Talks are now available for viewing online: Click here
The iPTBS has a Steering Committee and a number of Working Groups looking at various aspects of post-tuberculosis disease including Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement, Cardio- and Pulmonary Vascular, Diagnosis and Prevention, Epidemiology and Modeling, ESP, Management, Neuromuscular Skeletal, Paediatrics, Pathogenesis and Patient Perspectives. To find out more or get involved, click here.
The Community Call is a monthly international online meeting where researchers and authors present their work on post-TB, including its clinical, physiological, psychological, social, and economic dimensions. These sessions serve as an educational and collaborative platform, fostering knowledge exchange to enhance care for TB survivors. Find out more here or sign up to the post-tuberculosis.com Community to receive invites.
Early Career Researchers were selected for their current ongoing research and potential for future leadership within the field of post-tuberculosis. They participated in the Working Groups and in the development of content for the 3rd iPTBS and Workshops in particular. Meet the Early Career Researchers and find out what they had to say about the symposium here.
Post-TB Community Call: Dr. Sally Singh
event by Saadiq Moolla on Friday, 30 May 2025 at 07:53:58
Wednesday, 9 July 2025 (14:00) to Wednesday, 9 July 2025 (15:00)
We are pleased to announce that our next inaugural TB Sequel & Post-TB CARE Community Call in this Series will take place on the 9th July 2025.
22h00 (AEDT/UTC +10)19h00 (ICT/UTC +7)12h00 (BST/UTC +0)08h00 (EDT/UTC -4)03h00 (PDT/UTC...
Post-TB Community Call: Dr. Denise Evans
event by Jordan Sasha Lakey on Thursday, 29 May 2025 at 13:58:45
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 (14:00) to Wednesday, 11 June 2025 (15:00)
We are pleased to announce that our next inaugural TB Sequel & Post-TB CARE Community Call in this Series will take place on the 11th June 2025.
22h00 (AEDT/UTC +10)19h00 (ICT/UTC +7)12h00 (BST/UTC +0)08h00 (EDT/UTC -4)03h00...
Post-TB Community Call: Prof. Gregory P. Bisson
event by Jordan Sasha Lakey on Wednesday, 9 April 2025 at 13:07:30
Wednesday, 14 May 2025 (14:00)
We are pleased to announce that our inaugural TB Sequel & Post-TB CARE Community Call Series will take place on the second Wednesday of every month.
22h00 (AEDT/UTC +10)19h00 (ICT/UTC +7)12h00 (BST/UTC +0)08h00 (EDT/UTC -4)03h00...
Post-TB health and wellbeing
publication by admin on Thursday, 6 March 2025 at 12:40:00
TB affects around 10.6 million people each year and there are now around 155 million TB survivors. TB and its treatments can lead to permanently impaired health and wellbeing. In 2019, representatives of TB affected communities attending the '1st...
https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.22.0514
Post-tuberculosis lung health: perspectives from the First International Symposium
publication by admin on Thursday, 6 March 2025 at 12:38:46
Although curable, TB frequently leaves the individual with chronic physical and psycho-social impairment, but these consequences have been largely neglected. The 1st International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium (Stellenbosch, South Africa) was held to...
https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.20.0067
Burden and determinants of PTLD
research project by admin on Tuesday, 4 March 2025 at 11:29:23
This study was a cross sectional survey and deployed various tools to assess intensively exposures such as nutrition, and air pollution exposure to estimate the influence of external factors on development of PTLD.
3rd International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium
event by Saadiq Moolla on Tuesday, 11 February 2025 at 09:10:17
Monday, 14 April 2025 (08:00) to Wednesday, 16 April 2025 (17:00)
Presentations from the symposium are available for download here: https://eoafrica.eventsair.com/3rd-international-post-tuberculosis-symposium-2025/presentations-2025.
Background
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that...