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Buckle up: One week to Cape Town
Stop TB's key moments: Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020, Global TB Summit, Coordinating Board & Union Conference
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Cape Town, South Africa. 29 November - 6 December
Dear Partners, Colleagues & Friends,
We are now just days ahead of what will be an incredibly momentous week in Cape Town following the very successful virtual launch of the Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020: The Paradigm Shift.
As mentioned in my earlier communication, we kick-off with our 27th Coordinating Board Meeting on Sunday 29 November, which then leads right into the high level official endorsement of the Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020: The Paradigm Shift ahead of the Global TB Caucus of Parliamentarians and the start of the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health. We are thrilled to be able to welcome high level speakers and experts, activists, and people affected by TB from around the world that will challenge us all to explore how we can collectively change the conversation on TB.
Together with MSF, we will also be launching the 2015 Out of Step Report, a survey of TB policies and practices in 24 countries. And, we will also be awarding the 2015 Kochon Prize which is focused on unrecognized/unsung heroes working in TB. Please stay tuned for a separate announcement on the winner(s) in the days to come.
See below the list of events that are taking place in Cape Town. Please note that this does not replace the official list of events as highlighted on The Union website.
Have a safe trip, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lucica Ditiu
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Sunday 29 November
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Southern Sun Cullinan
Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board Meeting
The Stop TB Partnership's 27th Coordinating Board Meeting. Closed session.
Stop TB Partnership
Evening reception
Southern Sun Cullinan
Global TB Caucus, Kochon Prize & Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board Gala Dinner
Global TB Caucus of Parliamentarians & the Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board Gala Dinner will see the presentation of the Kochon Prize 2015. The Kochon Prize is awarded annually by the Stop TB Partnership to individuals or organizations that have made a significant contribution to fighting TB. By invitation only.
Stop TB Partnership
Monday 30 November
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
TB infection control sub-group Core Group meeting
TB infection control sub-group
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Southern Sun Cullinan
Press Event: Endorsement of the Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020: The Paradigm Shift
The public call during the high level press event will call for the Global Plan's endorsement and commitment by countries. It will be opened by Minister Motsoaledi, Minister of Health of South Africa and Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board.
Stop TB Partnership
2:00 - 6:00 PM
Global TB Summit Conference
Representatives from the Global TB Caucus, a worldwide network of parliamentarians dedicated to fighting TB, will discuss what they can do collectively and individually to tackle the TB epidemic.
Global TB Caucus
Global Launch: 10th Annual Report on Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends
This report will present an in-depth overview of global funding for TB research based on the latest 2014 data.
Treatment Action Group (TAG) and Stop TB Partnership
Tuesday 1 December
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Parkinn by Radisson Cape Town Foreshore
The Lilly-MDR Partnership Meeting
Lilly-MDR Partnership
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
4th Meeting of the GDI Core Group
Global Drug-Resistant Initiative
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
GLI Core Group Meeting
Global Laboratory Initiative
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Independent Assessment of National TB Prevalence Surveys: Preliminary Findings and Recommendations
USAID
6:.30 PM
Launch of a Joint Effort to Improve TB Allocative Efficiency
The Global Fund, USAID, Burnet Institute and the World Bank, Stop TB Partnership
Wednesday 2 December
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
WHO Global TB Symposium and Presentation of the Out of Step Report
Beyond 2015: ramping up to end TB is the theme for this year. This year, the symposium focuses on key stakeholders and their collective actions to revamp and intensify their efforts to meet new End TB targets. In addition, the findings of the 2015 Out of Step Report, a 24 country survey of TB policies and practices by the Stop TB Partnership and MSF, will be presented at 2:00 PM.
WHO
7:00 - 10:00 PM
Cavalli Wine and Stud Farm in Somerset West
President's Centennial Dinner
This year's dinner keynote speaker will be Rt. Hon Nick Herbert, MP. Places are limited. Reserve your place now.
The Union
Thursday 3 December
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Monitoring & Evaluation in Active Case Finding: The Stop TB Partnership Approach
This workshop will explain the TB REACH monitoring and evaluation framework, including the concept of ‘additional notifications / additionality’ – the capacity of an case finding intervention to increase TB diagnosis, treatment and reporting above and beyond what was recorded in a defined baseline period.
