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Nov 9, 10:16 a.m.

📣The last in the series of Union World Conference Post-Graduate Courses and Workshops will be held on Friday 13 November.

Join is for – Using Gamification to Optimize Placement of Tuberculosis and COVID-19 Diagnostics, Friday 13 November, 13:00 – 16:00 CET
This workshop is free to attend, with pre-registration – Register now

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Oct 24, 7:19 p.m.

👏Thank you for joining the first ever virtual Union World Conference.

You can come back to watch sessions and e-posters on demand until 30 November, thereafter content will be accessible to Union members only. Become a member today.

Thank you for joining us. See you in 2021.

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Oct 24, 5:43 p.m.

📣 The Union World Conference continues with the series of Union World Conference post-graduate courses and workshops .

There are four events left. You do not have to be a registered conference delegate to attend, but pre-registration is required for these free events.
Details of the next three events are as below:

Monday 26 October
15:00 CEST: Finding the right path: data, evidence and policy-making in the treatment of tuberculosis

Thursday 29 October
13:00 CEST: Xpert MTB/RIF ultra sensitivity- implementation and clinical management

Monday 2 November
13:00 CEST: Accelerating progress to end tuberculosis: integration between tuberculosis, hiv and other services addressing comorbidities; and strengthening the accountability mechanisms

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Oct 24, 4:29 p.m.

🎉The 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health closing ceremony

Join us at 6.15pm CEST as we conclude the first ever virtual Union World Conference. With The Rt Hon The Lord Herbert of South Downs CBE PC speaking on behalf of the the Global TB Caucus, and RD Marte will sharing her personal story as a lung health survivor.

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Oct 24, 2:22 p.m.

⭐TBS4B-Innovations in TB therapeutics: oral abstract presentations

This session will highlight the potential of therapeutic vaccines, innovative tools for regimen development and genomic discoveries with relevance to development of host-directed therapies for curing TB.

Join the presentations at 4.30pm CEST

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Oct 24, 1:47 p.m.

⏰The Union/CDC late-breaker session on TB

Today at 3pm CEST
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Oct 24, 12:21 p.m.

📣 Join us for the final plenary of the Union World Conference
Greed, smoke and lung health, today at 2pm CEST

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Oct 24, 11:08 a.m.

📣What can we do to mitigate zoonotic infection risk?

Over just the last 10 years, we have experienced zoonotic disease outbreaks that have had, and are still having, a considerable impact on both animal and human populations. As we are becoming more adept at understanding how to contain and combat disease spread, we recognise that prevention and mitigation starts with animals.
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Oct 24, 10:50 a.m.

📣COVID-19 in pregnant women
This symposium will feature emerging research on the immunology of COVID-19 in pregnancy and the differences in clinical presentation and management - including treatment options, policies for safe pregnancy and potential research priorities - which will improve our understanding of this devastating pandemic in all populations.

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Oct 24, 9:22 a.m.

⏰Community Connect session - Lay Counselors, Seeds and Recruits playing key roles in supporting key persons to TB accessing TB test, diagnosis, and treatment during COVID-19

Starts at 10.30am CEST, don't miss out on this free to access session
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Oct 24, 9:06 a.m.

⭐Union World Conference CME⭐

The 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health, has been accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP), and has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®).

To receive CME accreditation, please visit the website to complete the form
Form submissions are requested by 7 November 2020.

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Oct 24, 8:54 a.m.

⏰Don't miss out join the Meet The Expert session on tobacco control

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Oct 23, 9:42 p.m.

Thanks to all participants for an excellent day. Highlights from Friday 23 October:

Nurses and patients at the heart of the journey to Universal Health Coverage
In this plenary session, Elizabeth Iro, the Chief Nursing Officer for the World Health Organization (WHO), opened the session by talking about the vital and multifaceted role of nurses in universal health coverage.

United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB: Are we on track?
Just over two years ago at the first United Nations High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, no one could have predicted we would now be in the midst of a global pandemic. With goals of treating 40 million people with TB, 3.5 million children with TB, 1.5 million people with drug-resistant TB, and putting at least 30 million people in TB preventative treatment, all by 2022, is the world on track?

Scientific Highlights for Friday 23 October
Day four of the 51st Union World Conference offered an exhilarating range of challenging and innovative science, discussion and learning.

The human crisis of migration and TB
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue of the refugee crises in Europe and the Middle East have largely disappeared from the daily news agendas. A session on the issue of migration journeys and TB could not, then, have been more timely.

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Oct 23, 5:35 p.m.

📣 Two Meet the Expert sessions have just started, don't miss your chance to join.

Meet the expert: Adult and Child Lung Health
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Meet the expert session: Zoonotic TB
Join Keith Hamilton from World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

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Oct 23, 4:47 p.m.

📣Community Connect final session of the day starts at 8pm CEST

Join us for ‘Adapting TB advocacy in times of COVID-19.’ In this session you will hear first-hand from a person affected by TB, along with COVID-19 survivor, and about how TB diagnostic priorities and approaches need to be adapted amid the pandemic.
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