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The 2nd International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium.
Life After TB

STIAS Institute, Stellenbosch, South Africa
April 2023

The Steering Committee

  • Brian Allwood (Co-Chair - SA)

  • Marieke van der Zalm (Co-Chair - SA)

  • Rebecca Nightingale (Secretary - UK)

  • Anthony Byrne (Australia / Peru)

  • Rafael Durand (Peru)

  • James Johnston (Canada)

  • Gautam Kalyatanda (India / USA)

  • Olga Mashedi (Kenya)

  • Kevin Mortimer (UK)

  • Obianuju Ozoh (Nigeria)

  • Andrea Rachow (Germany)

  • Ingrid Schoeman (SA - Patient Advocate)

  • Goodman Makanda (SA - Patient Advocate)

Programme

Monday 17 April 2023
Plenary Session - Chairs: Anthony Byrne/ Brian Allwood

8.30 - 09.00

Welcome

DELPHI / Voting


09.00 - 09.10

Patient Perspective


09.10 - 09.50

Post-TB Epidemiology and Modelling: Timing, tools, and the impact of confounders’
Speakers: Mayara Lisboa Soares De Bastos, Gino Agbota, Kamila Romanowski

09.50 - 10.30
Post-TB Lung Disease
“PTLD diagnosis, phenotyping and disease behaviour: review and summary of recent evidence and developments in the field”
Speakers: Jamilah Meghji, Andrea Rachow, Celso Khosa, Gregory Bisson


10.30 - 11.00

TEA BREAK

Plenary Session: Chairs: Olga Mashedi, Gautam Subaiah

11.00 - 11.20
Patient Perspectives & Engagement

 

11.20 - 12.00

ESP: Economic, Social & Psychological

Thinking through the limited evidence on how PTLD intersects with econonomic, social, and psychological outcomes – toward a model for process and outcome evaluations

Speakers: Denise Evans and Graeme Hoddinott, Hijoon Sohn

 

12.00 - 12.40

Neuromuscular & Skeletal

Post skeletal and central nervous system TB disease: an overview

Speakers: Suzaan Marais, Anria Horn and Robert Dunn

 

12.40 - 13.00

DELPHI / Voting

 

13.00 - 14.00

LUNCH BREAK

14.00 - 16.00: Break Out Workshops

Workshop 1: Post-TB Lung Disease Main Venue

Workshop 2: ESP: Economic, Social & Psychological

Workshop 3: Neuromuscular & Skeletal

16.00 - 16.20

TEA BREAK

Plenary Session: Chairs: Anthony Byrne/ Brian Allwood

16.20 - 17.00

Feedback from Group Work

17.00

Closing

Tuesday 18 April 2023
Plenary Session: Chairs: Andrea Rachow/ Marieke van der Zalm 

08.30 - 08.40

Patient Perspectives


08.40 - 09.10

DELPHI / Voting


09.10 - 09.50

Pathogenesis of Post TB Disease
Pathogenesis and risk factors for post-TB lung disease: current knowledge and future directions
Speakers: Sara Auld and Naomi Walker


09.50 - 10.30

Cardio- & Pulmonary Vascular
Post-TB Pulmonary Vascular Disease & Cardiovascular Complications: Overview of Current Literature, and Defining Research Priorties
Speakers: Brian Allwood and Friedrich Theinemann


10.30 - 11.00

TEA BREAK

Plenary Session: Chairs: James Johnston/ Becky Nightingale

11.00 - 11.40

Paediatric post TB; pulmonary, neurological and health related quality of life aspects

Speakers: Esin Nkereuwem, Carien Bekker, Michaile Anthony and Silvia Chiang on behalf of Anh Phuong Nguyen (TB survivor)


11.40 - 12.20

Secondary Prevention (HDT) & Treatment and Management
Prevention & Management of Post TB Lung Disease: Host vs. Microbe A fight to the death!
Speakers: Anthony Byrne and Rob Wallis


12.20 - 13.00

Post-TB Advocacy
Speakers: Shraddha Patnala, Ernesto Jaramillo, Nyanda Ntinginya


13.00 - 14.00

LUNCH BREAK

14.00 - 16.00: Break Out Workshops

Workshop 4: Epidemiology & Modeling

Workshop 5: Cardio- & Pulmonary Vascular

Workshop 6: Paediatrics

16.00 -  16.20

TEA BREAK

Plenary Session: Chairs: Andrea Rachow/ Marieke van der Zalm

16.20 - 17.00

Feedback from Group Work


17.00

Closing

Wednesday 19 April 2023
08.30 - 10.30: Break Out Workshops - Chairs: Brian Allwood, Becky Nightingale

