The 1st International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium.
Life after TB.
STIAS Institute, Stellenbosch, South Africa
April 2019
Proceedings Report
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The Global Steering Committee
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Brian Allwood, Stellenbosch University (Chair)
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Sumona Datta, Imperial College London and the University of Lima (in absentia)
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Carlton Evans, Imperial College London and the University of Lima (in absentia)
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Olena Ivanova, Tropical Institute Munich
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Rupert Jones, the University of Plymouth (in absentia)
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Florian Marx, Stellenbosch University
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Jamilah Meghji, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Kevin Mortimer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Stellah Mpagama, Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital
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Andrea Rachow, Tropical Institute Munich
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Marieke van der Zalm, Stellenbosch University
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Sanne van Kampen, University of Plymouth
Participants
67
Workshops
8
Sessions
6
Speakers
14
Programme
Day 1: 22/07/2019
Session 1: Chair Brian Allwood & Kevin Mortimer
8.30 - 09.00
Welcome, Introductions and Expectations (Brian Allwood / Kevin Mortimer)
09.00 - 09.10
Message from Rector of Stellenbosch University (Wim de Villiers)
09.10 - 09.30
Opening Address (Eric Bateman)
09.30 - 09.50
Lecture #1: Patient perspectives (Ingrid Schoeman)
09.50 - 10.10
Lecture #2: Pulmonary TB outcomes (Andrea Rachow)
10.10 - 10.30
Lecture #3: Phenotyping in post-TB disease (Brian Allwood)
10.30 - 11.00
TEA
Session 2: Chair Jamilah Meghji & Stellah Mpagama
11.00 - 11.20
Lecture #4: Children after TB (Diane Gray)
11.20 - 11.40
Lecture #5: Socio-economic consequences & QALY (Denise Evans)
11.40 - 12.00
Lecture #6: Targeting TB control to former TB patients (Florian Marx)
12.00 - 13.00
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH & LUNCH
Workshops
13.00 - 15.00
Workshop 1: Lung complications after TB
(Brian Allwood / Jamilah Meghji)
Workshop 2: Former TB patients in the context of the End TB Strategy
(Florian Marx / Dalene von Delft / Sumona Datta)
Workshop 3: Socio-economic and psychological Impact
(Olena Ivanova / Denise Evans / Graeme Hoddinott)
Workshop 4: Paediatric complications of TB
(Marieke van der Zalm / Diane Gray)
15.00 - 15.30
TEA
15.30 - 16.30
Workshops 1-4 (continue)
16:30 - 17.30
Plenary Workshop Feedback
17.30
Dinner for all delegates
Day 2: 23/07/2019
Session 3: Chair Sanne van Kampen & Florian Marx
08.30 - 08.40
Logistics Update
08.40 - 09.00
Lecture #7: Mechanisms of TB destruction (Naomi Walker)
09.00 - 09.20
Lecture #8: Host directed therapy to improve TB outcomes (Rob Wallis)
09.20 - 09.40
Lecture #9: Pulmonary rehabilitation (William Worodria)
09.40 - 10.00
Lecture #10: Therapies for treatment post TB (Stellah van Kampen)
10.00 - 10.20
Lecture #11: Malawian cohort (Jamilah Meghji)
10.20 - 11.00
TEA
Session 4: Chair Marieke van der Zalm & Andrea Rachow
11.00 - 11.20
Lecture #12: Advocacy for Post-TB disease (Kevin Mortimer)
11.20 - 11.40
Lecture #13: Diagnosing recurrent TB among former TB patients (Grant Theron)
11.40 - 12.00
Lecture #14: Mortality after TB (Mohammed Osman)
12.00 - 13.00
LUNCH
Workshops
13.00 - 15.00
Workshop 5: Pathogenesis /mechanisms of disease & prevention of damage
(Naomi Walker / Cari Stek / Rob Wallis)
Workshop 6: Treatment & holistic management
(Sanne van Kampen / (Rupert Jones) / Stellah Mpagama)
Workshop 7: Health systems advocacy
(Kevin Mortimer / Uzoh Egere / Ingrid Schoeman)
Workshop 8: Burden of disease/risk factors/mortality (Epidemiology)
Andrea Rachow / Andre Amaral
15.00 - 15.30
TEA
15.30 - 16.30
Workshops 1 - 4 (continue)
16.30 - 17.30
Plenary Workshop Feedback
17.30 - 18.00
Discussion: Focus of Definitions
18.00
DINNER FOR STEERING COMMITTEE & WORKSHOP CHAIRS