Webinar: Speed-Up, Scale-Up TB Testing Pt. 1: Maximizing Impact of Newer and Emerging Diagnostics – Recording Now Available Online
29 September 2024
On 17 September 2024, the Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC) and the Global TB Community Advisory Board (TB CAB) hosted the first webinar of a three-part study club online series exploring the evolving TB diagnostic landscape and strategies to increase TB testing coverage. The session dove into the current TB testing gap and explored the latest testing tools and strategies that have the potential to drive change.
Watch the webinar recording here:
SPEAKERS:
- Patrick Agbassi, Co-Chair, TB CAB
- Tejaswini (Teju) Dharmapuri Vachaspathi, TB Project Associate, Treatment Access Group (TAG)
- Morten Ruhwald, Director, Tuberculosis Programme, FIND
- Alice Kayongo (moderator), Senior Associate, Center for Global Health Policy & Politics, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
If you would like to receive additional information about the webinar series, please write to Alice Kayongo <ak2141@georgetown.edu>.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC) is hosted by the Pan-African Treatment Access Movement (PATAM) and the Center for Global Health Policy & Politics at Georgetown University’s O’Neill Institute and School of Health. DEC is open to civil society and community organizations and individuals committed to equitable access to diagnostics across diseases/health issues. For more information, click here.
TB CAB: The Global Tuberculosis Community Advisory Board (TB CAB) is a group of strong, research-literate community activists from HIV and TB networks around the world dedicated to increasing community involvement in TB research and access to tools to fight TB. More information here: www.globaltbcab.org