Stop TB Partnership
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Access to TB medicines beyond 2015: The dynamics of demand and supply
Stop TB Partnership's Global Drug Facility
9:00 AM - 12.30 PM
Annual Meeting of the Working Group on New Diagnostics
Secretariat of the Working Group on New Diagnostics
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Workshop: Application of programme guidelines for community-driven projects to eliminate TB among migrants
TB and Migration Working Group w/ the support of IOM and LHL International TB Foundation
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Thursday 3 December
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Table Bay Hotel, The Ballroom
Improving Access to Appropriate Childhood TB Medicines
This session will address opportunities and challenges related to the introduction of improved TB treatments for children. It will bring together experts in child TB and child health to galvanize the action needed to improve treatment and child survival from TB.
TB Alliance, Stop TB Partnership, UNICEF, UNITAID, WHO and USAID
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Cape Town International Convention Centre, MR: 2.60
Workshop: Towards a community and patient-centred movement
Stop TB Partnership
2.00 - 6.00 PM
The Park Inn Hotel
PPM Core Group Meeting
Public Private Mix Subgroup
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Table Bay Hotel
Childhood TB Subgroup Annual Meeting
Childhood TB Subgroup
Friday 4 December
07:45 - 8:45 AM
Cape Town International Convention Centre
Turning the Tide on DR-TB: Systematic Action to Improve Treatment Outcomes
Lilly MDR-TB Partnership
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
TB prevention and control in conflict affected countries
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria and IOM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Bending South Africa's TB Curve: Game-changing interventions to attain a future of 'zeros'
Ministry of Health, South Africa
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Cape Town International Convention Centre, IMBIZO Hall 4B
A rights-based approach the key to zero TB and HIV infections
Stop TB Partnership
5:00 PM
Park Hotel
TB Infection Control Subgroup Annual Meeting
TB Infection Control Subgroup
5:30 - 6:45 PM
Improving TB care for populations in conflict affected countries
Global Fund & IOM
5:30 - 6:45 PM
Cape Town International Convention Centre, Room BR East-Westin
Scaling TB testing networks: challenges and practical solutions that impact case detection rates
DNA Genotek
6:00 - 8:30 PM
Scale Up and Get Down to Zero: TB deaths, new infections and suffering
This symposium will focus on efforts to scale-up research, access, and political will in support of a comprehensive package of care.
Treatment Action Group (TAG), Stop TB Partnership, Treatment Action Campaign, Partners in Health, Harvard Medical School and Advance Access and Delivery
Saturday 5 December
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Community Systems Strengthening: Building the evidence for impact
This symposium will bring civil society, national TB programmers, as well as donors together to discuss the status of community systems strengthening in TB, confer on the evidence and deliberate on ways forward to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative community systems initiatives as part of a comprehensive response to TB.
Stop TB Partnership
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Cape Town International Convention Centre, Da Gama/Diaz-Westin
Developing a rights-based approach to prevention and treatment of TB
University of Chicago & Stop TB Partnership
5:30 - 8:00 PM
The revival of an old tool in the post-2015 agenda: The role of chest x-ray in modern TB care delivery
The session will present a number of developments from the field and discuss the role chest x-ray can play in achieving the End TB Strategy targets. Please RSVP: tbreach@stoptb.org
Stop TB Partnership
5:30 - 8:30 PM
Annual Meeting of the Working Group on New Drugs
Secretariat of the Working Group on New Drugs
Sunday 6 December
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Innovative approach to improving access and quality of care for DR-TB: implementing the ECHO telehealth model
This session will explore the innovative role of telemedicine in improving care for drug-resistant TB.
Stop TB Partnership
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Moving past clinic-based care: practical steps to improve TB care through community engagement
The session will present a number of concrete examples of how to harness the power of people and groups outside the traditional health sector and will provide a forum for discussing how the TB community can further expand its community engagement efforts in the post-2015 agenda. Open attendance.
Stop TB Partnership
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