Archived Webinar: DSD and COVID-19 (Supporting TB Preventive Therapy for Clients Accessing DSD During COVID-19)

(Recorded on May 26, 2020)

Agenda:

1. Ensuring Access to TB Preventive Therapy During COVID-19, Blessi Kumar, CEO, Global Coalition of TB Activists, India
2. TPT Surge Sites in Zambia: Aligning TPT with 6MMD ART Dispensation, Morton Khunga, Chief TB Pharmacist, Ministry of Health, Zambia
3. TPT and DSD in Uganda, Dr. Josen Kiggundu, Senior Program Officer, Ministry of Health, Uganda
4. PEPFAR Guidance and Data on TPT Within HIV Programs During COVID-19, Dr. Teeb Al-Samarrai, Senior Technical Advisory for TB/HIV, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC), USA

Suggested pre-readings:

• Global Coalition of TB Activists, World Health Organization South-East Asia. 2020. How to protect ourselves from TB. https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/searo/tuberculosis/how-to-protect-ourselves-from-tb.pdf?sfvrsn=be6d3bb_2
• International AIDS Society. 2019. Leveraging differentiated ART delivery models for stable clients to scale up TB preventive therapy. English | French

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