Module 1- Welcome note: Dr Shubhi from Medical Learning Hub welcomed the participants and the speakers Dr SK Sinha and Dr Shreeja Nair describing the general instructions and the first poll was raised.
Module 2- Recent Advances in Treatment & Management of Latent Tb infection: Dr Shreeja Nair Associate professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, MGM Medical College and Hospital Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, discussed about recent advances in the treatment of latent TB infection, key points of discussion were:
- What is Latent TB?
- Exposure to TB infection
- Early diagnosis
- Guidelines of programmatic Management
- 4 pillars of NSP
- Cascade of Care approach
- Tuberculin Skin test
- IGRA
- Dosage of drugs
Module 3- Recent advances in treatment& Management of DR TB: Dr Sanjay Kumar Sinha; Retd. Medical Consultant State HQ WHO National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), Rajasthan discussed about the recent advances in the treatment of DRTB. Key points of discussion were:
- Preventive treatment in DR TB contacts
- Integrated algo for screening TB
- Salient features of integrated Algo
- TPT regimen
- Follow up monitoring
- TPT adherence plan
- Criteria of completion of dosage
- Treatment outcome
Module 4- Q&A sessions: Several questions were asked during the session which were all answered by the speakers, Dr Sinha and Dr Shreeja
Module 5- Vote of thanks- After Q&A session vote of thanks was shared by Dr Shubhi from Medical learning Hub and second poll was raised.
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Welcome note
Speaker 1: Recent Advances in Treatment & Management of Latent Tb infection: Dr Shreeja Nair Associate professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, MGM Medical College and Hospital Kamothe, Navi Mumbai
Speaker 2: Recent advances in treatment& Mgmt of DR TB: Dr Sanjay Kumar Sinha; Retd. Medical Consultant State HQ WHO National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), Rajasthan
Question and Answer
Vote of Thanks