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URC experts in TB from Uganda and the Philippines are pleased to share their experience and knowledge at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2022, taking place virtually from November 8-11.

Following the conference theme of “Combating Pandemics – Today & Tomorrow,” our program implementers and researchers will discuss timely topics.

Join the conference conversation on social media by using the hashtag: #URCUnionConf

Oral Presentations

Edgardo Gonzaga
Municipal Health Officer (Cainta, Rizal Province), USAID TB Platforms

Improving TB Detection through TB Screening using Ultra-Portable Chest X-ray with Artificial Intelligence in the Municipality of Cainta, Rizal Province, Philippines

Tuesday, November 8, 11:53am–12:01pm (UTC+2)

Session OA-01 Digital Innovations to Improve TB Control

Nicholas Kirirabwa
former Program Performance Management Specialist, USAID Defeat TB

Resilient Community Structures: A Key Gateway to Improved TB Treatment Success Rate, Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, November 8, 12:01–12:09pm (UTC+2)

Session OA02-215-08 Strengthening National and Global Policies: Lessons Learnt

Rhodora Cruz
Field Operations Manager, USAID TB Platforms

The MOVE IT Model: Increasing Access to TB Diagnostics for Private Sector Patients in Tarlac City, Philippines

Tuesday, November 8, 12:59–13:07pm (UTC+2)

Session OA-05: Improvements in Access to Care

Herbert Kisamba
former Technical Advisor for Urban TB & CSO Program, USAID Defeat TB

Tuberculosis Yield among Contacts of non-Pulmonary Bacteriologically Confirmed Index TB Patients in the Urban Setting of Central Uganda

Tuesday, November 8, 3:33–3:40pm (UTC+2)

Session OA06-243-08: How Could We Improve Contact Investigation?

Mark Darren F. Cacanindin
Health Systems Strengthening Sustainable Financing Coordinator, USAID TB Platforms

The “Tibay ng Dibdib” Strategy: an Intersectoral Dialogue to Engage and Empower Local Leaders in Achieving TB Elimination in Tarlac, Philippines

Friday, November 11, 11:45–11:53am (UTC+2)

Session OA-02: Strengthening National and Global Policies: Lessons Learnt

Kenneth Mutesasira
former Senior Technical Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

Tuberculosis Yield from Targeted Community-Based Active TB Case Finding Activities; Implications for Programming to End TB in Uganda

Friday, November 11, 11:53am–12:01pm (UTC+2)

Session OA28-407-11 Find and Treat: the Hurdles and How to Overcome

Nicholas Kirirabwa
former Program Performance Management Specialist, USAID Defeat TB

The Impact of Civil Society Organizations in Finding Missed Persons with TB Disease Among Urban Populations: Experience from Central Uganda

Friday, November 11, 3:29–3:37pm (UTC+2)

Session OA31-427-11 Community-Centered, Rights-Based, and Gender-Responsive TB Care

E-Posters

Michael Abwot
former Quality Improvement Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

Improving Sputum Follow-Up and TB Cure Rate Using Quality Improvement Approaches: Lessons from Namutumba HCIII in Namutumba District

EP-15-743 (available November 8)

Christine Joy Candari
Monitoring and Learning Officer, USAID TB Platforms

Assessment of Tuberculosis Awareness and Perceptions among Four Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Communities in the Philippines

EP-31 Not One Size Fits All! (available November 8)

Enock Kizito
former MDR TB Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

Implementation of Active Drug Safety and Monitoring (aDSM) in the Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT): Early Learning from Uganda

EP-14-737 (available November 8)

Kenneth Mutesasira
former Senior Technical Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

Addressing Loss to Follow Up and Mortality among Patients Receiving Treatment for Drug-Resistant TB; Lessons from Uganda

EP-14-740 (available November 8)

Kenneth Mutesasira
former Senior Technical Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

From a TB Patient to a ‘TB Warrior’: A Case Study from Kampala, Uganda

EP-27-865 (available November 8)

Kenneth Mutesasira
former Senior Technical Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

Using the Continuous Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach to Address the Low Tuberculosis Treatment Success Rate: Lessons from Uganda

EP-01-609 (available November 8)

Hellen Namwanje
former Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

Effect of Continuous Mentorship at TB Diagnostic and Treatment Units in the National HMIS Reporting System in Kampala, Wakiso, and Mukono Districts

EP-19-790 (available November 8)

Hellen Namwanje
former Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

Electronic Case-Based Surveillance System (Drug-Resistant TB Program): Improving Drug-Resistant TB Reporting Rates in Uganda

EP-23-827 (available November 8)

Hellen Namwanje
former Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

Improving the Quality of Data on MDR-TB – Role of Data Quality Mentorship at MDR Sites in Uganda

EP-24-835 (available November 8)

John Paul Otuba
former MDR TB Advisor, USAID Defeat TB

Treatment Outcomes among Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Treated with All-Oral Regimens in Uganda. A Retrospective Cohort Review

EP-14-736 (available November 8)

Kristian Paul Soliven
Community Mobilization Coordinator, USAID TB Platforms

Increasing Child TB Patient Finding during the COVID-19 Pandemic through a Story-Based Social and Behavior Change Campaign in Bataan, Philippines

EP-28 Key Affected Populations and Person-Centered Care (available November 8)