Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê World TB Day Symposium 2017
26 April 2017
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and LSHTM World TB Day Symposium, held on Friday 24 March, addressing the WHO 'Unite to End TB' theme, was a sell-out with over 300 people attending and a further 500 watching on-line.
This was the seventh such event and the third held jointly with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSTHM). The meeting was opened by David Lomas, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Vice-Provost for Health and Peter Piot of LSTHM. A video address was also given by Dr Mario Raviglione, Director of WHO Global TB Programme.
The symposium covered three key topics: a natural history of TB, the role of gender in TB and TB elimination. There was also a lively debate on the motion "Is migrant screening for latent TB infection worthwhile?"
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