Tuberculosis in Resource-Limited Areas

As a world-wide phenomenon, human trafficking can be combatted in many ways. Once awareness is raised about human trafficking, health care professionals can take additional steps to fight this growing phenomenon that claims the llves of men, women and children. This session will explore various approaches and innovations in prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnership against human trafficking.

Tuberculosis remains a global public health threat. This session will provide public health updates from the field on some new approaches to TB diagnosis and treatment in developing countries, as well as some recent advances on such topics as child TB, community-based TB, TB-HIV, and MDR-TB.