The Stop TB and HIV/AIDS Departments of the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS TB Epidemic (CREATE) hosted a HIV/TB meeting as an affiliated event to the 15th Conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections (CROI 2008) on behalf of the TB/HIV Working Group of the Stop TB Partnership. The meeting held on February 3, 2008 in Boston, USA was attended by more than 50 leading HIV researchers, policy makers and representatives from funding agencies. The main objectives of the meeting were to review ongoing research efforts, promote interchange of scientific ideas on unmet research needs and discuss priorities around the prevention of TB (isoniazid preventive therapy) and enhanced TB case finding (TB screening) among people living with HIV (PLHIV).
Agenda | List of Participants | Meeting report |