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International Consultative Workshop:
An emergency public health response to the combined DR-TB and HIV/AIDS crisis in the southern African Region

Participants to the International Consultative Workshop on "An emergency response to the combined DR-TB and HIV-AIDS crisis in the southern African region", which was open by Benedict Xaba, Minister of Health, Kingdom of Swaziland (sitting 5th from left), on October 28th, 2009

From October 28th to 30th, 2009, the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Swaziland and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will bring together international and local experts in a consultative workshop. They will discuss the public health response to the combined drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) and HIV/AIDS crisis in the southern African Region, with the aim of finding practical solutions for high HIV/TB prevalence countries in the region. Read more...

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Workshop program

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