[Call to register] Webinar: Does faith help in fighting TB?

[Watch webinar recording] [Listen or download audio podcast] Be welcome to register for this exclusive webinar in lead up to World TB Day 2017 where experts will share experiences on the role of faith in the fight against TB, and explore opportunities of how faith can help to expedite efforts to #endTB by 2030.

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Experts including those from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre in South Africa and International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union) will present and respond to questions live!

DATE: Tuesday, 28th February 2017

TIME: 1:00pm Geneva Time

(check www.timeanddate.com for your local time)

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Panel of experts

[Watch 4:50 - 17:30 of webinar recording] Jody Boffa, community-based researcher and epidemiologist at the Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa and Vanier Doctoral Research Scholar at the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

[Watch 17:30 - 37:05 of webinar recording] Rev. Nicholas Busani Bhengu presides over the Uniting Presbyterian Church in the Caluza community of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; is a member of a community research advisory team for a project on the uptake and effectiveness of isoniazid preventive therapy in a region of high TB-HIV co-infection

[Watch 37:05 - 52:50 of webinar recording] [Presentation] Subrat Mohanty, Coordinator, Project Axshya, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)

[Watch 52:50 - 59:00 of webinar recording] [Listen to her podcast/ presentation] Catherine Mwauyakufa, community voice on role of faith in HIV care and CNS Correspondent, Zimbabwe

(Moderator) Ashok Ramsarup, former Senior Producer, SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation), Durban, South Africa

(Co-Moderator) Shobha Shukla, Managing Editor, CNS (Citizen News Service)

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