Workshop 7: Prevention (HDT), Treatment & Management

Workshop 8: Advocacy, policy and stakeholder engagement

10.30 - 11.00

TEA BREAK

11.00 - 13.00: Break Out Workshops

Workshop 9: Pathogenesis

Workshop 10: Patient Engagement & Perspectives

13.00 - 14.00

LUNCH BREAK

Plenary Session: Chairs: Brian Allwood, Goodman Makanda

14.00 - 15.00

Feedback and Closing


15.00 - 15.30

TEA BREAK


15.30 - 17.00

(Steering Committee & Academic Committee Chairs Meeting)

Academic Group

Patient Engagement/ Perspectives

Co-Chairs

Goodman Mkanda, Dillon Wademan, Zahedul Islam, Ingrid Schoeman 

Group Members

Ciara Goslett, Olya Klemenko

Post-Tuberculosis Lung Disease (PTLD)

Co-Chairs

Jamilah Meghji, Andrea Rachow, Celso Khosa

Group Members

Gregory Bisson, Kyaw Ko Ko Htet, Celso Khosa, Patrick Lungu, Refiloe Masekela, Kondwelani John Mateyo, Stella Mpagama, Jamilah Meghji, Neelima Navuluri, Jotam Pasipanodya, Andrea Rachow, Chisha Musonda Sinyangwe

Paediatrics PTLD, Post-TBM and Overarching Considerations for Psycho-Social, HRQoL and Advocacy and postTB Paediatric Survivors

Co-Chairs

Toyin Togun, Esin Nkereuwem, Marieke vd Zalm

Group Members

Silvia Chiang, Michaile Anthony, Graeme Hoddinott, James Seddon, Carien Bekker, Leah Githinji, Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Ghulam Mustafa, Adaeze Ayuk, Muntanga Mapani, Ndukwu Chizalu, Ronald van Toorn

Epidemiology and Modelling

Co-Chairs

Kamila Romanowski, Gino Agbota, Christiaan Mulder

Group Members

Pete Dodd, Kate Shearer, Mayara Lisboa Soares De Bastos, Jonathan Golub, Kamila Romanowski, Gino Agbota, Christiaan Mulder, James Johnston

ESP: Socio-Economic

Co-Chairs

Graeme Hoddinott, Denise Evans

Group Members

Bakary Coulibaly, Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, Elizabeth Mkutumula, Wezi Msukwa Panje, Peter MacPherson, Amrita Daftary, Michaile Anthony, Nonhlanhla Ndondo, Jonathan Golub, Jeremiah Chikovore, Samhita Sharat Kumar, Zolelwa Sifumba, Salla Atkins, Thomas Cousins, Dorina Onoya, Edwin Nuwagira, Delia Boccia, Nishi Suryavanshi, Tom Wingfield, Dillon Wademan, Tila Mainga, Nosivuyile Vanqa, Chanda Mwamba, Dzunisani Baloyi, Hojoon Sohn, Etuhole Iipumbu

Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement

Co-Chairs

Oluwatosin Nkereuwem, Gautam S Kalyatanda

Group Members

Venkat Chekuri, Ernesto Chekuri, Sunitha Srinivasan, Mona Drage, Denise Evens, Leonid Lecca, Di Hornsby

Pathogenesis (& Risk Factors)

Co-Chairs

Naomi Walker, Sara Auld

Group Members

Amy Barczak, Bill Bishai, Anna Coussens, Steven Mitini-Nkhoma, Caleb Muefong, Threnesan Naidoo, Anil Pooran, Cari Stek, Adrie Steynn,  Jayne Sutherland, Liku Tezera

Secondary Prevention (HDT) & Treatment and Management

Co-Chairs

Anthony Byrne, Gunar Gunther, Cathrine Tadyanemhandu

Group Members

Robert Wallis, Carlos Borges de Alemeida, Carole Mitnick, Intan Dewi, Serena Koenig, Anthony Byrne, Gunar Gunther, Cathrine Tadyanemhandu

Neuromuscular and Skeletal

Co-Chairs

Suzaan Marais, Anria Horn, Robert Dunn

Group Members

Charne Feris, Ursula Rohlwink, Robyn Waters

Cardio and Pulmonary Vascular

Co-Chairs

Friedrich Thienemann, Brian Allwood

Group Members

Gerald Maarman, Matthew Magee, Moises Huaman, Ismail Kalla, Elize Louw, Jennifer van Heerden, Olukayode O. Aremu, Anastase Dzudie, Zoliswa Nxumalo

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