Akshay Bharat | Diagnosis and management of TB & DR TB | Online

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Online

English

Mar 11, 2023 to Mar 10, 2034

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(16 Reviews)

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Akshay Bharat | TB Free India | Cepheid

India

Dr. Radha Munje

Professor and Head,...

Dr. Vikas Oswal

Chest Consultant Nat...

Dr. Bornali Datta

Director Respiratory...

Dr. Ameeta Joshi

Vice Dean (UG), Gran...

Dr. Niranjan Patil

M.B.B.S , MD (Microb...

DR. Rohini Kelkar

MD., DPB.

Mr. Dhiraj Sood

Cepheid, General Man...

Module 1: Introduction: Dr Shubhi from Medical Learning Hub welcomed all the participants, speakers and panelists explaining the flow of event. First poll was raised for the online participants.

Module 2: Message from Cepheid leadership team: Mr Dheeraj Sood, General Manager, South Asia; Cephied enlightened the participants regarding Akshay Bharat, he believed that DR TB should be made aware and cepheid believes to be a strong partner to deliver care to the patients.

Module 3: Message from Metropolis leadership team: Dr Kirti Chaddha, Chief Scientific Officer, Metropolis Healthcare Limited enlightened the attendees regarding TB Viram app that improves the patient care by a tested algorithm and its benefits with diagnosis, treatment and management of TB patient.

Module 4: Past present & future of TB diagnosis: Dr Niranjan Patil discussed about the future and the innovations about TB diagnosis. Key points of his discussion were:

Current TB scenarios
Management of DS TB
Direct and indirect methods of TB diagnosis
Traditional culture
Drug susceptibility testing ( DST)
Real time DNA PCR
Line probe assay
Xpert MTB/Rif Ultra
Utility of Xpert MTB/ XDR
Gene Library
Current use of sequencing in TB
Whole genome sequencing

Module 5: New Horizon in drug resistance TB diagnosis: Dr Bornali Datta discussed about the new innovations for diagnosis and management of DR TB. Key points of discussion were

Point of Care Diagnosis
Utility in Current TB Testing Algorithm- India
Diagnostics for One of the Oldest Scourges of Humankind
Need of Ultra
Xpert® MTB/XDR* Resistance Detection
Prototype Xpert® MTB/XDR*
Use of Xpert ® MTB/XDR test and 10-color instruments
Patient Pathway for Drug Resistance TB in India

Module 6: Panel Discussion: Management of DRTB -- The way forward, further panel discussion was carried out with eminent panelists like Dr Varsha Puri, Dr Radha Munjhe, Dr Vikas Oswal, Dr Camilla Rodrigues, Dr Niranjan Patil and Dr Rohini Kelkar. It was moderated by Dr Bournali Dutta, Some of the questions were:

Overall management of DRTB patients, and their mitigation
Once the patient is diagnosed as positive for MTB on CBNAAT, what is the ideal course of action to be adopted towards better patient management ?
How test and treat model on the same day(in 3 hours) can help combat complicated TB infections?
What is your view on decentralizing the DRTB management?

Module 7: Vote of Thanks: Mr Colin Rua from Cepheid delivered vote of thanks, thanking all the participating organizations, attendees, speakers and panellist.

We wish you a great learning experience!

Introduction (5 Min)
Message from Cepheid leadership team (5 Min)- Mr Dhiraj Sood
Lamp lighting for TB eradication (10 Min)

Session 1: Past present & future of TB diagnosis: Dr Niranjan Patil (20 Min)
Session 2: New Horizon in drug resistance TB diagnosis: Dr Bornali Datta(20 Min)
Panel Discussion: Management of DRTB -- The way forward (40 Min)

Dr Varsha Puri
Dr Radha Munjhe
Dr Vikas Oswal
Dr Camilla Rodrigues
Dr Ameeta Joshi
Dr Rohini Kelkar

Moderator: Dr Bornali Datta
Vote of thanks (5 Min)

Reviews

Bishal Gupta

14th-Jul-2023

Anitha Noronha

16th-Apr-2023

Very interesting topics

Dr M.nasim Javed

15th-Apr-2023

Excellent

Dr. Sharan Badiger

02nd-Apr-2023

Interesting and implementable

Dr Prof Jaeeta Acharjee

22nd-Mar-2023

Fabulous

Dr Viraj Sadrani

19th-Mar-2023

Very informative

Dr Jamil Merali

19th-Mar-2023

It was awesome n very educative for me as am based in Tanzania. Pls keep it up. Excellent presentations from all the speakers

Shivaji Jadhav

19th-Mar-2023

Diptendu Chatterjee

18th-Mar-2023

For Better knowledge

Jyoti Gavli

13th-Mar-2023

Imsensenba Longkumer

13th-Mar-2023

Great insight, worth watching the webinar

Lakshmi Prasad

13th-Mar-2023

I was trying to log in the course multiple times and could not on attend the session on 11/03/2023. Had a bitter experience and was disappointed

Vinothini Murugesan

13th-Mar-2023

Ur site is issue... Tried to log in... Unable to

Satvik Patel

12th-Mar-2023

This programme was more of a Diagnostic Approach than a management perspective. Would have been a great if some light would have thrown on Management part by Treating Physicians and Pulmonologist on some critical, challenging cases with treatment Protocols and Algorithms

Palash Ghosh

11th-Mar-2023

Rajan Pathak

11th-Mar-2023

Online

English

Mar 11, 2023 to Mar 10, 2034

Certificate

(16 Reviews)

Free