The document outlines an agenda for a UNITAID technical briefing on multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) that will take place at the 65th World Health Assembly. The briefing will include opening remarks from the executive director of UNITAID and presentations from WHO and UNITAID representatives on the challenges of accessing treatment for MDR-TB and market-based approaches for addressing public health issues. Government officials from India, South Africa, and Brazil will also discuss challenges and plans for scaling up treatment of TB and MDR-TB in their countries. The executive director of UNITAID will provide closing comments on charting a new path forward to address MDR-TB.

1. UNITAID
Technical Briefing
65th World Health Assembly
21st May 2012
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Creating new paradigms of country-donor
market approaches for public health:
the case of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
and the critical role of BRICS
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2. 18h00 Opening remarks Dr Denis Broun
Executive Director, UNITAID
18h10 Tuberculosis access issues: key challenges Dr Paul Nunn, Coordinator, TB
in MDR-TB Operations and Coordination, World
Health Organization
18h20 Market-based approaches for public health Dr Brenda Waning
in the globalization era: the convergence of Coordinator, Market Dynamics, UNITAID
health policy, industrial organization,
development, and politics
18h35 Issues, challenges, and plans for public and Mr S. K. Rao
private scale-up of TB and MDR-TB in India Joint Secretary of International Health,
India
18h55 Issues, challenges, and plans for public and Dr Yogan Pillay
private scale-up of TB and MDR-TB in South Deputy Director General National
Africa Department of Health, South Africa
19h15 Issues, challenges, and plans for public and Dr Jarbas Barbosa
private scale-up of TB and MDR-TB in Brazil Deputy Minister of Health, Brazil
19h30 Discussion
19h50 Closing comments: charting a new path Dr Denis Broun
forward to address MDR-TB Executive Director, UNITAID
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