Programme: Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020
Online/virtual, E-posters, all day
KNCV presenter: Puck Pelzer: Does BCG vaccination protect against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Vietnamese schoolchildren?
10:00 – 11:00: Person-centred care: the advantages and challenges
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speakers:
- Puck Pelzer: Using patient pathway analysis in Rwanda: methods, problems and the importance of data and sensitivity analysis
- Jason Alacapa: The accuracy of 99DOTS digital adherence technology
10:00 – 11:00: TB: data matters
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speakers:
- Mustapha Gidado: Assessment of TB underreporting by level of reporting system in Lagos, Nigeria
- Mamman Bajehson: Strengthening hospital DOTS linkage using ad hoc staff to find missing TB cases
10:00 – 11:00: Overcoming barriers in the contact cascade of care
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speakers:
- Sani Useni: A missed opportunity: active contact investigation of diagnosed TB patients in Nigeria
- Chidubem Ogbudebe: Effectiveness of contact tracing intervention for improving TB case detection in Nigeria
10:00 – 11:00: Improved acceptability of TB regimens needed
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speaker:
- Sani Useni: From pilot to nationwide scale-up of shorter treatment regimen for drug-resistant TB treatment: lessons from Nigeria
Online/virtual, Channel 4
KNCV speaker:
- Emmy van der Grinten: Introduction to the people-centred framework for TB planning and programming
KNCV moderator: Kathy Fiekert
15:00 – 16:20: Different approaches to improve treatment and care
Online/virtual, Channel 2
KNCV speaker:
- Eunice Moturi: The potential of mHealth to improve TB awareness and case detection in Tanzania
KNCV moderator: Kathy Fiekert
16.30 – 17.50: What patient-centred care really means
Online/virtual, Channel 1
KNCV moderator: Niesje Jansen
Programme: Thursday, 22 Oct 2020
Online/virtual, E-posters, all day
KNCV presenter: Puck Pelzer: Does BCG vaccination protect against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Vietnamese schoolchildren?
10:00 – 11:00: HIV and diabetes comorbidities
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speaker:
- Chukwuemeka Austin Ihesie: Impact of universal TB screening (TB-Surge) on HIV case finding in selected facilities. Lessons from the TB-Surge intervention in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
10:00 – 11:00: Quality and modelling of TB
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speakers:
- Nkiru Nwokoye: Lateral flow lipoarabinomannan test for diagnosis of TB among people living with HIV in selected health facilities in Nigeria: hype or hope?
- Sani Useni: Access to quality TB diagnostic services in Nigeria: the role of specimen transport systems
- Mustapha Tukur: A quarterly trend analysis of the contribution of the Wellness on Wheels intervention to TB case finding in Kano State, Nigeria
10:00 – 11:00: Scaling up TB preventive therapy: it is about time!
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speaker:
- Abdulsemed Umar: Good proportion of household contact children under 5 years were TB screened but not getting preventive therapy in two regions of Ethiopia
11:00 – 12:20: Partnerships for integrating services
Online/virtual, Channel 3
KNCV speaker:
- Ogoamaka Chukwuogo: Provider-initiated active TB case finding in high volume, healthcare facilities
12:30 – 13:50: Xpert in low- and middle-income countries: ensuring quality and quantity
Online/virtual, Channel 6
KNCV speaker:
- Ogoamaka Chukwuogo: Overcoming barriers to GeneXpert optimisation in Nigeria
12:30 – 13:50: COVID-19: the great disrupter
Online/virtual, Channel 4
KNCV speaker:
- Bethrand Odume: The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on active TB case finding interventions in Nigeria: the KNCV TB Foundation Nigeria experience
- Chukwuebuka Ugwu: Willingness to test for TB among symptomatic community members in an era of COVID-19: findings from an exploratory mixed methods study from Anambra State, Nigeria
15:00 – 16:20: Improving access to laboratory-based diagnosis for young children: recent advances using stool and urine as alternative sample types
Online/virtual, Channel 4
KNCV speaker:
- Edine Tiemersma: Update on simple one step stool testing method and practical guidance on the best placement of this test in the diagnostic algorithm
KNCV Moderator: Petra de Haas
16:30 – 17:50: Leveraging a multiplex platform for TB, HIV and coronavirus for diagnostic testing and clinical monitoring: country experiences
Online/virtual, Channel 6
KNCV speaker:
- Prisca Ajiboye: Authorized service provision for GeneXpert through KNCV in Nigeria: shifting GeneXpert network from a TB diagnostic network to a multiplexed network with sufficient capacity
KNCV collaboration:
- Siti Nadia: Optimization of the GeneXpert network to leverage COVID-19 testing in Indonesia
KNCV Moderator: Jerod Scholten
Programme: Friday, 23 Oct 2020
Online/virtual, E-posters, all day
KNCV presenter: Puck Pelzer: Does BCG vaccination protect against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Vietnamese schoolchildren?
