WSPID Webinar: Managing children with HIV and tuberculosis in the shadow of a global pandemic, Wednesday 21 April 2021
Join us for presentations and a Q&A on managing HIV and tuberculosis in children in the midst of a global pandemic.
Speakers:
Dr Usa Thisyakorn (Thailand): Professor of Pediatrics & Executive Director, Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University
Dr Marieke van der Zalm (South Africa): Paediatrician and clinical researcher, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Dr Harsha Lochan (South Africa): Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Frere Hospital
Programme:
1. Frontline experience of managing children with HIV and tuberculosis infections in a pandemic (Harsha Lochan)
2. The prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV: gains and losses over 25 years (Usa Thisyakorn)
3. Diagnosing childhood TB in the face of COVID-19 (Marieke van der Zalm)
Date: Wednesday 21 April 2021
Time: 9.00-10.30 CEST (Amsterdam) | 14.00-15.30 GMT+7 (Bangkok)
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