On 26 July 2022, WHO's Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programme and Global Tuberculosis Programme, jointly with The Global Fund, are hosting a virtual independent event affiliated to the AIDS 2022 Conference.
Date and time
26 July 2022 | 12:00–13.30 CEST (06:00–07:30 EDT)
Meeting ID: 952 8813 8466
Passcode: TPT_IAS22!
Overview
The session will provide an overview of global data and WHO recommendations and tools from WHO Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes and the Global TB Programme, a review of the Global Fund Strategic Initiative on TB Preventive Treatment (TPT) among people living with HIV, and a presentation on leveraging short-course TPT regimens by IMPAACT4TB/AURUM Institute.
There will be presentations from Uganda, Kenya and Indonesia sharing effective tools and resources for successful TPT scale-up. The Q&A session will allow participants to actively engage in the event.
Objectives
- Galvanize global efforts in scale-up of TB preventative treatment (TPT) among people living with HIV and TB exposed children to fast-track the uptake of the new WHO-recommended shorter regimens as preferred options.
- Provide high TB/HIV-burden countries and a broader audience with an overview of the countries’ experiences, challenges, bottlenecks and enablers for scaling up TPT services towards a target of saturation of people living with HIV.