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Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Pages 151-170

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... IOM. The objective of the workshop series is to realistically assess the impact of and challenges resulting from drug-resistant TB globally and in the four countries with the most people affected (China, India, Russia, and South Africa)
From page 152...
... This workshop in Beijing will address the current status of drug-resistant tuberculosis globally, and in China, and consider lessons learned from the other three high burden countries; highlight global challenges to controlling the spread of drug-resistant strains; and discuss innovative strategies to advance and harmonize local and international efforts to prevent and treat drug-resistant TB. The workshop will consider urgent themes relating to the problem of multidrug-resistant (MDR)
From page 153...
... Global Burden, Themes from Institute of Medicine Workshops in Other BRICS Countries, and Workshop Goals Gail Cassell Chair, IOM Planning Committee Harvard Medical School Infectious Disease Research Institute George Fu Gao Vice Director General Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing Institute of Biological Sciences, CAS 9:45 a.m. Opening Keynote Address Twenty-Five Years After the First Major MDR TB Outbreak: Is It Time for a New Strategy?
From page 154...
... Salmaan Keshavjee Associate Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School
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... • Discuss the burden of drug-resistant TB in China from the perspec tive of clinicians and health care providers. • Present data on the burden of drug-resistant TB in vulnerable populations such as domestic migrant workers and individuals with comorbidities, including HIV and diabetes.
From page 156...
... Overview of the Health Care Delivery System and Programmatic Management of MDR TB in China Mingting Chen Vice Director/Researcher National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2:00 p.m. 2007 National Survey of Drug Resistance in China Yanlin Zhao Vice Director, National Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director, National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2:30 p.m.
From page 157...
... each speaker] Peru, Russia, and Lesotho Salmaan Keshavjee Associate Professor Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School Community-Based Care in South Africa Kristina Wallengren Clinical Advisor KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH)
From page 158...
... co-chair: Edward Nardell, Harvard School of Public Health 8:00 a.m. Global Perspective on Transmission: Value in Genotype Mapping of Disease Transmission Dynamics Neel Gandhi Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health Emory University
From page 159...
... Redesign of Health Care Facilities, Active Case Finding, Rapid Diagnosis, and Effective Treatment Based on DST to Stop Transmission in Institutional and Community Settings Edward Nardell Associate Professor Departments of Environmental Health and Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
From page 160...
... co-chair: Jean-Luc Berland, Fondation Mérieux 1:00 p.m. DST in Detecting DR TB, Overview of Other Technologies, and Rollout of GeneXpert in South Africa: What Are the Gaps?
From page 161...
... Pang Yu Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2:45 p.m. Genetic Diversity of DR TB: Implication for Future Diagnostics Megan Murray Professor Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School 3:15 p.m.
From page 162...
... Martie van der Walt Interim Director, TB Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit South African Medical Research Council Sven Hoffner Director, WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory Associate Professor, Department for Preparedness Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control
From page 163...
... co-chair: Mercedes Becerra, Harvard Medical School 8:00 a.m. Children as Sentinels for Transmission and Policy Response Mercedes Becerra Associate Professor Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School 8:30 a.m.
From page 164...
... Session Chairs: • China co-chair: Wenhong Zhang, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University • U.S. co-chair: Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health
From page 165...
... 10:20 a.m. Panel: Different Perspectives on the Global Supply Chain Rifat Atun Professor of International Health Management Imperial College London Dan Collins Corporate Affairs Eli Lilly and Company Mingting Chen Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Dale Nordenberg Chief Executive Officer Novasano Health and Science Oskar Slotboom Head, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd., Johnson & Johnson 11:30 a.m.
From page 166...
... National Institutes of Health TBResist: A Global Consortium for Whole Genome Sequencing of Drug-Resistant TB Gail Cassell Harvard Medical School Infectious Disease Research Institute Chemogenomics Patrick Tao Li BGI (formerly Beijing Genomics Institute) Meta-Analysis Kathryn DeRiemer University of California, Davis 2:10 p.m.
From page 167...
... co-chair: Gail Cassell, Harvard Medical School and Infectious Disease Research Institute 2:30 p.m. Action #1: Expose and Address the Silent Epidemic of DR TB in Children: Evidence Challenges and Mobilization of a Global Network Mercedes Becerra Associate Professor Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School Qian Gao Fudan University, Shanghai 2:45 p.m.
From page 168...
... Session Chairs: • China co-chair: Yanlin Zhao, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention • U.S. co-chair: Rifat Atun, Professor of International Health Management, Imperial College London
From page 169...
... Rifat Atun Professor of International Health Management Imperial College London Paul Farmer Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School Kristina Wallengren Clinical Advisor KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) Grigory Volchenkov Head Doctor Vladimir Oblast TB Dispensary Center of Excellence for TB Infection Control Yanlin Zhao Vice Director, National Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director, National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 5:15 p.m.
From page 170...
... 170 DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN CHINA AND THE BRICS 6:15 p.m. Adjourn day 3 and workshop 7:00 p.m.


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