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Special Edition AIDS 2008 TB/HIV Newsletter
New: TB/HIV at the AIDS 2008 Conference
Mexico, August 3-8, 2008
Satellite symposium
"Universal Access of TB Services to People Living with HIV: Harnessing Collaboration and Coordination" organized by the Stop TB and HIV Departments of WHO, the International AIDS Society, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, UNAIDS and the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research. It is to be held on Sunday 3 August 2008 from 15:45 h –17:30* h in Room SR 10 (950) at the Banamex Centro.
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.
Key note speakers include:
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
It will be co-chaired by:
Michel Kazatchine, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Diane Havlir, Chair HIV/TB Working Group of the Stop TB Partnership
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All documents available in English and Spanish
Click here for a roadmap of all TB/HIV activities at the conference (English)
Click here for a roadmap of all TB/HIV activities at the conference (Spanish)
Click here for the TB/HIV fact sheet 2008 (English)
Click here for the TB/HIV fact sheet 2008 (Spanish)
Click here for the Policy brief on collaborative TB and HIV services for injecting and other drug users 2008 (English)
Click here for the Policy brief on collaborative TB and HIV services for injecting and other drug users 2008 (Spanish)
Click here for the 12 TB/HIV Collaborative Activities fact sheet (English)
Click here for the 12 TB/HIV Collaborative Activities fact sheet (Spanish)
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TB Infection Control Subgroup
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ONE LIFE - TWO DISEASES - ONE RESPONSE
Bold new leadership is needed to galvanize action on the HIV/TB epidemic. The first HIV/TB Global Leaders' Forum, to be held on 9 June 2008 at the United Nations in New York, will bring together decision-makers who can accelerate action on fighting the dual epidemic. The meeting, which has been endorsed by the UN Secretary General, His Excellency Mr Ban Ki-moon, will be held on the eve of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.
The Forum will bring together heads of state, senior political and UN officials with leaders of civil society, media, technical agencies and the private sector. It is expected that the Forum, will produce a Call for Action to drastically cut the number of deaths associated with HIV/TB co-infection.
To find out more, and register to attend this meeting see:
www.stoptb.org/events/hivtbleaders/home.html
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Hatip on Infection Control
Our health facilities are still unsafe:
why we all need to do something about TB infection control
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TB/HIV at the HIV Implementers Meeting
Kampala, Uganda
June 3-7, 2008.
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13th TB/HIV Core Group Meeting Report
Read the recommendations from the latest TB/HIV Core Group meeting.
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Join Us
Become a member of the TB/HIV Working Group |
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