10:00 – 11:00: Improving knowledge: the benefits for person-centred TB care
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speaker:
- Chidubem Ogbudebe: Engaging first line care providers for screening and referral of presumptive TB patients in Nigeria: results of a targeted approach
10:00 – 11:00: Innovative strategies to find the missing cases
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speaker:
- Igbaji Basil Uguge: Patent and propriety medicine vendor-led community engagement: an innovative approach to finding missing TB cases in rural communities in Boki local government, Nigeria
12:30 – 13:50: The social impact of TB in Europe
Online/virtual, Channel 6
KNCV speaker:
- Ineke Spruijt: Tuberculosis Source Investigation in the Netherlands – is it Effective?
15.00 – 16.20: TB educational material discussion session
Online/virtual, Symposium, Channel 1
KNCV moderator: Niesje Jansen
Programme: Saturday, 24 Oct 2020
Online/virtual, E-posters, all day
KNCV presenter: Puck Pelzer: Does BCG vaccination protect against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Vietnamese schoolchildren?
10:00 – 11:00: Quality improvement of the TB cascade of care
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speakers:
- Ifiok Ekanim: Evaluation of TB active case finding cascade: results from a TB surge intervention in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
- Ogoamaka Chukwuogo: Cascade analysis for active TB case finding intervention in Nigeria
- Daniel Egbule: Impact of TB cascade loss in a facility-based, intensified TB case finding intervention in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
- Mustapha Gidado: A country tailored package approach to TB case finding: Challenge TB project experience across 23 countries
- Chidubem Ogbudebe: Finding additional TB cases through symptom screening for diagnosis in high burden setting: cough of two weeks is not enough
10:00 – 11:00: From bench to the bedside
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speaker:
- Nkiru Nwokoye: Impact of the human resource support scheme and sample transportation system on GeneXpert services in selected states in Nigeria: the KNCV/Challenge TB experience
10:00 – 11:00: Where are the undiagnosed TB cases?
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speaker:
- Chidubem Ogbudebe: Active TB case finding targeted at high burden health facilities in Nigeria: results from a pilot intervention
10:00 – 11:00: Allied against TB: new and old partners
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speakers:
- Chidubem Ogbudebe: TB case yield of at-risk groups using modified screening algorithm in Nigeria secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities
- Igbaji Basil Uguge: Periodic performance review with patent medicine vendors: a fulcrum for improving TB case detection in the community – a case study of Nasarawa state, Nigeria
10:00 – 11:00: Molecular testing for TB infection and drug resistance
Online/virtual, E-posters
KNCV speaker:
- Sani Useni: Did expansion of GeneXpert machines find missing TB patients? Experience from Nigeria
12:30 – 13:50 The role of pharmacies in the TB cascade of care
Online/virtual, Channel 1
KNCV speaker:
- Maxwell Onuoha: The impact of patent medicine vendors in increasing TB case detection among hard-to-reach dwellers in selected districts in Nasarawa State, Nigeria