Universal Access of TB

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Universal Access of TB Services to People
Living with HIV Harnessing Collaboration and
Coordination Satellite Symposium Sunday 3 August
2008 1545 h 1730 h Room SR 10 (950) Key
note speakers Kevin De Cock, Department of
HIV/AIDS, WHO Mark Dybul, US Global AIDS
Coordinator, USA Musa Njoko , Activist, South
Africa Anupong Chitwarakorn, Ministry of Health,
Thailand Henry Akpan, Ministry of Health,
Nigeria Paul Nunn, Stop TB Department,
WHO Co-chairs Michel Kazatchine, Executive
Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and
Malaria Diane Havlir, Chair HIV/TB Working Group
of the Stop TB Partnership This satellite
session will address the key, practical
activities that need to be implemented in order
to reduce the burden of TB in people living with
HIV and ensure the universal access of TB
prevention, diagnosis and treatment services.
Particular emphasis will be given to the
challenges and opportunities of mainstreaming the
Three Is for HIV/TB - intensified TB case
finding, Isoniazid preventive therapy and
infection control for TB in HIV care services in
order to advocate for their inclusion as core
functions of HIV care services. Please note,
the symposium will finish on time to ensure that
participants can travel to the Opening Ceremony
at the Auditorio Nacional.
Organizers Stop TB and HIV Departments of WHO,
International AIDS Society Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, TB and Malaria UNAIDS Forum for
Collaborative HIV Research