Annual TB Conference – The Union NAR
The Union-North America Region (NAR) is the regional arm of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), a global public health organization with the vision to provide health solutions to the poor. BC Lung is an organizational member of The Union and acts as the Secretariat, organizing and hosting The Union-NAR's annual conference in consultation with the Executive Committee.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Curry International Tuberculosis Center and The Union North America Region. Curry International Tuberculosis Center is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This educational conference is approved for 18.0 continuing education hours.
The Curry International Tuberculosis Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is approved as a provider of continuing education by the California State Board of Registered Nurses, Provider Number CEP 12308. This educational activity is approved for 18.0 continuing education hours. Board requirements prevent us from offering CE credit to people who arrive more than 15 minutes after the start of the educational conference or leave the educational conference early. Therefore, partial credit will not be awarded.
Annual TB Conference 2025
February 26 to March 1, 2025 | Vancouver ,BC
The volunteer conference planning committee enthusiastically picked a list of topics and assembled an exciting list of speakers. Dr. Bob Horsburgh spoke about “The Riddle of TB Drug Resistance” for The George Comstock Lecture. The Beyond TB Lecture was be given by Dr. Denis Nash about the effects of climate change on HIV care, an emerging area of research in infectious diseases. There was a continued focus on creating more opportunities for the participation of TB survivors and early career researchers and colleagues in our conference. The pre-conference activities included a workshop for TB survivors and a post-graduate course on the application of next-generation sequencing for the clinical and public health management of TB.
Annual TB Conference 2024
April 16-19, 2024 | Baltimore, MD
This year’s conference explored recent global and local epidemiology, efforts to prevent, and ultimately eliminate TB, advances in diagnostics and treatment regimens, proposed changes to the way we approach isolation practices, and – after treatment has concluded, the longer-term implications of tuberculosis which we are beginning to better understand.
The conference reconfirms the important contributions made by all professional sectors working in tuberculosis and the essential partnership of TB patients, their families, and survivors with public health programs, academic research settings, and treatment settings.
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NAR Charter
This charter governs the North America Region (NAR) established by the General Assembly of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).