Friday 28 October - Symposia

The Symposia Programme

²Simultaneous English/French/English translation is provided for these sessions

Title of Symposia	Section (s)	Coordinators
Friday, 28 October 2011, 08:00-10:00
01. eHealth for tuberculosis: integrating information and communications technology into tuberculosis care ²	TB \| NAPs	Alvin Marcelo, Philippines
02. Role of partnerships in addressing TB control in prisons ²	TB	Sarabjit Chadha, India Jan van den Hombergh, Tanzania
03. Innovative partnerships for TB- HIV care of marginalized populations	HIV \| TB	Trini Mathew, USA Latha Rajan, USA
04. Biomarkers for lung diseases	TB	Arend Kolk, Netherlands
05. Decentralization and scale-up of ART through TB clinics and other models of TB/HIV integration	HIV \| TB	Delphine Sculier, Switzerland Stewart Reid, Zambia
06. Partnering initiatives to Stop TB at country level: how a partnering approach can help scaling up care?	TB	Elisabetta Minelli, Switzerland
07. Epidemiology of drug-resistant TB: insights from partnerships	TB	Carole Mitnick, USA Matteo Zignol, Switzerland
08. Bridging the gap between public health and clinical care: improved approaches to non-communicable diseases	LH	Dermot Maher, Uganda Anthony D. Harries, UK
09. Partnerships to develop alternative livelihood and crop diversification for Tobacco Control	TC	Elangovan Vidhubala, India
Friday, 28 October 2011, 14:30-16:30
10. TB REACH: Innovations and partnerships for early and increased TB case finding amongst the poor and vulnerable ²	TB	Suvanand Sahu, Switzerland
11. Controversies in HIV ²	HIV	Anthony D. Harries, The Union Rueben Granich, Switzerland
12. Toward Universal Access: Scaling up access to TB/HIV diagnosis and treatment for marginalized populations	HIV \| TB	Brittany Moore, USA Charlene Brown, USA
13. International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC): Five Years in the Field	TB	Elizabeth Fair, USA
14. Partnerships to Accelerate TB Vaccine Development	TB	Jennifer Woolley, USA Nathalie Mielcarek, France
15. Meeting the needs of the most neglected patients: the rising caseload of paediatric drug-resistant TB	TB	Nathan Ford, UK
16. One health approach: coordinating diagnosis, surveillance, and education Programmes in zoonotic tuberculosis	TB \| ZTB	John B. Kaneene, USA Alejandro Perera, Mexico
17. Management of Asthma in low- and middle-income countries and the Asthma Drug Facility	LH	Chen-Yuan Chiang, The Union Cécile Macé, The Union
18. Smokefree healthcare as an entry point for upscaling tobacco control in high burden countries	TC	Trish Fraser, New Zealand

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