FHI 360 at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023

Three people wearing masks review a chest x-ray in an office

A community member participates in an FHI 360 tuberculosis (TB) case finding activity inside a mobile medical unit in the Philippines. FHI 360 is creating innovative technologies and strategies to help the Philippines’ Department of Health and other national partners achieve the country’s targets for TB elimination by 2035. Credit: Dante Diosina, Jr. for FHI 360

Lung health experts from around the world will gather in Paris, France, for the Union World Conference on Lung Health to share the latest scientific evidence on respiratory health topics such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), COVID-19, tuberculosis (TB), tobacco control and more.

Every day, patients with a cough have to decide where to seek care. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical need for accessible, comprehensive, coordinated and continuous health care, especially for vulnerable populations.

FHI 360 works to ensure access to quality respiratory health services wherever people choose to seek care by strengthening health care systems and addressing health challenges with innovative solutions that can be replicated and scaled. At the conference, FHI 360 will lead satellite sessions and present oral abstracts and e-posters to share the latest evidence generated by our research and programmatic implementation efforts.

Follow FHI 360 on social media to learn more about our work and visit our exhibition booth (A3312) at the conference to meet our staff.

FHI 360 is mobilizing research, resources and relationships so people everywhere have access to the opportunities they need to lead full and healthy lives.

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A group of people sit in chairs under a tent near a van that says Mobile Clinic in the Philippines

Failure to Integrate the UHC, TB, and PPPR Agendas will Squander Resources and Cost Lives

Photo credit: Dante Diosina, Jr. for FHI 360

TuesdayNovember 14

08:25–08:40 CET	WS-04 Ultra-portable X-ray with CAD for TB screening and triage: Philippines Experience Workshop Room 241 FHI 360 presenter: Lalaine Mortera

WednesdayNovember 15

18:30–20 CET	SS05 No Wrong Door: Leveraging Lessons in Emergency Response to Recenter Respiratory Care Around the Patient Satellite session Room 251 Organizer: FHI 360 FHI 360 presenters: Emily Headrick, Robert Makombe, Mirwais Rahimzai

ThursdayNovember 16

8:30–10 CET	OA14-313-16 Reaching the unreached: Access to TrueNat technology as a near point-of-care test within communities in Bangladesh Oral abstract session Room 231M+232M FHI 360 presenter: Sarder Tanzir Hossain
8:30–10 CET	SOA10-885-16 TB recovery strategies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: screening in high-yield communities to find missing people with TB Short oral abstract session Room 252AB FHI 360 presenter: Hien Thu Mai
14:15–14:20 CET	EP16-1147-16 Ensuring access to quality-assured TB diagnostics through the implementation of quality management system in selected TB laboratories in the Philippines e-Poster FHI 360 presenter: Maricar Silva
15:00–16:30 CET	OA24-390-16 Transitioning funding of TB care to sustainable social health insurance: An implementation case study from Vietnam Oral abstract session Room 231M+232M FHI 360 presenter: Huong Thi Lan Nguyen
15:00–16:30 CET	OA26-405-16 Strengthening the laboratory network. A demonstration of DataToCare laboratory connectivity solution strategy in the Philippines Oral abstract session Room 202/203 FHI 360 presenter: Leveriza Coprada
16:45–18:15 CET	OA29-426-16 Can artificial intelligence be used to detect subclinical pulmonary TB in the Philippines? Oral abstract session Room 242 B FHI 360 presenter: Jeremiah Calderon OA29-428-16 Quality assurance of computer-aided detection to improve chest X-ray interpretation in facility- and community-based tuberculosis screening: experience from Vietnam Oral abstract session Room 242 B FHI 360 presenter: Trang Thi Thu Le OA29-429-16 Feasibility of computer-aided detection to improve chest X-ray interpretation: results from district-level health facilities in a high TB burden country Oral abstract session Room 242 B FHI 360 presenter: Linh Gia Hoang

FridayNovember 17

8:30–10 CET	OA37-489-17 e-Referral of presumptive TB patients from private pharmacies: results of a pilot in North Sumatera, Indonesia Oral abstract session Room 231M+232M FHI 360 presenter: Fauziah Asnely Putri OA37-491-17 Improving private sector TB notifications and access to quality TB services through strategic engagement and intermediary partners in Indonesia Oral abstract session Room 231M+232M FHI 360 presenter: Merry Samsuri
8:30–10 CET	OA40-516-17 Intensifying detection of TB among people with diabetes in health facilities in seven high TB burden provinces in Vietnam, 2020 – 2022 Oral abstract session Room 221M+222M FHI 360 presenter: Ha Thi Thuy Nguyen
13:15–14:45 CET	SS16 Panel discussion focusing on increasing patient access and community screening using oral swab sampling combined with high throughput molecular testing Satellite session Room 243 Organizer: Roche Diagnostic Solutions FHI 360 presenter: Sandeep Meharwal
13:25-13:30	EP20-1179-17 Piloting non-payment interventions in TB strategic health purchasing: Early experience from Indonesia E-poster FHI 360 presenter: Aditia Nugroho
14:00–14:05	EP21-1180-17 TB coaching through professional organisations: An approach to improve TB care in health facilities E-poster FHI 360 presenter: Imran Syed

SaturdayNovember 18

8:30–10 CET	OA58-654-18 Adaptation of active case-finding through “hybrid” approaches in Vietnam: outreach and linkage to facilities increases TB screening Oral abstract session Room 253 FHI 360 presenter: Linh Gia Hoang
13:15–14:45 CET	OA69-750-18 #TBFreePH Online Patient Support Group: saving lives one posting at a time Oral abstract session Room 241 FHI 360 presenter: Argemielyn Cadua-Pacumio