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Session: Tuberculosis: Implementing Simple Approaches in High Burden Populations
3326.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Tuberculosis: Implementing Simple Approaches in High Burden Populations
In this session we will look at four different approaches to implementing TB programs in Latin America and Eastern Europe drawing on the experience of in-country practitioners.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Theo Lippeveld
2:30 PMImplementing TB surveillance in a rural Guatemalan health promoter program  [ Recorded presentation ]
Charles Sherman, MD MPH, Barbara R. Gottlieb, MD, MPH, N. Susan Hammerton, NP
2:50 PMPositive effect of intensifying supportive supervision of AFB smear laboratories in Tbilisi, Georgia
Nina S. LeGrand, Luc Janssens, MD, DTM
3:10 PMTuberculosis in indigenous Mayans in Chiapas, Mexico  [ Recorded presentation ]
Linnea Capps, MD, MPH, Frederique Jacquerioz, MD, MPH
3:30 PMTuberculosis control among the Roma in Romania: A community approach  [ Recorded presentation ]
Alka Dev
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:International Health
Endorsed by:Community Health Workers SPIG; Maternal and Child Health

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