Five presentations from
Coalition for TB Free NYC community forum

Five presentations from a community forum organized by the Coalition for TB Free NYC, of which TAG's TB/HIV Project is a part, held on February 15, 2007.

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  1. Who gets TB in NYC?

    2. Tracy Agerton
    Director, Epidemiology Office
    Bureau of TB Control
    NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

    • Data on number of cases and rate/100,000 in New York City, 1980-2005.

  2. Why is TB on the rise globally?

    3. Javid Syed
    TB/HIV Project Director
    Treatment Action Group

    • Limitations of current treatment, questioning new TB control strategy, what can be done.

  3. What are some ways TB tools are being improved?

    4. Tiffany Harris, PhD

    • Advantages and disadvantages of new blood based test, QFT-G, its availability.
    and when to use NAA rapid diagnostic test.

  4. Call to Action: Advocating for TB Control

    5. Corri Freedman

    • 2010 Health People Goal, Stop TB Now Act, role of providers and community in advancing legislation, suggestions for advocacy

  5. A Call for Community Participation in TB Control

    6. Kiomara M. Dorrejo

    • What you can do, combatting stigma and discrimination, community involvement, how the Health Department can help you, World TB Day March 25, 2007
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