Did you know tuberculosis cases have increased 12 percent in Washington State, that globally 1 in three people are infected with the disease? To find out more about TB, here are two events the Department is promoting:

* Town Hall, March 24, 5:30 - 8 p.m. (Program starts at 6 p.m., free)
Learn from local TB experts about:

- The Local Impact of TB on Families: Past and Present TB Stories, presented by TB Photovoice Project.
-  Better, Faster, Stronger: New Drugs for an Old Disease, presented by Seattle Biomed.
-  On the Road to Elimination: The Role of TB Vaccines, presented by Infectious Disease Research Institute.
-  Primum Non Nocere/First, Do No Harm: Complications and Unintended Consequences in Treating TB, presented by Public Health—Seattle

* Harborview Medical Center R&T Building, Room 109/113, 2-5 p.m. (Refreshments provided)
Evolving concepts of diagnosis and management of latent TB infection
Topics:
- David Horne, MD MPH: ‘You want me to take how many months of medication?’: Advising your patient on individualized benefits of LTBI treatment.
- David Koelle, MD PhD: The best use of QuantiFERON learned from UW laboratory experience.
- Alexandra Molnar, MD: Renewed approaches to address latent TB infection among immigrants and refugees.
- Masa Narita, MD & David Park, MD: Case Presentation and Panel discussion

Sponsored by:
Firland Northwest Tuberculosis Center
Washington State Department of Health
Public Health – Seattle & King County
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Univ. of Washington

For more on the events, go to our events page.