On November 5, Approximately 150 TB medical professionals gathered for two hours to participate in the following educational offering:
COVID/TB: Case Intersection, Outcomes, Impact of COVID on TB, Scott Nabity, MD, CDC Medical Officer, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)Tuberculosis Control Branch (TBCB)
Update on Short Course MDR TB Treatment, Pennan Barry, MD, MPH, Surveillance & Epidemiology Section Chief, CDPH TBCB
San Francisco Department of Public Health Population Health Division, Disease Prevention and Control, Tuberculosis Control Study 31 CA Implementation Process, Janice Louie, MD, Medical Director and Rocio Agraz-Lara, MSN, RN, PHN, Nurse Manager
Report on the U.S. Health Screening of Afghans during Operation Allies Welcome Resettlement and the Potential Impact on Public Health TB Control Programs, Emily Jentes, PhD, MPH, and Kim Skrobarcek, MD, Medical Officers, Medical Assessment and Policy Team (MAP), Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch (IRMH), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)
Participants who preregistered, participate in the full conference session and complete an evaluation within two weeks of this offering will receive 2.0 CEs in January or February from the Current International TB Center (CITC).