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Collaborative TB/HIV activities Actions and next steps

Summary of the 13th TB/HIV Core Group meeting in 2008 New York, USA, focusing on key actions for TB prevention and treatment. Discusses various initiatives including intensified case finding, infection control, community engagement, regional responses, and research advancements. Highlights upcoming advocacy, monitoring, and community involvement strategies.

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Collaborative TB/HIV activities Actions and next steps

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  1. Collaborative TB/HIV activitiesActions and next steps Diane V. Havlir13th TB/HIV Core Group meetingApril 17-18, 2008New York, USA

  2. Action and Follow up for the Core Group • 3 Is, TB treatment and prevention • Intensified Case Finding • Infection Control • IPT • Community and civil society • Monitoring and Evaluation • Regional response-Asia • Diagnostics • Research • Visibility/Outreach • Next meeting

  3. TB Prevention and Treatment • 3 Is, TB treatment and prevention (Core group continue to support and work with WHO HIV meeting followup, RG) • Intensified Case Finding (Develop interim tool, HG) • Infection Control • IPT (Submit advocacy document to AIDS) • ? Advocacy/messaging/TB/HIV literacy/reach out to health care systems organizations

  4. Infection Control • 10 Steps document in next 2 months • Guidelines • Advocacy – what are the steps ? Task force

  5. Monitoring and Evaluation • New HIV/TB estimates • Global Leaders forum-- case studies • Academic paper • Annual report harmonized • Working group continues to develop harmonized monitoring metrics • Add infection control metrics, and possibly lab metrics for PEPFAR • Simplifying monitoring at the district level • Continue intensive meeting of task force

  6. Community and Civil Society • Need for increased mentoring and capacity building of this sector • Unblock routes to financing • Need for continued advocacy at global and country level for active leadership and involvement of the community and civil society

  7. Regional response-Asia • Contribution of the CG/WG • Next WG in the region-?

  8. Diagnostics • Endorse POC initiative-” TB dipstick test” • Track current progress on TB diagnostic implementation, issue of NTM • Letter to Diagnostic Working Group (Barbara) • Keep task force going and focus on Workshop with FIND, NIH)

  9. Research • CROI • Capetown IAS • Advocacy to OAR • Diagnostics workshop

  10. Advocacy & communications • Events • UNAIDS PCB TB/HIV – April 23-25 • HIV Implementers – June 3 -7 • Global Leaders Forum HIV/TB – June 9 • UNGASS HIV/AIDS – June 10-11 • IAS Mexico City – August 3-8 • IAS Capetown– HIV/TB research meeting • Communications • TB/HIV Newsletter bimonthly • AIDSMAP hatip (Infection control)

  11. Next Core Group Meeting • Volunteers ??

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