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TB & HIV; a deadly duo
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March 24, 2011
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Alternative Title:From science to policy to impact;Fundamentals are fundamental;If finding TB is so difficult, why not just prevent it?;TB and HIV: friends with(out) benefits;You have to find TB to treat TB;
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Corporate Authors:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communication. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communication. ; National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of TB Elimination.
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Description:As we commemorate Dr. Robert Koch's 1882 discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes TB, we are reminded of the many advances over the past 129 years in TB control. Through the intervention efforts of CDC, USAID, WHO's Stop TB Partnership, and many others, TB death rates have fallen by 35% since 1990, and as many as 6 million lives have been saved since 1995. In spite of these successes, TB still remains a serious threat, especially for those infected with HIV. HIV is the single most powerful risk factor for TB disease and one of the leading causes of death among people infected with HIV. Among the 1.7 million lives that TB claimed in 2009, 380,000 were among people with HIV infection. While people with HIV who have TB can be effectively diagnosed and treated, more effort is needed to diagnose and treat TB promptly and effectively, and to scale-up preventive treatment for TB. World TB Day presents CDC and its partners with a prime opportunity to discuss TB/HIV-related problems and solutions while renewing our support for worldwide TB control efforts. This special session of Public Health Grand Rounds seeks to dispel myths and misconceptions about TB and HIV, discuss actions needed to reduce the spread and burden of TB, and advance our efforts in preventing deaths from TB/HIV.
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Content Notes:Title from title screen (March 26, 2011).
Streaming video (1:04:57 hr. : sd., col.).
Jay Varma, MD, Chief, International Emerging Infections Program-China Division of Global Disease Detection and Response, Center for Global Health, CDC [Presentation: TB and HIV: friends with(out) benefits] -- Kevin Cain, MD,Chief, TB/HIV Team, International Research and Programs Branch, Division of TB Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC [Presentation: You have to find TB to treat TB] -- Taraz Samandari, MD, PhD, Chief, Epidemiology Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Elimination, CDC [Presentation: You have to find TB to treat TB] -- Taraz Samandari, MD, PhD, Chief, Epidemiology Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Elimination, CDC [Presentation: If finding TB is so difficult, why not just prevent it?] -- Mario Raviglione, MD, Director, STOP TB Department, World Health Organization (WHO) [Presentation: From science to policy to impact] -- Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry [Presentation: Fundamentals are fundamental]
Facilitated by: Dr. Tanja Popovic, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds; Shane Joiner, Communication Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds.
Recorded March 24, 2011.
Mode of access: World Wide Web as streaming video (197 MB, total time: 1::00:13) and as an Acrobat .pdf file ((4.8 MB, 62 p.) containing PowerPoint slides for the speakers' talks.
Open-captioned.
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