38th Union World Conference on Lung Health
Media visit of the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) in Greenpoint,
Cape Town, 7 November 2007
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NHLS laboratory experts gave the journalists a
brief overview of activities being conducted at the NHLS.
From left to right:
Krista Thompson, BD Vice President/General Manager, HIV/AIDS (not pictured)
Detlef S. Siewert, BD Business Director / Leader Global Health
Dr. Vinand Nantulya, FIND Senior Policy and Implementation Officer
Dr. Gerrit Coetzee, NHLS Executive Regional Manager
Ms Marlein Bosman, NHLS TB laboratory manager
Dr. John Simpson, NHLS Tygerberg Business Manager
Marinus Barnard, NHLS molecular biologist who is performing the testing of the Genotype MTBDRplusŪ assay
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A laboratory technician preparing samples
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New tools press briefing, 8 November 2007
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New tools press conference
Several experts from the new tools partnerships were available for questions during the briefing.
These included (from left to right) an expert from Aeras, FIND Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Mark Perkins,
Prof. Anthony Mbewu from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). Also pictured, Dr. Jerald
C. Sadoff, President and CEO, Aeras, Dr. Giorgio Roscigno, FIND CEO, Dr. Maria Freire, CEO and
President of the TB Alliance.
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| Journalists at the press briefing on new tools.
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Union press conference on MDR and XDR-TB, 8 November 2007
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From left to right:
Professor Donald Enarson (The Union), Dr. Mario Ravglione (WHO).
Dr. Giorgio Roscigno (FIND CEO) represented the new tools global partnerships (Aeras, FIND and the TB Alliance).
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| Mr Ezio T. Santos Filho, TB-HIV activitst and health policy analyst |
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| Dr. Giorgio Roscigno answering questions from reporters after the press conference.
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| FIND Senior Policy and Implementation Officer,
Dr. Vinand Nantulya, speaking to journalists.
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| Some reporters that covered the conference with media representatives from FIND, The Union, and Meropa. In total, 100 local and international reporters from print, radio and television attended the conference.
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FIND-Zeiss media briefing, 11 November 2007
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| The media briefing permitted journalists to find out more about the new FIND and Zeiss partnership as well as the advantages of fluorescence microscopes in the diagnosis of TB and other infectious diseases. |
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| From left to right: FIND Head of TB Laboratory Support,
Dr. C.N. Paramasivan (standing), Dr. Christian Lienhard (The Union), FIND CEO, Dr. Giorgio Roscigno,
Dr. Mark Perkins, FIND Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Thomas Bocher, Produktmanager, Light Microscopy
Division, Carl Zeiss and Katrin Steigner, Carl Zeiss Sales Manager (not pictured).
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