Symposium: tb and hiv
TB and HIV - Breaking the vicious cycle
June 20th, 2012
Organized by AIGHD and AMC, Department of Global Health
In collaboration with KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
The symposium was organized on the occasion of the inauguration of the Chair of Professor Frank Cobelens in Epidemiology and Control of Poverty-related Infectious Diseases.
The symposium
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected patients, in particular in poor countries. TB-HIV co-infection poses formidable challenges to the control of the global epidemic of each of these infections. This symposium aims at presenting and discussing recent insights into the immunopathology, epidemiology, treatment and prevention of TB-HIV co-infection, drawing from various fields of biomedical science and clinical practice. In addition directions for further research in this area are outlined.
Speakers and chairs
Elly Katabira
Frank Cobelens
Harriet Mayanja-Kizza
Jeroen van Gorkom
Joep Lange
Sabine Hermans
Martien Borgdorff
Martin Grobusch
René Lutter
Robin Wood
Presentations
Frank Cobelens
- Perspectives
Harriet Mayanja-Kizza
- New directions in clinical management part 1
- New directions in clinical management part 2
- New directions in clinical management part 3
Jeroen van Gorkom
- Control of TB-HIV co-infection: progress and challenges
Martin Grobusch
- MDR and XDR-TB: drug resistance in the face of HIV infection part 1
- MDR and XDR-TB: drug resistance in the face of HIV infection part 2
Rene Lutter
- Insights from granuloma biology
Robin Wood
- Understanding TB transmission in the HIV era part 1
- Understanding TB transmission in the HIV era part 2
- Understanding TB transmission in the HIV era part 3
Sabine Hermans
- Operational challenges in TB-HIV control
Sponsors
The organizers are grateful for the contributions they have received
and thank the following sponsors for their support:
