About the event
This year, the Union World Conference 2024 will take place between the 12 and 16 of November in Indonesia, one of the 30 high TB burden countries, as reported by World Health Organization (WHO).
KNCV at the Union Conference 2024 will provide various oral abstracts, symposia, e-posters and satellite sessions throughout the week, and will also be present with a booth where you can get acquainted and ask questions about all things KNCV, the work we do and meet KNCV experts at designated timeslots.
On this page you can read what contributions we are making not just to the Union Conference 2024 but to the body of evidence, knowledge and practice on TB.
We hope to see you there!
Make sure to visit us on the first floor at the KNCV Booth E3337!
You can download a version of this agenda HERE.
Program: Tuesday, 12 of November
10:30 – 18:00 | Jakarta A
Post-Graduate Course: PGC05 – Updates on the latest TB guidance from the World Health Organization: Translating research evidence into policy and practice to end TB
Agnes Gebhard: Panel Discussion (12:55 – 13:30)
10:30 – 13:30 | Medan
Petra de Haas: Chair
Program: Wednesday, 13 of November
09:20 – 10:50 | Frangipani
Oral Abstract Session: 0A02 – Digital technologies for TB treatment adherence
Iboro Gordon (KNCV Nigeria): Impact of SMS reminders on TB medication adherence: An analysis of adherence levels of people with TB pre and post 99DOTS Pilot Implementation in Nigeria
Norma Madden/Degu Jerene: Intervention fidelity of digital adherence technologies for TB treatment support: A mixed methods process evaluation of pragmatic cluster randomised trials in five countries
9:20 -10:50 | Jakarta A
Oral Abstract Session: Strategies for detecting TB in children
Ogoamaka Chukwuogo (KNCV Nigeria): A country’s drive to improve childhood TB case notification: KNCV Nigeria experience from national childhood TB testing week
Eshetu Abdissa (KNCV Ethiopia): TB case detection in children and adolescents in high-load health facilities in Ethiopia: Lessons from health facility intervention
9:20 – 10:50 | Medan
Short Oral Abstract Session: Active case finding: Experiences from different countries
Patience Opara (KNCV Nigeria): Analysing the impact of active TB screening on health systems enhancement: Insights from KNCV Nigeria’s experience
12:15 – 13:15 | Mangupura
E-poster: Progressing towards TB elimination
Kenneth Ekpen (KNCV Nigeria): Bridging clinical TB diagnosis gaps with XMAP platform and portable digital X-ray machines: The KNCV Nigeria perspective
14:20 – 15:50 | Orchid
Oral Abstract Session: Identifying and managing TB infection
Joeri Buis: TB Vaccine Readiness Repository: An interactive inventory of past, present, and future work to share the state of vaccine readiness
16:10 – 17:40 | Mangupura
Oral Abstract Session: The Union-CDC late-breaker session (treatment and clinical trials)
Veriko Mirtskhulava: Association between daily linezolid dose and BPaL regimen safety in a multi-country operational research study
16:10 – 17:40 | Jakarta B
Symposium: Standards for training content creation
Niesje Jansen (Speaker): Modernized training on HCW in the Netherlands
16:10 – 17:40 | Hibiscus
Short Oral Abstract Session: Mapping TB: Integrating molecular and spatial approaches
Joeri Buis: A geospatial analysis of TPT treatment outcomes among PLHIV in Ethiopia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
18:00 – 19:30 | Frangipani
Satellite Session: The evolution of adherence support through digital tools: Insights on engagement, sustainable integrations, actionable data, and the future with AI
Rachel Powers: Chair
Inez de Kruijf-Carter/Juan Mora Barrios: Chair
Tofik Abdurhman: Engagement with Digital Adherence Technologies: A Multi-Country Analysis for Enhanced Patient Care
Baraka Onjare: Integrating Digital Adherence Technologies into National Programs: Overcoming Barriers and Achieving Sustainability
Norma Madden/Adrian Leung: Data-Driven Care: Unlocking the Power of Digital Adherence
Kristian van Kalmthout: Gamechangers in the provision of TB care: How AI and user-empowering solutions will improve digital treatment support
Program: Thursday, 14 of November
12:15 – 13:15 | Mangupura
E-Posters: TB Elimination through accessibility
Endale Mengesha (KNCV Ethiopia): Improving GeneXpert machines uptime in Ethiopia: Overcoming maintenance hurdles
12:15 – 13:15 | Mangupura
E-Posters: Education and training for optimal TB care and prevention
Iboro Gordon (KNCV Nigeria): Building sustainable competency-based training systems for community health workers: Insights from the TIFA-STOM project
Hauwa Usman Garba (KNCV Nigeria): Innovative cost-effective approaches to TB programme capacity building among healthcare workers in Katsina
12:15 – 13:15 | Mangupura
E-Posters: Improving treatment adherence
Saidat Ibrahim (KNCV Nifgeria): Optimising TPT uptake as a component of contact investigation strategy to mitigate spread of the TB scourge: The KNCV Nigeria TIFA experience
13:20 – 14:20 | Mangupura
Paper Posters: Voices of TB
Ezinne Nwokoro (KNCV Nigeria): Addressing gender disparities in TB diagnosis, treatment, and care: Insights from the KNCV TB LON Project in Nigeria
13:20 – 14:20 | Mangupura
Paper Posters: 3 in 1: TB modeling – VHC – digital health technologies
Demelash Abebe (KNCV Ethiopia): Estimating the impact of multiple external shocks on the incidence and mortality of TB in Ethiopia: Results from modelling exercise
13:20 – 14:20 | Mangupura
Paper Posters: Information system for TB
Bianca Tasca: Trends and patterns in TB research outputs: A bibliometric analysis from 2003 to 2023 in Ethiopia
16:10 – 17:40 | Hibiscus
Oral Abstract Session: Addressing TB myths
Sara Keller/Bianca Tasca: TB-related stigma in Vietnam: Findings from a nationwide baseline assessment
16:10 – 17:40 | Orchid
Short Oral Abstract Session: Motivation through communication
Onyinye Kene-Eneh (KNCV Nigeria): The role of Pidgin English in TB awareness creation: A study of KNCV Nigeria’s online radio program, THE TB TORI
Onyinye Kene-Eneh (KNCV Nigeria): Addressing TB myths through social media campaigns: Lessons from KNCV Nigeria LinkedIn page
18:00 – 19:30 | Frangipani
Side Meeting: NAPs sub section
Niesje Jansen: Welcome and introduction
Program: Friday, 15 of November
9:20 – 10:50 | Hibiscus
Oral Abstract Session: Approaches for identifying TB in children
Adrian Leung: TB detection in children using the simple one-step stool processing method in three remote zones in Ethiopia
16:10 – 17:40 | Nusantara 2
Oral Abstract Session: CAD AI in finding the missing people with TB
Mustapha Gidado: Chair
Ogoamaka Chukwuogo (KNCV Nigeria): Finding the unidentified people with TB in Nigeria: Lessons from KNCV Nigeria TB LON Project multi-pronged intervention approach
Eze Chukwu (KNCV Nigeria): Use of second-party information for tracking a person with TB to reduce loss to follow-up amidst insecurity in Guma LGA Benue state
Program: Saturday, 16 of November
8:15 – 9:15 | Mangupura
Paper Posters: Reaching people with TB
Israel Chukwunenye (KNCV Nigeria): WOK intervention to end TB in hard-to-reach areas: The KNCV Imo State experience
9:00 – 10:00 | Singaraja
Community Connect: Experience of CSOs in Moldova, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in supporting the introduction and roll-out of video-supported treatment (VST)
Inez de Kruijf-Carter: Chair
Exhibitions, films and documentaries
Thursday 14 of November
12:30 – 13:30 | Auditorium
Community Connect: Films and documentaries
DR-TB Treatment: Fast Track the Cure by Yayasan KNCV Indonesia (12:58 – 13:03)
A New Hope: A Teacher’s Story by Yayasan KNCV Indonesia (13:03 – 13:10)
17:45 – 18:00 | Exhibition Gallery Second Floor
“jingle dance” by Yayasan KNCV Indonesia
Paulina Siniatkina intervention – KNCV TB ambassador
Non-Violent Kitchen Table | Discussion Room at Community Connect space
13th, 14th and 15th of November with time slots available at 12:30, 13:00 and 13:30.
Sign up HERE
Meet the KNCV Experts
Find our experts at the booth E3337
