SLAMTB se Integra

“A look at antimicrobial resistance in Tuberculosis”

SLAMTB is pleased to invite you to the Symposium
“A look at antimicrobial resistance in Tuberculosis”
in the 2024 Cycle of SLAMTB se Integra for World Tuberculosis Day

Program
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
12 h URU/ARG/BRA/CHL; 10 h COL/ECU/PAN/PER; 9 h MEX/USA
Link to the meeting: meet.google.com/sxt-uzcd-dzc

12:00 – 12:15h Welcome. Presentation Com. SLAMTB Directive, Academic and Communication
2024-2025.
Dr. Andrea Villarino - UdelaR – Uruguay
Moderator: Andrés Arias Sierra (Colombia)
12:15 – 12:30h Situation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance in the Americas
Dr. Ernesto Montoro - Laboratory Integration Advisor. HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis
and Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, PAHO.
12:35 – 12:50h Management of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the laboratory network of Peru
Dr. Zully Puyen Guerra - National Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteria, National
Institute of Health, Lima, Peru.
Moderator: Dr. Amador Goodridge (Panama)
12:55 – 13:10h Implementation of new tuberculosis diagnostic methods in Chile.
Dr. Fabiola Arias - Head of the Mycobacteria Laboratory of the Supranational
Laboratories of Chile.
13:15 – 13:30hs Using Genomics to Guide Resistant Tuberculosis Control
Dr. Richard Salvato - Genomic Surveillance Coordinator/Head of the Applied
Genetics Laboratory, Ctro. State Health Surveillance Institute, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

13:35 h – 13:55 h Final Discussion. Question round.

Moderators: Dr. Andrea Villarino (Uruguay) and Dr. Gabriela Gago (Argentina)

The event is free, and a certificate of attendance will be provided.

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