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| Reference: | 4975 |
| Country: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Multiple country event: | No |
| Region: | EURO |
| City: | London |
| Start date: | 18 September 2012 |
| End date: | 30 September 2012 |
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| Status: | Completed - Complété |
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| Title: | a. Conduct an evaluation of the United kingdom tuberculosis surveillance system |
| Type: | Conference (invitation only - avec invitation) |
| Terms of Reference: | Following a century of decline in tuberculosis in the United States and Western Europe, tuberculosis reemerged
in the US as a public health problem, widely attributed to the HIV pandemic. This increase
was successfully controlled in the 1990s and the decline continues. In contrast, the United Kingdom has
seen a continually increasing trend over the last two decades. Reasons for this divergence in trends
between the US and the UK are not entirely clear, although differences in immigration patterns and
surveillance systems may be contributory. We propose to examine reasons for the recent divergent
trends in rates of TB between the US and the UK from 2000 through 2011 including analyses of trends
among foreign and domestic born cases in each country and a comparison of TB prevention policies.
This visit provided a contextual understanding of TB surveillance and an opportunity to evaluate
performance attributes of the UK TB surveillance system. This visit also provided the US CDC team
with an opportunity to meet with different UK TB surveillance teams, including the field, epidemiology
and laboratory units. A greater understanding of their activities was thus developed. Finally the trip
completed the process of obtaining and commencing a joint analysis of the US and UK TB surveillance
data.
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| Training Opportunity: | No |
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| Purpose 1: | Other |
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| Entered by: | Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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| Contact name: | Chime Nnadi |
| Contact email: | wgq4@cdc.gov |
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| Funding needs: | No |
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| Available funding: | $ 0 |
| Funding gap: | $ 0 |
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| Comments: | TB surveillance and an opportunity to evaluate
performance attributes of the UK TB surveillance system. |
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There are no experts (roster) associated with this event. There are no experts (non-roster) associated with this event.
Date Created: 6 March 2013
Entered By: CDC
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