Live Webcast on U.S. Strategy for Combating the Global TB Epidemic

Watch the live studio webcast on kff.org: www.kff.org/globalhealth/gh092909video.cfm

TB, a preventable and curable disease, remains one of the world’s major causes of illness and death, resulting in close to 2 million deaths in 2007. The majority of TB cases and deaths are concentrated in developing countries, particularly those in Asia and Africa.

During this live webcast, the panel will discuss the U.S. government’s global response to TB, including the status of a Congressionally-mandated five-year global TB strategy, how such a strategy will be integrated into the administration’s new, broader, Global Health Initiative, and key challenges that remain – such as the link between HIV and TB – in combating the disease around the world.

Panelists:

• Christine Sizemore, chief, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and other Mycobacterial Diseases Section, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Bio (.pdf)
• Christine Lubinski, vice president for Global Health at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and director of the Center for Global Health Policy  | Bio (.pdf)
• Cheri Vincent, senior public health advisor, Infectious Diseases Division, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Robin Wood, director, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre (DTHC), Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town | Bio (.pdf)

Panelists will take questions from viewers, which can be submitted ahead of time or during the live program to infocus@kff.org.

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U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus  is a Kaiser Family Foundation studio webcast series devoted to discussing current and critical issues facing the U.S. Each session features experts in the field tackling tough global health problems who will speak about the U.S. government’s role and answer questions from webcast viewers.