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| Reference: | 4977 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Multiple country event: | No |
| Region: | AFRO |
| City: | Pretoria |
| Start date: | 27 October 2012 |
| End date: | 3 November 2012 |
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| Status: | Completed - Complété |
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| Title: | In collaboration with the National Department of Health (NDoH) TB Control and Management Cluster and the |
| Type: | Mission |
| Terms of Reference: | The objectives of the meeting were to:
1. Review current paediatric DR TB epidemiology, policy, program practice, and research in South Africa;
2. Discuss how best to apply research findings to program practice;
3. Highlight aspects of paediatric DR TB that require further research, identifying priorities and next steps in
research and program development;
4. Address the 2012/2013 childhood TB operational plan objectives from the National Strategic Plan;
5. Provide an update on diagnosis and clinical management of paediatric DR TB; and
6. Place paediatric TB into the larger context of the changing healthcare environment in South Africa.
During this trip/meeting we also disseminated preliminary epidemiology findings and recording/reporting
findings from our Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant TB among Children and Adolescents in South Africa project |
| Training Opportunity: | No |
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| Purpose 1: | Childhood TB |
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| Entered by: | Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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| Contact name: | Gloria Oramasionwu |
| Contact email: | iyo8@cdc.gov |
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| Funding needs: | No |
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| Available funding: | $ 0 |
| Funding gap: | $ 0 |
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Documents associated with this event |
| Mission Report - Rapport de la mission |
Trip report_Nov5.pdf |
Not confidential |
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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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