Welcome and Namaste

Welcome to tbNET 97, the homepage of the conference on TB control and NGOs, held in Kathmandu from 12th to 14th February 1997. You are joining with 100 participants from 15 countries who are gathering in Nepal for this important conference.

 Browse around and visit our different rooms. Start with Views from the Summit - these are a series of presentations by key note speakers at the conference, and give an overview of topics related to NGOs and TB control. You can download a summary of each presentation at the ssmae time as it is being given here in Kathmandu!

 Then move on to Ways and Means - a series of presentations from different NGOs from Nepal, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, and Norway, describing the many different ways NGOs are involved in TB control. From community based to hospital based - we have a wide range of alternative strategies to discuss. Again, you can download summaries of the presentations as they occur.

 Next stop - The Big Issues - discussions on major issues and concerns faced by NGOs involved in TB control. What problems do NGOs face in relating to governments? What about TB and HIV? How can we do DOTS? Should TB and leprosy programmes be combined? All these and many others will be the focus of our discussions. And you can join in! Each topic includes a series of important questions we will be looking at, and trying to answer. Send us your comments by e-mail, and we will include them in the live discussions here!

 Try our Speakers Corner. This is the place to have your say. Do you have a burning issue you'd like to discuss or an exciting idea to share? Type them in and send them to us by e-mail - we'll have someone read them out from our Speaker’s Corner. It's an opportunity to be radical, to be imaginative, to be innovative! We'll tell you what people here think!

 If you want to know what's going or gone on, there are several sites to visit - find out what we're all doing by looking at the conference programme, or get a summary of the day's events from the conference newsletter. You can even see us in action - try and recognise some well known faces from the conference photo gallery.

 And finally - if you've no time to join us, at least send us your greetings. Click on the
Writing on the Wall and send us a quick message by e-mail. Just so we know you're there!

 tbNET 97 Tuberculosis and NGOs

Control Strategies for the Next Millennium

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