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TB Notes NewsletterReturn to Main Menu - TB Notes 3, 2007No. 3, 2007HIGHLIGHTS FROM STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMSGeorgia Statewide TB TrainingGeorgia held its Statewide TB Training in April 2007 at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center outside of Atlanta. Borrowing the theme from World TB Day 2007, “TB Anywhere Is TB Everywhere,” the training concentrated on new guidelines published since 2005. Close to 200 people registered for this 2-day training. Participants represented a variety of health care settings, including public health, hospitals, correctional facilities, nursing homes, community-based organizations, military and mental health facilities, and schools of medicine and nursing. TB professionals including physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, communicable disease specialists, and others came together to share common experiences and learn new ideas. Beverly DeVoe-Payton, Program Manager of the
State TB Program, introduced Dr. Kenneth Castro from DTBE, who
motivated the audience as he spoke about controlling TB in the
United States, followed by Dr. Susan Ray from Emory University
School of Medicine, who led the participants through the new
infection control guidelines. The Southeastern National TB Center
staff, Ellen Murray, RN, and Denise Dodge, RN, were very informative
as they spoke about contact investigations, case management, and TB
in correctional facilities. A lively discussion and questions
followed the presentation of Dr. Michael Leonard, medical consultant
for the State TB Program, who discussed diagnostics,
treatment, and HIV. Sonia Alvarez-Robinson, from the Georgia
Department of Human Resources (DHR), Division of Public Health, was
described by participants as “energizing and refreshing” as she
discussed public health transformation. Dr. Diana Schneider
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from the
US Public Health Service (USPHS), Division of Immigration Health
Services, gave a very educational presentation on Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, and Carol Pozsik from the
National TB Controllers Association (NTCA) inspired the audience
with her talk on advocacy. One of the highlights of the training was
a surprise appearance by Mr. TB Germ, who delighted the crowd as he
danced among them.