04 December 2009

40th Union World Conference on Lung Health

2nd FIND Scientific Forum on recent advances in tuberculosis diagnostics

Agenda [pdf 89kb]

Dr. Giorgio Roscigno and Dr. Rick O’Brien
Welcome address [pdf 587kb]

Dr. C.N. Paramasivan and Dr. Pamela Nabeta
Experience in implementing iLED in peripheral laboratory settings in low and middle income countries [pdf 406kb]

Dr. Mark Perkins
Detecting hidden TB: turning on the LAMP [pdf 1.2Mb]

Dr. Gerd Michel
From biomarkers to TB point-of-care tests (not available)

Dr. Heather Alexander and Hojoon Sohn
Programmatic implementation of diagnostic tests: Assessing their impact on patients and measuring their costs [pdf 187kb]

Dr. Àkos Somoskövi
Working towards integrated diagnostics platforms in national laboratory policies [pdf 1.6Mb]

Dr. Mark Perkins
Automated molecular detection of TB and rifampin resistance at point of treatment [pdf 2Mb]

Dr. Jerrold Ellner
TB Clinical Diagnostics Research Consortium (CDRC) [pdf 460kb]