2022 World TB Day Briefing Series
|
|
TB: THE PERSISTENT PANDEMIC,
FORGOTTEN BUT NOT GONE
In collaboration with the Congressional TB Elimination Caucus
|
|
In commemoration of World TB Day on March 24th, TB stakeholder organizations, including NTCA, are coming together to host three educational webinars for the staff in Congressional offices. The events will explore the state of TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment both at home and abroad as well as take a closer look at research efforts to develop innovative diagnostics, vaccines, and treatments needed to tackle this often-forgotten but deadly pandemic.
|
|
Thursday, March 24th
The Domestic Response to TB
12:00 p.m. EST
Moderated by:
Shaka Brown, MDR TB Survivor and We Are TB Member
|
|
Speakers:
Phil LoBue, MD, CDC Division of TB Elimination Director
Sundari Mase, MD, Stop TB USA Chair and California TB Controllers Association President-Elect
Pete Dupree, MPH, National TB Controllers Association Immediate Past President
Preenie Gill, MDR TB Survivor and We Are TB Member
Jeff Starke, MD, Baylor College of Medicine Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine
Aakriti Pandita, MD, TB and COVID-19 Survivor and We Are TB Member
|
|
Speakers:
Cheri Vincent, MSPH, USAID TB Chief
Anand Date, MD, MBBS, CDC Global TB Acting Branch Chief
Linda Mafu, Global Fund Civil Society and Global Advocacy Head
Maurine Murenga, Kenyan Activist and Global Fund Board Member Representing AffectedCommunities
Silvia Chiang, MD, Brown University Assistant Professor and Physician
|
|
Friday, March 25th
The Global Response to TB
12:00 p.m. EST
Moderated by:
Aakriti Pandita, MD, TB and COVID-19 Survivor, Infectious Diseases Society of America Member, and We Are TB Member
|
|
Monday, March 28th
The Need for TB R&D
12:00 p.m. EST
Moderated by:
Tina Shah, PharmD, TB Survivor, TB Trials Consortium Community Research Advisors Group Member, and We Are TB Member
|
|
Speakers:
Shelly Malhotra, IAVI Executive Director of Global Access
Willo Brock, MSc, FIND Vice President of External Affairs
Mel Spigelman, MD, TB Alliance President and CEO
Michelle Haas, MD, TB Trials Consortium Advocacy & External Relations Committee Chair
Helen Jenkins, PhD, Boston University Associate Professor and Epidemiologist
|
|
See what's happening on our social sites
|
|
|
|
|
|
|