"100-100-100 and zero new transmission of #HIV and #TB are imperative to meet #SDGs" - onsite session was co-hosted by #AIDS Society of India (ASI); People's Health Organization (PHO); and CNS at 50th Union World Conference on #LungHealth in Hyderabad, India on 2nd November 2019. CHAIRS
* Dr.Ishwar Gilada, President AIDS Society of India and Governing Council Member of International AIDS Society (IAS)
* Dr KS Sachdeva, Deputy Director General, RNTCP, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
* Dr Anoop Kumar Puri, Deputy Director General, National AIDS Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
PANEL OF EXPERTS:
* Why accurate and early diagnosis is key to end TB and AIDS?
Dr Prapti Gilada Toshniwal
Consultant Microbiologist, Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Mumbai, India
* Why 100:100:100 is must to end AIDS by 2030?
Dr Dilip Mathai
Vice President, AIDS Society of India and Dean, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences
* Why 100:100:100 and zero new TB transmissions are must to end TB
Dr Naval Chandra
Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences and Jt Secretary, AIDS Society of India
* Prevent TB to end TB and AIDS
Dr Jacob Creswell
Team Leader, TB REACH, Stop TB Partnership
[followed by press discussion with Dr Tara Singh Bam, Regional Deputy Director (Asia Pacific) of The Union]
* Moderator: Shobha Shukla, Managing Editor, CNS and
Coordinator, APCAT Media
(Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs)
For further information please contact:
CNS team
Email: editor@citizen-news.org
Website: www.citizen-news.org
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