The 50th Union World Conference On Lung Health and China Special Meeting of China Anti-tuberculosis Association launched

|ChinaNews|Published:2019-11-11 17:41:16

Recently, the 50th World Lung Health Conference was held in Hyderabad, India. During the conference, a special meeting was hosted with China Anti-tuberculosis Association. 

The 50th Union World Conference On Lung Health was organized by the The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union). It followed the first United Nations high-level meeting on tuberculosis and the third United Nations high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases. 

The theme of the lung health conference is "Ending the Emergency: Science, Leadership, Action".  3,500 public health workers, clinicians, health administrators, policy makers and advocates, researchers, entrepreneurs and students from more than 130 countries around the world attended the meeting. The conference , covered a wide range of areas such as basic research, innovative tools and prevention & control strategies through different forms such as keynote reports, scientific speeches, symposiums, satellite conferences, and exhibitions of enterprises and research institutions.

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Liu Jianjun, chairman of the China Antituberculosis Association, delivered a speech

China Antituberculosis Association has been devoting to reveal the innovative technology and research in the field of tuberculosis with independent intellectual property rights in China to the world. At the 48th conference held in October 2017, under the planning and leadership of Liu Jianjun, chairman of the China Antituberculosis Association, and Cheng Shiming, secretary-general of the association, the first Chinese special exchange meeting was successfully held. On October 31 this year,China Antituberculosis association organized a special conference entitled "accelerating TB eradication strategies: advances in innovative technologies for tuberculosis immunization prevention, testing, artificial intelligence screening and diagnosis in China" at the 50th conference. The meeting was chaired by Matteo Zignol, Director of the Global TB Programme at WHO headquarters, and Wei Xiaolin, Vice President of The Union. 

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Attendees held discussion with the Chinese Antituberculosis Association

During the special meeting, Liu Jianjun pointed out that over the years, the Chinese government has attached great importance to tuberculosis prevention and control, funding input, scientific research, exploring cooperation mechanism between industry, university and research, and promoting innovative means for prevention and control. China Antituberculosis Association hopes to work with global TB prevention and control personnel  for early realization ofthe goal of ending TB. 

At this special meeting, five Chinese innovative enterprises, including Anhui Zhifei  Longcom Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd, were invited to share new progress of tuberculosis research and development. The five reports have attracted great attention from Chinese and foreign scholars and experts. International experts have commented on the report, hoping to actively promote the application of innovative technologies and play a positive role in ending tuberculosis. 

After the meeting, the leaders ofChina Antituberculosis Association and some Chinese and foreign experts posed for a group photo and presented souvenirs to the president of the conference and international experts.

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Liu Jianjun (2nd row, the fifth from right) and some delegates posed for a group photo

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