TB diagnostics and laboratory services: Actions for care delivery and sustainability

 

4th Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI)

Partners Meeting

 

Jointly organised by

World Health Organization & Fondation Mérieux

 

Les Pensières, Veyrier-du-Lac, France

17 - 19 April 2012

 

 

 

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

 

 

 

Topic

Speaker

 

 

OPENING SESSION

 

8:00

Registration

 

 

09:00

Welcome and opening

World Health Organization

Stop TB Partnership

Fondation Mérieux

09:20

Achievements of the GLI

Rick O`Brien

09:40

Review of WHO TB diagnostics policy development

Karin Weyer

 

 

PLENARY SESSION

 

SESSION 1:

Developments in the field of TB diagnostics

 

Chair: Rick O`Brien

10:00

New diagnostics pipeline

 

Mark Perkins

10:20

TB laboratory biosafety manual

 

Tom Shinnick

10:45

< Break >

 

11:15

TB Laboratory accreditation

GLI accreditation guidance;

Performance indicators;

Laboratory network accreditation

 

Chris Gilpin

Paul Klatser

Armand van Deun

12:00

Discussion

 

12:30

SRL Network DST proficiency testing

Armand van Deun

13:00

< Lunch >

 

 

 

 

PLENARY SESSION

 

SESSION 2:

Reports from GLI partners

 

Chair: Tom Shinnick

14:30

New approaches to TB case detection:

TB REACH overview

Sahu Suvanand

14:50

EXPAND-TB Project supported by UNITAID

Eric Adam

15:15

TB case and treatment outcome definitions

Philippe Glaziou

15:30

Discussion

 

16:00

.< Break >

 

 

16:30

Current SRL Network mapping, ToR, challenges and eligibility criteria

Chris Gilpin

17:00

Regional Laboratory Initiatives

Panel discussion

17:30

Summary of outcomes from WHO Expert Group Meeting on DST for anti-TB drugs

Fuad Mirzayev

17:45

Outcomes of the WHO technical consultation  ‘Can Totally Drug-Resistant TB be defined?

Paul Nunn

18:00

Closing

 

 

Poster display

 

 

19:00

Welcome dinner

 

 

 


 

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

 

 

 

Topic

Speaker

7:45-8:45

Global Laboratory Initiative Core Group meeting (Closed Session)

 

Chair: GLI Secretariat

 

 

PLENARY SESSION

 

SESSION 3:

Xpert MTB/RIF early implementation

 

Chair: Karin Weyer

9:00

Xpert MTB/RIF global roll out update

 

Wayne van Gemert

9:20

Xpert MTB/RIF technology update

 

Catharina Boehme

9:40

Current dynamics in the Xpert MTB/RIF assay pricing mechanisms

Fuad Mirzayev

10:00

Q&A session/Discussion

 

 

10:30

< Break > and

Poster display

 

11:30

Innovative approaches and private sector involvement

Aamir Khan

12:00

Xpert MTB/RIF operational research initiatives

Ivor Langley

12:30

Q&A session/Discussion

 

 

13:00

< Lunch >

 

 

 

 

PLENARY SESSION

 

SESSION 4:

Experience from implementing partners: roll out of Xpert MTB/RIF and country level coordination of activities

Chair: Aamir Khan

14:30

MSF projects

 

Francis Varaine

14:50

IOM projects

 

Levan Gagnidze

15:10

TB REACH - summary of early results from projects

Jacob Creswell

15:30

Q&A session/Discussion

 

 

16:00

< Break >

 

 

16:30

URC (TB CARE II)

 

Refiloe Matji

16:45

KNCV (TBCARE I)

 

Jeroen van Gorkom

17:00

Q&A session/Discussion

 

 

17:30

Poster discussion

 

 

18:00

Closing

 

 

 


 

 

Thursday, 19 April 2012

 

 

 

Topic

Speaker

 

 

PLENARY SESSION

 

SESSION 5:

Country perspectives with Xpert MTB/RIF introduction

Chair: Francis Varaine

 

9:00

South Africa

 

Wendy Stevens

9:15

Cambodia

 

Mao Tan Eang

9:30

Moldova

 

Liliana Domente

9:45

Indonesia

 

Dyah Mustikawati

10:00

Q&A session/Discussion

 

 

10:30

< Break >

 

 

 

 

PLENARY SESSION

 

SESSION 6:

Donor perspectives on Xpert MTB/RIF introduction

Chair: Refiloe Matji

11.00

UNITAID

 

Janet Ginnard

11:15

USAID

 

Ya Diul Mukadi

11:30

PEPFAR

 

Bill Coggin

11:45

BMGF

 

Michael Kimerling

12:00

World Bank

 

Chris Masila

12:15

Is there sufficient support for

 Xpert MTB/RIF roll out in countries?

Panel discussion

 

 

Global TB Control

Mario Raviglione

13:00

< Lunch >

 

 

 

 

PLENARY SESSION

 

SESSION 7:

SRLN consultation

 

Chair: Sabine Ruesch- Gerdes

14:30

Presentation of activities from 4 SRLs

Belgium SRL

Argentina SRL

 

Armand van Deun; Daniela Cirillo; Richard Lumb; Lucia Barrera

15:30

Feedback from countries

 

Regional Advisers TB;

Country representatives

16:00

< Break >

 

16:30

Status of the SRL Network and way forward.

 

Chris Gilpin

Facilitated discussion

17:00

Summary of the decisions

Closing

Chris Gilpin