Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring report - ECDC
# 7019
I’ve mentioned a couple of times this week that next Sunday is World TB Day (see WHO/ECDC: 1 In 5 TB Patients With Extrapulmonary TB & Dr. Chan: Sitting On MDR-TB `Powder Keg’).
Tomorrow – March 22nd, 2013 - the ECDC will use Twitter to get the word out via a #TBChat they will hold between 10.00–11.00 UTC/GMT (11:00–12:00 CET).
Note: 07:00-08:00 EDT in the U.S.
For those who would like to join in, I’ve included the details from today’s ECDC announcement.
#TBchat: Join us live on Twitter
21 Mar 2013
ECDC
Experts from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and WHO/Europe will answer questions on tuberculosis (TB) during a live Twitter chat on Friday, 22 March 2013, 10.00–11.00 UTC/GMT (11:00–12:00 CET). The chat, using the hashtag #TBchat, is part of ECDC’s activities for World TB Day, marked annually on 24 March.
Topics
• Latest findings from the Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring in Europe 2013 report
• Extrapulmonary TB
• Multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB)
• Research to find and develop new testing methods, TB drugs and vaccinesHow to send questions to #TBchat
Send your questions as tweets to @ECDC_EU or @WHO_Europe using the hashtag #TBchat. If you are unable to join the live chat, leave your questions on the ECDC Facebook page.
After the chat, a summary of the discussion will be available on Storify.
