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TUESDAY FRIDAY 25 OC<strong>TO</strong>BER 28 OC<strong>TO</strong>BER 2016 2016 POST-GRADUATE COMMUNITY COURSES COMMON<br />
PANEL DISCUSSION 3 17.20 – 18.20 3 COMMUNITY COMMON SILENT THEATRE<br />
INCREASING UPTAKE OF LATENT TB TESTING AND TREATMENT AMONG NEW ENTRANTS <strong>TO</strong> LOW<br />
INCIDENCE COUNTRIES<br />
Tackling LTBI among people migrating from high to low incidence countries is an increasingly important part of national TB programmes. In England,<br />
it is a central pillar of the country´s Collaborative TB Strategy. TB Alert has worked with NHS England and Public Health England to develop a toolkit<br />
and range of resources to provide practical guidance and to support local implementers of testing and treatment programmes. This is helping<br />
statutory stakeholders plan patient-centred services and use social marketing techniques to maximise the uptake of testing.<br />
The session will present the toolkit and resources. There will then be a discussion involving the panel and members of the audience on how these<br />
issues are addressed in other low incidence countries and what knowledge can be most usefully shared between them.<br />
The panel will include Mike Mandelbaum from TB Alert; Dominik Zenner, Head of TB Screening at Public Health England; and a representative<br />
(Gerard de Vries or Niesje Jansen) from KNCV to bring the experience of the Netherlands.<br />
Coordinator(s): Mike Mandelbaum (United Kingdom)<br />
Presentation I – Dominik Zenner (United Kingdom)<br />
Presentation II – Mike Mandelbaum (United Kingdom)<br />
Presentation III – Niesje Hansen (Netherlands)<br />
TUESDAY 25 OCT<br />
TESTIMONIALS 3 18.25 – 18.55 3 COMMUNITY COMMON SILENT THEATRE<br />
HIGH-RESOURCE COUNTRIES: WHY IS TB EVEN AN ISSUE?<br />
The rates of TB in the North West of England are decreasing so why focus on this disease? There are less cases overall but more complex cases,<br />
what else do the teams who care for these people need to help them beat TB and the health inequalities that can be associated with it?<br />
Coordinator(s): Jeniffer Walker (Specialist Community TB Nurse and PhD Candidate)<br />
FRIDAY 28 OCT<br />
26-29 OC<strong>TO</strong>BER 2016 - LIVERPOOL - UNITED KINGDOM<br />
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