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Tuberculosis
The Union - North American Region
2007 Meeting Archives
The 2007 Meeting of the The Union - North American Region - North American Region took place in Vancouver, February 22-24, 2007. Find copies of speaker presentations below. Should you have questions or concerns please call Dr. Menn Biagtan at 604.731.5864 or email biagtan@bc.lung.ca.
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Taking Action in Communities to SCRAP TB: A Collaborative Approach to Strengthen Tuberculosis Programming
Ms. Krista Russel, Kim Field and Bonnie Mistaken Chief
What is TB (not TV)?: The Development of an Education Video Explaining LTBI and Active TB Disease
Ms. Shirley Rempel
TB Outbreak Management in the Native American Population
Ms. Sheanne Davis, Kim Field, Yakama National Tribal Nurse, WA State Tribal Liaison- Centennial Accord
General Session
The George Comstock Lecture: The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015
Dr. Marcos Espinal, Stop TB Partnership, WHO, Geneva , Switzerland
The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006 – 2015 (Flash Movie)
International Standards of TB Care
Promoting Community Empowerment for Tuberculosis Care and Prevention
Dr. Toberto Tapia
Using the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care to Improve Private Sector Care for Tuberculosis
Dr. Phil Hopewell
Internation Nursing Standards and Tuberculosis Care
Ms. D’Arcy Richardson, PATH, Washington, DC, USA
Empowering Patients: The Patients’ Charter for Tuberculosis
Dr. Alberto Colorado, World Care Council/Concillio del Cuidado del Mundo-Mexico
Human Resources: Implications and Challenges for TB Control
Practical and Policy Responses to Global health Human Resources Inequities
Dr. Linda Ogilvie, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
North and South: Human Resources Development in Tuberculosis Control Programs
Paula I. Fujiwara
Managing Human Resources for Sustaining TB Control in Massachusetts
Ms. Sue Etkind, MA Department of Public Health, MA, USA
Jurisdictional Tuberculosis: Working With People Across the Different Boundaries and Cultures
Profile of Tuberculosis in Latin America: Impact of Poltical Turmoil in TB Control
Dr. Mirtha del Granado, PAHO, Washington, DC, USA
Treating TB in the Navajo Nation
Dr. Jonathan Iralu, Gallup Indian Medical Center, Gallup, NM, USA
Stop Tuberculosis in the African-American Community
Dr. Nick DeLuca, Centers For Disease Control and TB Eliminations, Atlanta, GA, USA
TB Among Canada’s First Nations Population
Dr. Kevin Elwood, BC Centers for Disease Control/TB Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
The Challenges of MDR-TB Control in the Next Decade
Dr. Marcos Espinal, WHO , Geneva, Switzerland
Drug Resistant TB and HIV: Outbreaks and Control Strategies
Dr. Charles Wells, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga, USA
The Community- Based Model of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment
Dr. Jaime Bayona, Socios en Salud Sucursal PERU, Lima, Peru, USA
XDR-TB: The Myth and Reality
Dr. Peter Cegielski, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Riley Revisited MDR-TB Transmission Dynamics
Dr. Ashwin Dharmadikari
New Tools/Technologies and Medicines
What are the Gamma-Interferon Release Assays Teaching us About Latent TB Infection?
Dr. David Lewinsohn
“Progress”: How Well Have We Incorporated New Diagnostic or Therapeutic Tools Into Modern TB Control Programs?
Dr. Michael Iseman, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, USA
The Interface Between TB Vaccine Trials and Routine Clinical Care In Infants and Young Children: Putting New Tools
Into Practice
Dr. Tony Hawkridge, SATVI, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Development of New Technologies: Lessons from HIV/AIDS
Mr. Mark Harrington
Abstract Presentations
Abstract Presentation – Dr. Dolly Katz
Abstract Presentation - Shama Desai Ahuja
Abstract Presentation - Rachel Royce
Abstract Presentation - Chideya Sekai