Agenda

List of Participants

Presentations

Workgroups
- Report

Building Laboratory Capacity in Support of HIV/AIDS Care Programs in Resource-limited Countries

December 16th - 17th, 2003
Atlanta, GA

Group A
HIV Diagnostics: Expanding Access to HIV Testing Services Especially for ANC, VCT, Pediatric Diagnosis, PMTCT/PMTCT+, and Blood Safety.
Sessions Moderators: Nathan Shaffer / Mark Rayfield

Group B
Basic Laboratory Support for HIV/AIDS Care and Prevention Services (Basic Hematology, Chemistries, Lab Information Systems, etc.).
Sessions Moderators: Molly Rivadeneira / Tom Hearn

Group C
Monitoring AIDS Patient Therapy - CD4, Viral Load, and Drug Resistance Monitoring.
Sessions Moderators: Tim Mastro / Tedd Ellerbrock

Group D
Laboratory-based Diagnosis of Opportunistic Infections Including Malaria.
Sessions Moderator: Jon Kaplan / Toby Merlin

Group E
TB Diagnosis and Monitoring / Laboratory Support to STI Services.
Sessions Moderator: Bess Miller / Ron Ballard