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Global Health Impact of tuberculosis and the important role of point of care diagnostic testing

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Summary

This webinar highlights the devastating impact that tuberculosis (TB) disease continues to have across the globe and highlights the important role that point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests such as urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) can play in diagnosing active TB infections.

Learning Objectives

  • Provide an overview of TB global disease prevalence, unmet needs, diagnostic challenges, and health impacts.
  • Describe current TB diagnostic testing modalities, including lateral flow LAM POC testing among HIV- positive populations.
  • Share a clinician’s perspective from South Africa highlighting the challenge in diagnosing and managing TB patients.

Presenter Biography

Doug Wilson, PHD, FCP, MBCHB
Department of Internal Medicine, Harry Gwala Regional Hospital
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Paul Drain, MD, MPH
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Core, SEATRAC Associate Professor, Departments of Global Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology
University of Washington, Seattle

Who Should Watch

Physicians treating TB patients