TUTORIAL FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND GYNAECOLOGICAL CYTOLOGY TUTORIAL With the support of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Foundation Stellenbosch University and the National Health Laboratory Services

More information