8th webinar of the Virtual Medical Consilium (VMC) on tuberculosis, held on July 23, 2021

Webinar agenda:

- Greetings. Dr. Askar Yedilbayev and Mr. Oleksandr Korotych, Tuberculosis Control Team, Joint Infectious Disease Control Programme, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.

- Alcohol dependence in the WHO European Region - current challenges and ways to improve the health system response. Dr Maria Neufeld, Consultant, Program for the Prevention and Control of Alcohol Dependence and Illicit Drug Use, WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Office), Moscow, Russian Federation.

- Interaction of alcohol with anti-tuberculosis drugs. Ms. Svetlana Setkina, WHO consultant on aDSM.

- A patient-centered approach to support for TB patients with an alcohol-related disorder. Dr Ekaterine Garsevanidze, Project Medical Officer, Médecins Sans Frontières, TB Project in Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.

Video record of this webinar is available on Russian only