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Similar to HIV, tuberculosis (TB) often affects the most vulnerable populations. TB and HIV coinfection is a major obstacle in the response to HIV, with HIV causing a more than 20-fold increase in the risk of latent TB reactivation and TB accelerating the decline of immune function among people living with HIV. With at least one-third of people living with HIV coinfected with latent TB, the ramifications of TB and HIV coinfection are staggering. TB 2018 will be an opportunity to highlight the key scientific challenges related to TB, TB and HIV research on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to set the stage for the UN General Assembly high-level meeting on TB. With the theme, Bridging the TB and HIV communities, TB 2018 will focus on cutting-edge research gaps to address concrete service delivery issues and translating science into practice.

07:30
Registration and welcome coffee
08:00
The TB and HIV syndemics
Lucica Ditiu, Stop TB Partnership, Switzerland
Yogan Pillay, National Department of Health, South Africa
08:01
Welcome to Amsterdam
Frank Cobelens, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Netherlands
Adeeba Kamarulzaman, University of Malaya, Malaysia
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08:15
Setting the stage towards the UN High-Level Meeting on TB
Lucica Ditiu, Stop TB Partnership, Switzerland
Yogan Pillay, National Department of Health, South Africa
08:16
Opening addresses: TB and HIV in 2018
Simon Zwane, Permanent Secretary of Health, Swaziland
Jeanine Condo, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Rwanda
08:25
Towards universal health coverage for TB and HIV
Soumya Swaminathan, World Health Organization, Switzerland

08:35
Discussion: Towards the UN High-Level Meeting on TB
Yuliya Chorna, Alliance for Public Health, Ukraine
William Steiger, USAID, United States
James Chau, China Central Television, China
Yousaf Shaikh, National Ministry of Education, Pakistan
Eric Goosby, United Nations Special Envoy on Tuberculosis, United States

09:25
Preventive TB therapy for people living with HIV
Lele Rangaka, University College London, South Africa
Nick Paton, National University of Singapore, Singapore
09:26
WHO Consolidated guidelines for TB preventive treatment
Annabel Baddeley, World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland
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09:40
New avenues in TB preventive therapy
Richard Chaisson, Johns Hopkins University, United States
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09:55
Community good practice: Preventing TB/HIV co-infection
Dean Lewis, Global Coalition of TB Activists, India
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10:10
Discussion: Bringing TB prevention to scale
Linda-Gail Bekker, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, South Africa
Gavin Churchyard, Aurum Institute, South Africa
Maureen Kamene, National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program, Kenya
Abdulai Sesay, Civil Society Movement Against Tuberculosis Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
Elvi Siahaan, ACT! Asia-Pacific, Indonesia

10:50
Break & poster viewing
11:20
Unpacking TB/HIV mortality
Emilio Emini, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States
Norbert Ndjeka, South Africa National Department of Health, South Africa
11:21
Mortality and the cascade of TB care in people living with HIV
Alberto Garcia-Basteiro, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Mozambique

11:35
Barriers to accessing new (TB/HIV) diagnostics
Mishal Khan, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
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11:50
Addressing challenges in scaling up TB and HIV treatment integration
Alison Grant, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, South Africa
Slides

12:05
The convergence of the MDR-TB and HIV co-epidemics
Jens D. Lundgren, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen - European AIDS Clinical Society, Denmark
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12:20
Discussion: Explaining our failure to reduce TB/HIV mortality
Michael Kimerling, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Netherlands
Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Center for Supporting Community Development Initiatives, Vietnam
Paula Fujiwara, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, United States
Georgia White, AIDS-Free World, United States
Harriet Mayanja-Kizz, Makerere University School of Medicine, Uganda
Vitaly Tkachuck, All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH, Ukraine

13:00
Lunch & poster viewing
14:15
Parallel Session A: Driving the accountability framework from the top down and bottom up – Main meeting room
Aaron Oxley, RESULTS UK, United Kingdom
Diana Weil, World Health Organization, Switzerland
14:16
Learning from community experience with HIV high-level meetings
Mary Ann Torres, ICASO, Canada
Slides

14:30
Accountability and targets: Lessons learned from disease control programmes for other infectious diseases
Richard John Hayes, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
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14:45
Building governmental support
Yogan Pillay, National Department of Health, South Africa
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15:00
Monitoring the accountability framework
Blessi Kumar, Global Coalition of TB Activists, India
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15:15
Holding governments accountable
Lynette Mabote, AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, South Africa

15:30
Break & poster viewing
16:00
Moving towards sustainable financing
Cheri Vincent, USAID, United States
José Luis Castro, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, France
16:01
Funding gaps to realize the Global Plan to End TB
Sahu Suvanand, Stop TB Partnership, Switzerland
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16:10
Financing TB and HIV control in high-burden countries
Anna Vassall, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
16:20
Alternative financing models
Joanne Carter, Results, United Kingdom
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16:40
Catastrophic costs of TB and HIV: Community perspective
Thato Mosidi, TB Proof, South Africa
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16:55
Health insurance and social protection
Elaine Baruwa, Abt Associates, United States
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17:10
Discussion: Moving towards sustainable financing
Chris Collins, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, United States
David Wilson, World Bank Group, United States
Sahu Suvanand, Stop TB Partnership, Switzerland
Anna Vassall, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Joanne Carter, Results, United Kingdom
Thato Mosidi, TB Proof, South Africa
Elaine Baruwa, Abt Associates, United States

17:45
Closing: Moving forward towards the UN High-Level Meeting on TB and beyond
Frank Cobelens, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Netherlands
Adeeba Kamarulzaman, University of Malaya, Malaysia
17:46
Discussion: The urgency of overcoming the bottlenecks to end TB and HIV
Mark Dybul, Georgetown University Medical Center, United States
Timur Abdullaev, Stop TB Partnership, TBpeople, TB Europe Coalition, Uzbekistan
Jeffry Acaba, APCASO, Thailand
David Mametja, South Africa National Department of Health, South Africa
Kitty van Weezenbeek, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Netherlands
Peter Sands, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland

18:30
Call to action towards the UN High-Level Meeting on TB
Lucica Ditiu, Stop TB Partnership, Switzerland
Yogan Pillay, National Department of Health, South Africa

18:45
Closing statement by the Minister of Health of South Africa
Aaron Motsoaledi, National Department of Health, South Africa
19:00
Reception & poster viewing