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A panel discussion and tuberculosis (TB) tools exhibit in recognition of World Tuberculosis Day.
TB is the second leading infectious disease killer of adults worldwide and 1.7 million individuals died from the disease in 2009. The panel will address the burden of TB in the U.S. and around the globe, the U.S. role in implementing the Global Plan to Stop TB, as well as successes and challenges in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.
Panelists
• Joel Spicer, Senior Strategist Stop TB Partnership
• Payam Nahid, M.D., Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco
• Christy Hanson, Ph.D., Chief of the Infectious Disease Division, USAID
• David Rochkind, Photojournalist
Moderator: Jon Sawyer, Executive Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
A Tuberculosis Tools Exhibit will follow the panel discussion and will include the GeneXpert diagnostic test, equipment used in smear microscopy, information about promising TB drug regimens, and technology used for vaccine clinical research. Experts will be on hand to answer questions.
Capitol Visitors Center
Senate 210/212
Washington, D.C.
This event is co-sponsored by The Office of Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and co-hosted by the Global Health Council, RESULTS, AERAS, ATS, and the TB Alliance.