TB Day 2025

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is pleased to announce the 4th edition of the annual TB Day, a pivotal gathering for experts dedicated to advancing the fight against tuberculosis (TB).

This platform fosters collaboration, networking, and the exchange of insights to address and advocate for challenges in TB treatment and management.

TB Day 2025 will be hosted in Mumbai, India, on 12 May, with a focus on engaging the medical and academic communities from across South Asia. The event aims to encourage diverse perspectives, drawing from both medical and operational experiences grounded in scientific evidence. The program will feature dynamic discussions designed to foster meaningful conversations and actionable insights.

We hope you will mark your calendars and join us in shaping the future of TB care and advocacy.

 Date: Monday, May 12th 2025

 Venue: Holiday Inn, Sakinaka Junction, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai – 400072, India

Time: 08:00-17:00 IST / 02:30 – 11:30 UTC

 The conference will also be live-streamed for online audiences.

Agenda

08:00 – 09:00 | Registration 

09:00 – 09:10 | Lamp lighting ceremony

09:10 – 09:30 | Opening remarks and welcome note

Dr Farhat Mantoo, Executive Director, Médecins Sans Frontières South Asia

Welcome address: Dr Daksha Shah, Executive Health Officer, Municipal Corporation of Mumbai 

09:30 – 10:10 | Keynote address

Prof Anil Koul, Professor of Translational Discovery, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

10:10 – 11:40 | Panel 1: New TB treatment Regimens: faster cures, fewer side effects, and fresh hope

Moderator: Dr Animesh Sinha, Chronic care and infectious disease advisor (HIV/TB/HEP) Manson Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières

Community voice – Meera Yadav (TB Survivors Collective)

Dr Rupak Singla, HOD Department of Respiratory Medicine, NITRD 

Lorenzo Gugllielmetti, Director endTB Project

Dr Jennifer Furin, Infectious diseases clinician, Harvard Medical School

Dr Vijay Chavan, Chest Physician, MSF Training Unit

11:40 – 12:00 | Tea Break

12:00 – 13:30 | Panel 2: From Stigma to Strength: Building community-centered TB solutions” in collaboration with The Union (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease)

Moderator: Ms. Anisha Singh, Project Director – Advocacy, Communications, and Social Mission – National Technical Support Unit (NTEP), The Union

Community Voice:  Shubham Jain, PlucTV (TB Meri Kahani)

Dr Nishant Kumar,  Joint Director Public Health, Central TB Division   

Ram Sharan Gopali, Executive Director at Japan-Nepal Health & TB Research Association 

Dr Tasmiah Selim, Lead Fundraising, Partnership, Grants Management & MEAL, BRAC Health Programme (BHP)

Ms Archana Kapoor, Founder, Seeking Modern Applications for Real Transformation (SMART)

Dr. Pavan Mamidi, Director, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Ashoka University

13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch

14:30 – 14:40 | Programmatic Insights

Dr Urvashi Singh, Deputy Director General-TB, Central TB Division

14:40 – 16:10 | Panel 3: Sustaining impact: Funding TB elimination in a shifting landscape

Moderator: Dr Radha Munje, Professor Respiratory & Chest Medicine IGGMC Nagpur & Vice President of UNION South East Asia Regional Committee 

Dr Shamim Mannan, Deputy Director, William J. Clinton Foundation 

Dr Varsha Puri, City TB Officer, NTEP Mumbai

Dr Sangita Pandey, Project Director, Global Fund,  Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT)

Dr Deepak Balasubramanian, Deputy Director- TB, PATH

Kinz ul Eman, CEO, DOPASI Foundation, Pakistan 

16:10 – 16:40 | Vote of thanks & closing remarks

Dr Vineet Bhatia, Regional Advisor, World Health Organisation

16:40 – 17:00 | Presentation of picture stories exposition 

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