DOTS EXPANSION WORKING GROUP

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DOTS Expansion Working Group Meeting - Engaging professional associations

In several countries professional associations are a powerful ally of national TB programmes and perhaps the only effective conduit through which private clinicians may be reached in a systematic fashion. Mobilization of professional associations could therefore go a long way in linking private practitioners effectively to national TB programmes.

On the occasion of the 2008 Union conference, the DOTS Expansion Working Group (DEWG) will organize a meeting specifically to sensitize and mobilize leaders of national professional associations for active collaboration in TB control. The meeting will be convened jointly by ATS and WHO on 15 October 2008. Participants will include representatives of professional associations from key countries, NTP managers, and national and international partners.