Cooperation on TB Prevention and Treatment Discussed in Minsk

A meeting of the CIS Working Group on Tuberculosis under the CIS Coordination Board on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria took place in Minsk. Experts discussed approaches to the organization of the CIS anti-tuberculosis services, equipping institutions with modern radiological and laboratory equipment, providing patients with TB drugs and social support.

The event brought together the representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the CIS Executive Committee. Executive Secretary of the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Public Health, Secretary of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Social Policy and Human Rights Evgenia Vladimirova took part in the meeting.