Showing posts with label Union 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Union 2019. Show all posts

#endtobacco and #beatNCDs will help accelerate progress towards #endTB → #endAIDS


This Podcast features a conversation with Dr Ishwar Gilada, President AIDS Society of India and Governing Council Member of International AIDS Society (IAS); Dr Anoop Kumar Puri, Deputy Director General, National AIDS Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; Dr Dilip Mathai, Vice President, AIDS Society of India and Dean, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences; Dr Naval Chandra, Additional Professor, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences and Jt Secretary, AIDS Society of India; Dr Tara Singh Bam, Regional Deputy Director (Asia Pacific) of International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).

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100-100-100 and zero new transmission of HIV & TB are imperative to meet SDGs


This Podcast features the recording of a discussion with experts: Dr Ishwar Gilada, President AIDS Society of India and Governing Council Member of International AIDS Society (IAS); Dr KS Sachdeva, Deputy Director General, RNTCP, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; Dr Anoop Kumar Puri, Deputy Director General, National AIDS Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; Dr Prapti Gilada Toshniwal, Consultant Microbiologist, Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Mumbai, India; Dr Dilip Mathai, Vice President, AIDS Society of India and Dean, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences; Dr Naval Chandra, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences and Jt Secretary, AIDS Society of India; and Dr Jacob Creswell, Team Leader, TB REACH, Stop TB Partnership.

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TB prevention is better than cure | #endTB Dialogues


This Podcast features Dr Masae Kawamura, Senior Director Medical and Scientific Affairs, TB Diagnostics, Qiagen; and Amadou Gueye, Market Development Manager Sub-Saharan Africa, Qiagen.

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Boosting immunity is also an important cog-in-the-wheel to prevent TB


This Podcast features Professor (Dr) Surya Kant, Head of Respiratory Medicine department, King George's Medical University (KGMU). He is the President of National College of Chest Physicians (2019-2020), President of Indian Chest Society (2016-2017), and President of Indian College of Allergy, Asthma and Applied Immunology (2018-2020). Prof Surya Kant is also a member of National Task Force (tuberculosis) of Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) Government of India; and Chairman of Zonal Operational Research Committee, RNTCP, North Zone.

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Boosting immunity of people is an important cog-in-the-wheel to prevent TB



Preventive healthcare is also important: TB prevention should not be on the blindspot


This Podcast features Dr Ishwar Gilada, who was among the first Indian doctors to begin HIV care when first case got diagnosed in the country. He is part of Governing Council of International AIDS Society (IAS), President of AIDS Society of India (ASI) - national professional association of HIV medical experts and scientists, and also member of Government of India's Technical Working Group on LatentTB Infection (LTBI).

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Preventive healthcare is also key: People opt for vaccines then why not TB preventive therapy?


Disability and TB: Call for greater collaborative action to help advance disability rights and #endTB agenda


This Podcast features Miiro Michael, Dansk Handicap Forbund (DHF) Uganda Representative, 2017 Human Rights Advocates Program, Columbia University and leader of MADIPHA (Masaka Association of Persons with Disabilities Living With HIV and AIDS).

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Disability and TB: Call for more evidence-based action to address issues if we are to #endTB


Addressing latent tuberculosis is also key if we are to #endTB in SAARC nations


This Podcast features Dr Ramesh Kumar Kharel, Director of SAARC TB and HIV/AIDS Centre (STAC) who shares his insights on accelerating response towards elimination of TB in SAARC nations (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional geopolitical union of 8 nations in South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).

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Addressing latent tuberculosis pool is also important if we are to #endTB in SAARC nations


Preventng TB and timely diagnosis & treatment of active disease are key to #endTB


This Podcast features Dr Man Mohan Puri, senior TB and respiratory diseases expert from NITRD Delhi (National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, formerly LRS Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases). He is also a member of government of India's Technical Working Group on Latent TB Infection (LTBI).

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TB preventive therapy and accurate early diagnosis & treatment of active disease are key to #endTB


If we are to end TB then we have to increase health literacy and programme effectiveness


This Podcast features Dr PS Sarma, senior #TB expert from #AndhraPradesh state in India and Chairman,SMLS Trust. He is the honorary national professor at Indian Medical Association (IMA) CGP New Delhi, and Executive Committee member of TB Association of  Andhra Pradesh.

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Health literacy & mobilizing healthcare workers to ↑ programme effectiveness are key to #endTB



Rapid rate of TB decline is helping move Kerala towards #endTB goal


This Podcast features Dr Shibu Balakrishnan and Dr Rakesh PS. Both of them are part of team fighting TB in Kerala state, India. Both are World Health Organization (WHO) consultants working with the state tuberculosis programme of India's national TB programme (formally called the Revised National TB Control Programme - RNTCP).

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Rapid rate of TB decline is helping move Kerala towards disease elimination



If we are to end TB then all TB services must reach everyone-in-need


This Podcast features Tushar Kanti Ray, senior public health social scientist, who is also a two-times TB survivor himself. With over 30 years of experience in fighting TB and promoting other public health measures in over 30 countries, Tushar Kanti Ray shares insights on how to strengthen TB response [Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms].