Session: Institutionalizing Tuberculosis Control

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

3046.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral

Institutionalizing Tuberculosis Control

Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives

Moderator(s):

8:30 AM

Strengthening alignment of global programs focused on tuberculosis control: Congruence of proposals to the Global Fund with the Stop TB Strategy
Stephen A. Haering, MD, MPH, Shamsuzzoha B. Syed, MD, MPH, DPH, Heather E. Lanthorn, MPH, Andrea Godfrey, Pierre-Yves Norval, MD, Leopold Blanc, MD

8:50 AM

Policies and partnerships that created a model TB Control Program in El Salvador
Alba Amaya-Burns, MD, MSc, CTM, Julio Garay, MD, Mirtha Del Granado, MD, Eva Egensteiner, MA, CPH

9:10 AM

Gendered risk factors for TB in a pastoralist setting in northern Kenya
Emily Bloss, PhD, Kate Macintyre, PhD, Jeremiah Chakaya, MD, Lydia Kivihya-Ndugga, PhD

9:30 AM

Care-seeking behavior for respiratory symptoms in a Brazilian favela(slum)
Ann C. Miller, PhD, MPH, Elizabeth C.C. Soares, MD, Jonathan E. Golub, PhD, MPH, Zilma Fonseca, Betina Durovni, MD, Larry H. Moulton, Richard E. Chaisson, MD, Solange C. Cavalcante, MD, MS

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by:

Endorsed by:

Health Administration; Maternal and Child Health

CE Credits:

CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing