DUSHANBE, 01.05.2023 (NIAT Khovar) – Scientific and practical X Regional symposium on the treatment of tuberculosis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia entiled “Scientific breakthrough: The solution to the problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis in our hands” will be held from May 3 through May 4 in Dushanbe.

The international event is organized by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of Tajikistan, the Republican Center for the Protection of the Population from Tuberculosis and the international medical and humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.

In recent years, there has been a real breakthrough in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis. New pharmaceutical preparations have been created, shorter treatment protocols have been developed that do not include injections, which greatly simplifies practical application.

The main goal of the symposium is to discuss the implementation of this protocol and international practices in this direction.

This year the jubilee, 10th regional symposium is being held.

The forum is expected to bring together leading experts in the field of diagnosis, treatment, prevention of tuberculosis from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, India and Libya.

Previously, such symposia were held in Tashkent (2011 and 2019), Bishkek (2012 and 2018), Yerevan (2015), Tbilisi (2016), Minsk (2017) and Kiev (2020). Earlier Dushanbe hosted the symposium in 2013.