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Joint ECDC/WHO Surveillance Network for Tuberculosis meetingArchived

Event
11 Jun 2012 - 13 Jun 2012
Stockholm
ECDC

The focus of the 2012 TB surveillance network meeting was the performance indicators of TB programmes and on enhancement and harmonisation of treatment outcome monitoring (TOM) of MDR-TB.

ECDC and the WHO Regional Office for Europe jointly coordinate TB surveillance in the European Region. Both organizations have agreed to share the data submitted by the 53 Member States and all tasks related to surveillance and monitoring of tuberculosis.

Fifth meeting of the coordination group - 11 June

The goal of the meeting was to share the experience on 2 years ECDC/WHO Joint TB Surveillance coordination and to clear the future perspectives of the network.

Annual meeting - 12-13 June

This year the event focused on quality and comprehensiveness of treatment outcome reporting and assessment the activities towards elimination of TB in the EU.

 

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European Tuberculosis Surveillance Network

 

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