Tuberculosis Surveillance Research Unit (TSRU) AGENDA. Bagamoyo, 3-5 April Registration, April 3 th : Morning programme

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1 Tuberculosis Surveillance Research Unit (TSRU) AGENDA Bagamoyo, 3-5 April 2003 Registration, April 3 th Thursday April 3 th : Morning programme Opening session 1 Welcome speech by Dr. Hussein Mwinyi deputy Minister of Health 2 Introduction of participants 3 Adoption of agenda 4 A comprehensive report of the 28 th TSRU meeting, 4-6 April 2002, Hanoi, Vietnam (enclosure) TB-HIV : G.L. Upunda : B.G. Williams 1 Cost effectiveness of different approaches to (C. Currie et al.) the control of tuberculosis in countries with large HIV epidemics 2 HIV-related tuberculosis: how well are we (D. Maher et al.) doing with current control efforts? 3 Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis reduces mortality (F. Mwaungulu et al.) in HIV-positive tuberculosis patients in Karonga District, Malawi 4 Pilot Intervention to prevent TB and other (M. Ngabonziza et al.) opportunistic infections in two district hospitals in Rwanda: Preliminary data on participation and adherence 5 Anti-retroviral therapy and the control of (B.G. Williams et al.) tuberculosis Coffee break ( ) 6 comments Discussion Lunch ( )

2 Thursday April 3 th : Afternoon programme Smear microscopy : T. Mori : A. van Deun 1 Effect of restaining on the results of rechecking (F. Ba et al.) AFB-microscopy quality assurance in Senegal 2 Scanty AFB smears: What s in a name? (A. van Deun et al.) Is prolongation of CAT 1 first phase for positivity (A. van Deun)) at its planned end useful? 4 A comprehensive comparison of Ziehl-Neelsen (L.E.A. Kivihya-Ndugga et al.) and Fluorescence microscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in a resource-poor, urban setting Evaluation of Phenol ammonium sulphate (N. Selvakumar et al.) sediment smears for sputum AFB microscopy 6 Comparison of variants of carbol fuchsin solution (N. Selvakumar et al.) in Ziehl-Neelsen staining method for detection of acid-fast bacilli 7 Operational implications of Spot-Morning-Spot (A.M. Kilale et al.) sputum specimen collection for diagnosis of tuberculosis Tea break ( ) 8 comments Discussion Friday April 4 th : Morning programme New diagnostics : F.G.J. Cobelens : M. Perkins 1 Cost-effectiveness of polymerase chain reaction (M.R.A. van Cleeff et al.) versus smear microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis in Kenya 2 Epidemiological validation of interferon-gamma (F.G.J. Cobelens et al.) assays for measurement of the annual risk of tuberculosis infection 3 Artificial intelligence and gas-sensor arrays for the (P. Klatser et al.) rapid detection and analysis of mycobacterial pathogens in breath, sputum and early cultures

3 4 Use of second generation whole blood IFN-g assay (T. Mori) measuring responses to CFP-10 and ESAT-6 to detect latent infection with M. tuberculosis 5 The Transdermal Application of Skin Test (K.A. Sacksteder et al.) Antigens in the Diagnosis of Active and Latent M. tuberculosis Infection 6 Defenition of an optimal cocktail of Mycobaterium (K. Weldingh) tuberculosis antigens for a serodiagnostic assay 7 Validation of the AMRAD ICT tuberculosis test (A.M. Kilale et al.) for detection of antibodies to M. tuberculosis in a field condition in Tanzania Coffee break ( ) 8 comments Discussion Friday April 4 th : Afternoon programme Lunch ( ) Public-private mix : B.D. Duong : M. Uplekar 1 The Mumbai experience in building cost-effective (G.T. Ambe) PPM Project models 2 Getting the private sector involved in DOTS: (J.M. Chakaya et al.) The Nairobi experience 3 Contribution of Private Practitioners who work (V. Inamdar et al.) as DOT Provider in Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme of India- in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Public Private Mix (PPM) 4 What makes PPM work? A cross-project (K. Lönnroth et al.) comparison of public private mix projects for improved TB control in New Delhi, Ho Chi Minh City, Nairobi and Pune 5 Is the involvement of private provider s (K.J.R. Murthy et al.) conductive to TB programs? 6 Public private partnership for TB (S.B. Pande et al.)) control in an urban setting in Nepal 7 Expanding public-private partnership at the (I. Quelapio et al.) MMC Dots clinic Tea break ( ) 8 comments Discussion

4 Saturday April 5 th : Morning Programme Free presentations : A. van Deun 1 The prevalence of Tuberculosis in a high (N. Beyers et al.) incidence area in the Western Cape, South Africa 2 Tanzanian National Tuberculin Survey, (S.M. Egwaga et al.) th Round Results of interim analysis of 12 regions 3 Slow decline of tuberculosis notifications (M.W. Borgdorff et al.) in Hong Kong, China: evidence for a high risk of developing endogenous disease? 4 Tuberculosis contact-investigation and (C.S.B. Lambregts et al.) DNA-fingerprint surveillance in The Netherlands: 6 years experience with nation-wide clusterfeedback and cluster-monitoring (R1) Coffee break ( ) 5 What proportion of tuberculosis transmission takes (S. Verver et al.) place in the household in a high incidence area? 6 Molecular epidemiology, drug resistance, (D. Sagebiel et al.) and treatment of tuberculosis in Germany: preliminary results 7 A public-private mix model development for the (W.J. Lew et al.) National Tuberculosis Programme in Korea 8 Feasibility and effectiveness of a public-private (V.K. Arora et al.) mix project for improved TB control in Delhi, India

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