| HIV/TB Research: Where Do We Stand and What Are the Priorities? |
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World Health Organization and International AIDS Society |
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Non-Commercial Satellite |
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Session Room 2 |
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18:30 - 20:30, 21.07.2009 |
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Diane Havlir, United States
Robin Wood, South Africa
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 Session recording provided by International AIDS Society
This satellite session aims to inform delegates the current state of the art for HIV/TB research priorities in order to enhance networking, scientific efforts and interest. It will include communication of key findings and outcomes from a pre-Conference meeting on "Catalysing HIV/TB Research : innovation, funding and networking" that will be held before the Conference and organized by the World Health Organization, International AIDS Society and other partners: the Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/TB Epidemic (CREATE), Treatment Action Group and the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre of University of Cape Town. The satellite session will summarize key findings regarding ongoing research activities, challenges, gaps and priorities in HIV/TB research in the four following areas: TB prevention, childhood TB /HIV, TB drug resistance and HIV, and TB diagnosis and treatment.
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Presentations in this session:
18:30
TUSAT0501
Powerpoint | Preventing TB in People Living with HIV: research priorities and way forward.
Presented by Peter Godfrey-Faussett, United Kingdom
| 18:50
TUSAT0502
Powerpoint | TB in HIV-infected Children: addressing the research neglect.
Presented by Soumya Swaminathan, India
| 19:10
TUSAT0503
Powerpoint | Drug resistance TB in People Living with HIV: research questions and priorities.
Presented by Haileyesus Getahun, Switzerland
| 19:30
TUSAT0504
Powerpoint | Clinical challenges of diagnosing and treating TB in People Living with HIV: what next for research?
Presented by Prudence Ive, South Africa
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TUSAT0505 | Discussion
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