SATuRN at the 43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, 14-17 Nov 2012, SATuRN researchers Dr. Richard Lessells and Dr. Tulio de Oliveira had a very successful TB conference. In this post we cover their presentations, workshops participation and tweeter coverage.
Dr. Lessells delivered two oral posters presentation, which covered the Wellcome Trust trail of GenExpert in rural KwaZulu-Natal. In addition, they both attended a very interesting pre conference post-graduate workshop on diagnostics implementation, an official work dinner with the TB centre from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a couple of invited discussion meetings with the TB alliance and TB-KNVC.
Very interesting presentations on the usage of GIS to map drug resistance and laboratory quality in Uganda! #kuala2012
South Africa on target to reach 2.5m on #HIV treatment by 2014 http://bit.ly/UtKPc9
Fear of high pill burden for HIV & TB dual treatment is one of the main reasons for not starting dual therapy in Mozambique. #Kuala2012
Jurgens Peters: policies on integrated HIV-TB services in pregnancy are not implemented properly in Northern Cape #SA #kuala2012
Sheila Tlou: a well-trained and motivated workforce is critical to addressing the HIV and TB epidemics #kuala2012
Sheila Tlou: community support keeps people on antiretroviral therapy #kuala2012 #adherence
UN Political declaration 2011 - Halve #TB deaths among amount people living with HIV. SATuRN say halve drug resistance! #Kuala2012
Prof. S Tlou, Botswana, show compiling evidence that ARVs decrease by five-fold #TB incidence on HIV+ patients. #kuala2012
Very good to see molecular diagnostics to be used for #TB treatment management! Many interesting new platforms arising #Kuala2012
"Every day I cry for an hour; injections leave me unable to walk" - MDR TB patient on treatment in India, quoted by MSF #kuala2012 #tbposse
Great presentation by Wendy Stevens on the scalability of #TB GeneXpert in South Africa, the top country on use of GeneXpert #kuala2012
Nice to see photo of Eduan and Kat from Africa Centre in @HEARD_UKZN photos http://fb.me/2xfg4ITkd
Great photos! RT @HEARD_UKZN: I posted 17 photos on Facebook in the album "Showcasing KZN Research on HIV and AIDS" http://fb.me/2xfg4ITkd
MSF Uganda: yield of microscopy & culture similar from string test compared to induced sputum in patients unable to expectorate #kuala2012
Rein Houben @LSHTM_TB: surprisingly little genetic variation between linked cases but uncertainty over time since transmission complicates
Rein Houben of @LSHTM_TB: lots still to learn about how whole genome sequencing can help us understand TB transmission #kuala2012
Rein Houben of @LSHTM_TB presenting on using whole genome sequencing to understand transmission in Malawi #kuala2012
Guy Marks: need relevant skills and tools to diagnose and manage lung diseases at primary health care clinics #pointofcare #kuala2012
Guy Marks: addressing social determinants is critical for reducing global burden of lung diseases #kuala2012 #globalburdendisease
Excellent RESIST-TB annual preliminary results meeting tomorrow they will present their published results! Exciting developments #Kuala2012
Guy Marks: Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) should be used as a common currency when comparing difference disease burdens #Kuala2012
@iambaikong Add to this: less than 3-10% people with #MDRTB get access to services,90-97% receive NO care #lungweek #tuberculosis #kuala2012
'Cure rate for MDRTB using the current drugs is only 50%. The other half dies' - Dr. Balasegaram #Kuala2012 #Lungweek #TB
Christian Lienhardt - New TB drugs on the horizon ? 4 repurposed drugs, 6 new drugs and 3 new classes ? http://www.newtbdrugs.org #Kuala2012
Q3: Is possible to use TB individualized drug resistance treatment without drug resistance testing??? #Kuala2012
TBAlliance proposes new 'rescue' study in XDR-/TDR-TB to learn new regimens, interesting new trials - http://www.tballiance.org/ #Kuala2012
TB alliance Trial Signals Major Milestone in Hunt for New TB Drug Resistance Drugs - Lancet paper - http://www.tballiance.org/newscenter/view-brief.php?id=1046 ? #kuala2012
Nice quote from AD. Harris 'what's written doesn't disappear...' > talking bout why the emphasis on papers. #Kuala2012 #Lungweek #TB
Bob Horsburgh RESIST-TB : Top 10 questions to turn the tide on MDR-TB" - http://www.resisttb.org/ #Kuala2012
#TB: Old drugs, new purpose: Retooling Existing drugs for Optimized Treatment of Resistance TB - open access http://www.resisttb.org/ #Kuala2012
SATuRN is attending the annual RESIST-TB meeting #Kuala2012, interesting DR-TB trials results for new #TB MDR effective regimens
Results of Global Burden of Disease study to be released 12/14 at @RoyalSociety in London http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/news-events/event/rapid-health-transitions-findings-and-implications-global-burden-disease-2010-stud ? #globalhealth #research
Amir Khan: TB Reach project in Karachi and Dhaka - about 20% GXP positivity and 7% RIF resistance overall #kuala2012
