CADTH Webinar - Tuberculosis: International and Canadian perspectives on the “other” global pandemic

Event Date: March 24, 2021

Location: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Zoom Webinar (Free — Registration Required)

Result type: Events

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that affects the lungs and other organs, and it has afflicted humanity since prehistoric times. While drugs to prevent and treat TB have been widely available for many years, TB is still responsible for untold suffering, disease, and death all over the world today. WHO estimates that about 10 million people develop TB disease each year and close to 1.4 million die from it. While the overall burden of TB is low in Canada, there is a higher prevalence in certain geographic regions and populations.

To mark World TB Day on March 24, CADTH is hosting an Evidence-to-Action event to discuss TB and the efforts to eradicate this disease in Canada and internationally.

During the event, CADTH’s recent work on TB — including a new online platform where health care decision-makers can access the latest evidence from CADTH on TB prevention, identification, diagnosis, treatment, and management — will also be introduced.

Speakers:

• Dr. Dennis Falzon, Team Lead, Global TB Programme at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
• Caroline Newberry, Public Health and Communicable Disease Specialist, Government of Northwest Territories
• Dr. Gino De Angelis, Manager, Clinical Research, Medical Devices, CADTH

To participate, please register (there is no cost). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the webinar.

Register Here