CAB 41 – TB and HIV

Programme:

09:30 ­– 09:45 Registration, refreshments and expenses
09:45 – 10:00 Welcome, introductions, UKCAB updates
10:00 – 11:15 TB and HIV – Dr Santino Capocci, Royal Free Hospital
11:15 – 11.30 Break
11:30 – 12.15 TB-HIV: Strengthening Community Response – Gitau Mburu, Int. HIV/AIDS Alliance
12:15 – 12.45 Company pre-meeting on TMC207 – Polly Clayden, HIV i-Base
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:15 – 15:30 Company meeting: Janssen
15.30 – 15.35 Break
15:35 – 16:00 UKCAB London drug survey feedback – Mark Platt
16.00 Close

Background reading:

What is TB? – Extracted from the i-Base treatment training for advocates:
http://i-base.info/ttfa/5-opportunistic-infections-ois-and-coinfections/5-7-tb

BHIVA guidelines for the treatment of TB/HIV coinfection 2011:
http://www.bhiva.org/TB-HIV2011.aspx

How TB is treated:
http://www.tbonline.info/posts/2011/9/2/how-tb-treated/

Medicines for people with TB – contains 1st line, multi-drug resistant TB and extremely drug resistant TB medicines. There is also a section on pipeline drugs.
http://www.tbonline.info/medicines/

Global TB drug pipeline  [PDF download]

Faster conversion rates with TMC-207 versus placebo plus OBT for the treatment of MDR-TB – study on a new drug with the potential to improve both drug-sensitive and multi-drug resistant TB.
http://i-base.info/htb-south/1330/

Janssen  – patent pool:
Johnson & Johnson Denies Patent Pool Licences For HIV Medicines For The Poor

 

Other useful reports:

2011 pipeline report: 2nd edition (September 2011) – covers the most recent and exciting developments in HIV, hepatitis and TB research. [PDF download, 1MB]
http://i-base.info/home/2011-pipeline-report-2nd-edition-september-2011/

TB in our Lives – A detailed guide by Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa, with emphasis on coinfection with HIV. Activists wrote the guide about how TB attacks the body, how it is treated and the things they can do to help fight TB in their communities. They explain things in a way that makes sense and that is not too technical so that readers can go on and explain about TB to others. The guide has information sheets for people living with TB, support groups and clinics. [PDF download]
http://www.tac.org.za/community/node/2115

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Published: January 24, 2012