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February/March 2012    Vol. 7, Issue 1

The year is 2001. The place is Alexandria, Virginia. The event is the 19th Annual Meeting of the Southeast TB Controllers. Key TB personnel from across the region assemble to address the Comprehensive Tuberculosis Act of 2001. Little did they realize that the work accomplished during that meeting and continued at the following year's meeting would have significant implications for TB control efforts during the next ten years.

Fast forward ten years - to October, 2011 - and the 29th Annual Meeting of the Southeast TB Controllers. The meeting is once again hosted by the Virginia TB Control Program and TB staff from across the region assemble in Charlottesville with the challenge of reviewing the 2001 Plan and updating it for the next ten years.  
Read more... Then and Now: A Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Control in the Southeast Region

In the United States, the theme for World TB Day this year is "Stop TB in My Lifetime." Resources, including factsheets, a brochure and the poster presented here can be found on the CDC's website.

We lost one of the legendary icons in the TB world when Dr. John Sbarbaro passed away on August 30, 2011. We recognize that we were fortunate to have him as a guest speaker for the SNTC's Grand Rounds on 10/08/2008, one of the last speaking engagements he accepted. His lecture, Non-adherence: Then, Now and Tomorrow, The Case against Complacency, is archived on the SNTC website, https://sntc.medicine.ufl.edu/Webinars.aspx. As a tribute to the work he accomplished, and in his memory, we encourage you to take the time to listen and be inspired by Dr. Sbarbaro's lecture. His thoughtful remarks outline the challenges of medication adherence and the importance of thorough and complete treatment, including DOT, in a time of increasing multi-drug resistant TB.

February 29, 2012