Tuberculosis Control
in the Caucasus: Former Soviet Union Experience and Realities
Presented by the Albert Schweitzer Institute
for the Humanities
In Collaboration with the Open Society Georgia
Foundation
Gudauri, Georgia: July 14-16, 1999
July 14
9AM Welcome
Open Society Georgia Foundation Representative
9:15 The Legacy of Albert Schweitzer
Melanie DeSilva, Program Coordinator, Health Care Development, Albert Schweitzer
Institute for the Humanities, USA
9:30 Tuberculosis as a Global Hazard
Lee B. Reichman, MD, MPH, Executive Director,
New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center, USA
10:00 Tuberculosis in Georgia
George N. Khechinashvili, MD, PhD, Coordinator,
National Tuberculosis Program, Republic of Georgia
10:30 Tuberculosis in Azerbaijan
Manaf Novrusov, MD, Chief Pulmonologist,
Ministry of Health; Deputy Director, Institute of Pulmonology, Azerbaijan
11:00 Break
11:15 Tuberculosis in Armenia
Marina Safaryan, MD, Professor,
Chief Phthysiatrist, Armenia
11:45 The World Health Organization (WHO)
and the National Tuberculosis Programs
Lucica Ditiu, MD, Supervisor, National
TB Program, National Institute of Pneumophthisiology, Bucharest, Romania
12:15 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Tuberculosis Laboratory Diagnostics
Max Salfinger, MD, Director, Clinical
Mycobacteriology Laboratory, New York State Department of Health, USA
2:15 Application of Laboratory Diagnostics
to National Tuberculosis Programs
Jaap Veen, MD, PhD, Senior Consultant,
Tuberculosis, Royal Netherlands Tuberculosis Association (KNCV)
3:00 Break
3:15 Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis
Among Persons Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Naomi Bock, MD, Medical Epidemiologist
and Clinical Consultant, Georgia Tuberculosis Program, USA; Assistant Professor
of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
4:00-4:45 Panel Discussion: Detection, Diagnosis,
and Tracking in the Caucasus
Georgia: George N. Knechinashvili,
MD
Azerbaijan: Farman Abdullayev,
MD, Director, Institute of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis; Chair, Tuberculosis,
Medical University; Representative, World Health Organization
Armenia: Marina Safaryan, MD
4:45 Discussion
July 15
9:00 Tuberculosis in Children and the Contact
Investigation
Michael E. Kimerling, MD, MPH, Assistant
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and International Health, University
of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
9:45 The Role of the Tuberculosis Nurse
Evelyn Lancaster, BSN, PHN, CNE, Nurse
Consultant/Educator; Past President, National Tuberculosis Nurse Consultant
Coalition, USA
10:30 Break
10:45 The Emergence of Multi-Drug Resistance
and the Need for New Approaches
Max Salfinger, MD
11:30 Discussion
11:45 Lunch
12:45 Treatment of Sensitive and Multiple
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Lee B. Reichman, MD
1:30 Tuberculosis Among Refugees and
Internally Displaced People
Shalva R. Gamtsemlidze, PhD, Office
Manager, GTZ Medical Programs
Maia G. Kavtaradze, MD, Public Relations
Coordinator, GTZ Medical Programs, Republic of Georgia
2:15 Discussion
2:30 Break
2:45 The Role of NGOs in Tuberculosis Control
Jaap Veen, MD, PhD
3:30 Tuberculosis Program Integration into
the Health Care System
Naomi Bock, MD
4:15 Discussion
July 16
9:00 Tuberculosis in Prisons: A Hidden Epidemic
Michael E. Kimerling, MD, MPH
9:45 Management of Tuberculosis in Prisons
in Georgia
Luc Frejacques, MD, Medical Coordinator
for the South Caucasus, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
10:15 Discussion
10:30 Break
10:45 Management of Tuberculosis in Prisons
in Azerbaijan
Fizuli Jafarov, MD, PhD, Head
Doctor, TB Hospital, Ministry of Health, Azerbaijan
11:15 Management of Tuberculosis in
Prisons in Armenia
Emanuel Martirosyan, MD, Head, Tuberculosis
Department, Central Hospital of Penitentiaries, Ministry of Internal Affairs,
Armenia
11:45 Discussion
12:15 Lunch
1:15 Management of Tuberculosis in US Prisons
Evelyn Lancaster, BSN, PHN, CNE
2:00 The Prison System and Human Rights
J. P. Restellini, MD, LLB, Medical
Expert for the Council of Europe
2:45 Faculty Panel: Critical Next Steps for
Tuberculosis Control in the Caucasus
4:00 Closing Ceremony