Harry Hausler in KZN GXP and decentralised MDR-TB management means more than 50% start MDR treatment within 5 days. Great stuff! #kuala2012
Harry Hausler: implementing Genexpert in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Low yield especially from mobile HCT sites and household screening #kuala2012
Training and laboratory capacity building in Rwanda to face HIV TB drug resistance, a success history by Dr. Nyaruhirira. #Kuala2012
Jane Carter: TB Reach project in Kenya - Xpert and culture can add to case finding but also need to improve systems/processes #kuala2012
Good morning. Today we will be covering #TB diagnostics, molecular epidemiology, drug resistance & lab science. Please follow... #Kuala2012
Finally congratulations to Dr Karen Weyer - winner of the Karel Styblo Public Health prize #kuala2012 #southafrica
Congratulations to Dick Menzies - winner of the Union Scientific Prize #kuala2012
Congratulations to David Dowdy - winner of the Union Young Investigator Prize #kuala2012
Congratulations to Dr Marcos Espinal - winner of the Princess Chichibu global TB memorial award #kuala2012
Time has finally run out ? #TB cases increasingly resistant to all drugs, study warns http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/30/tb-cases-increasingly-resistant-drugs ? #Kuala2012
Global increase of drug resistance #TB is a time bomb getting ready to explode. Prof. Lee B. Reichman, #Kuala2012 #LungWeek
@SpeakTB Two researchers from Southern African Treatment Resistance Network (SATuRN) are tweeting at @unionconference, please follow us!
Question 2: Which is worse: TB under-treatment or TB over-treatment? Send your answer #kuala2012
Question 1: Treat more vs. treat better? Will widespread TB treatment increase TB drug resistance in resource limited settings? #kuala2012
@tomayates Thanks for sending a response to our questions. Social factors & safe environment play a role on treatment success #kuala2012
2 new drugs to treat #TB are expected to come to market in 2013 & both active against #DRTB http://ow.ly/fgY3R #Kuala2012 #Lungweek
David Dowdy - More active #TB more transmission! We need to identify and decrease active TB in order to decrease transmission #kuala2012
#TB drug resistance increases substantially the cost of treatment programs! It can cost half of a whole national budget! #kuala2012
Great practical session with David Dowdy demystifying cost-effectiveness analysis for diagnostics #kuala2012
@bobbyramakant Dear CNS, just posted the questions again, please help to us to get those discussed by the community. Thanks @drug_resistance
Q2: Which is worse: #TB under-treatment or #TB over-treatment? How much worse? Send your answer #kuala2012
Q1: Treat more vs treat better? Will widespread TB treatment increase TB-MRD in resource limiting settings? Send your answer #kuala2012
For those of you who havnt seen it yet. Check out a preview of 'They Go to Die' @TheyGoToDieFilm http://youtu.be/-A-chpwhVmU via @youtube
Answer 2 from diagnostic workshop: TB Under-treatment is worse (36/40), 10x worse. However depends on many factors? Do you agree?#kuala2012
Which is worse: #TB under-treatment or over-treatment? How much worse? Send your answer #kuala2012 #LungWeek
Treat more vs treat better? Will more widespread TB treatment spread TB-MRD in resource limiting settings? Send your answer #kuala2012
GenXpert research map site http://xrmt.treattb.org 26 research projects listed, please register your #TBMDR diagnostic project! #kuala2012
Academia & governments need to work together in a quick manner so patients can advance from new TB molecular diagnostics #kuala2012
Diagnostic workshop - Clear algorithms for dealing with #TBMDR suspects are not there, in spite of national surveillance systems #kuala2012
Patient #TB LPA question? What is our advantage? How much will cost me? #kuala2012
Policy makers #TB LPA question? What is the cost effectiveness of scaling up LPA testing as compared to other technologies? #kuala2012
Clinician #TB LPA question? Does it reduce the time to appropriate TB-MDR treatment? #kuala2012 #LungWeek
Laboratory #TB LPA question? What is the infrastructure available for drug resistance testing? will be sustainable for scale-up? #kuala2012
"Bertie" Squire diagnostic workshop - main questions from the patient, clinician, laboratory and policy makers follow #kuala2012 #LungWeek
Bertie Squire, #LSTM presenting an interactive workshop on assessing new #TB diagnostics, thinking out of the box! #kuala2012 #LungWeek
Proper evaluation of #TB diagnostics assays are needed but treatment is what make the difference! A. Ramsay, WHO, #kuala2012 #LungWeek
Andy Ramsay WHO, GenXpert discounts do not apply to Indian's private labs that detect 60% of infections, serology is still used #kuala2012
Andy Ramsay, WHO, great presentation on #TB diagnostics in India and the world. Serology vs molecular in the field #kuala2012 #LungWeek
We started our tweeter coverage of the 43 Union Conference #kuala2012 #lungweek please follow us and retweet our coverage!
News date: 2012-11-20
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