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News/Event Item
When TB & HIV Collide: Texas & Beyond: A World TB Day Event
Tuesday 18 March 2003
Hyatt Regency Austin
208 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas
Noon- 2:00 PM
A Local-Global Health Forum supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Rockefeller Foundation
Background
One-third of the world is infected with the TB bacillus, including 15 million Americans. Worldwide, 2 - 3 million people die every year of TB and it is the leading killer of people with HIV/AIDS. Texas continues to rank among the top four states in the U.S. in the number of reported cases of both TB and HIV/AIDS.
The purpose of this forum was to:
- Describe the impact of TB in Texas and at the global level.
- Discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS on the spread of TB.
- Highlight the role of existing strategic partnerships focused on combating TB/HIV co-infection in Texas and globally.
Who should attend
Community-based organizations, students, public health professionals, members of the faith community, and all others interested in local and global health issues.
Speakers
Attendees heard from local and nationally recognized experts how HIV and TB impact Texas and the global community.
Michael D. McKinney, MD - Moderator
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, University of Texas System
Sophia Mukasa Monico
Senior AIDS Program Officer, Global Health Council
Alfonso Ruiz, DVM, MS, PhD
Chief, US-Mexico Border Office, Pan American Health Organization
Eduardo J. Sanchez, MD, MPH
Texas Commissioner of Health, Texas Department of Health
Charles Wallace, PhD, MPH
Division Director, Tuberculosis Elimination Division, Texas Department of Health
Questions
Please contact the Global Health Council at 202-833-5900.
Sponsors
AIDS Services of Austin
http://www.asaustin.org/
American Lung Association of Texas
http://www.texaslung.org/
Global Health Council
http://www.globalhealth.org
Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
http://www.hispanicaustin.com/
Texas Association of Business
http://www.tabcc.org
Texas Department of Health (TDH)
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/default.htm
Texas Hospital Association
http://www.thaonline.org
Texas Medical Association
http://www.texmed.org/
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
http://www.uthct.edu/
category: Global Health Council News : Advocacy Events
contributed by Andrea Welch on 12 March 2003
North America : United States
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