TB Seminar in Helsinki 23-24-11-2017
The seminar was arranged for exchange of information between Finnish and North West Russian tuberculosis specialists as joint activity between Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and Tuberculosis Institute of North West Russia.
Programme (EN)
Programme (RUS)
Presentations
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland
- Role of the Ministry in maintaining the tuberculosis control system in Finland
Anni Virolainen-Julkunen
Ministerial Counsellor
National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL
- TB Control in Finland - the Role of THL
Hanna Soini
Chief Specialist, Infectious Disease Control and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, THL - Laboratory diagnostics of Mycobacteriae in THL
Silja Mentula
Senior Researcher, Expert Microbiology Unit, Department of Health Security, THL
North West Russian case presentations
- Favorable outcome in patient with XDR TB
Irina Chernochaeva
Junior Research Scientist, St. Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology - Individual approach in treatment of MDR pulmonary TB with severe comorbidity
Evgeniya Istomina
Junior Research Scientist, St. Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology - Current TB management in people living with HIV in the North-West Region of Russia
Zinaida Zagdyn
Senior Research Scientist, St. Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology
HUS Infectious disease clinic “Aurora”
- Tuberculosis diagnostics and treatment in Finland – practical views from AURORA
- Clinical Case(s) and management
Pia Kivelä
FILHA, the Finnish Lung Health Association
- Role and functions of the national tuberculosis treatment advisory board
Sirkku Grierson
MSc (MPH), Project manager - Consilium; experience from Finland and other Filha activities
Tuula Vasankari
Specialist of respiratory diseases, Secretary general
Centre for asylum seekers
