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Calendar of Events 2012

Activity Date Location
     

January

   
Planning meeting with Global Fund and headquarters 11-12 January

 Geneva

Strategic documents development  20 Jan-4 Feb  Almaty
     

February

   
TBM/RUS retreat, developing a detailed implementation plan for USAID project 7-9 February Moscow
Mission in Tajikistan, OpenMRS field testing 13-16 February Tajikistan
Symposium and expert consultation on "Action on the social determinants of TB"  15-17 February  London 
WHO/ECDC coordination meeting   20-21 February Stockholm
TB surveillance mission in Kazakhstan   20-24 February Almaty
Joint Global Drug Facility/The Global Fund/Green Light Committee (GDF/TGF/GLC) mission   20-24 February

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Mission on MDR-TB electronic register implementing in Belarus  28 Feb - 2 March  Belarus
Training workshop on palliative care  end February  Salzburg
     

March

   
Expert group meeting on Drug Susceptibility Testing (DST) update of the guidelines date unconfirmed Geneva
European TB Laboratory Initiative to be started up  date unconfirmed  
Regional training on TB  14-18 March Almaty
Programme review in Hungary and World TB Day event  date unconfirmed  Hungary
ECDC laboratory network meeting 27-30 March London
Joint TGF/GLC mission 26-31 March Romania
Joint TGF/GLC mission date unconfirmed  United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
     

April

   
4th Regional DR-TB surveillance workshop for Russia  2-4 April St. Petersburg
GLC mission 2-7 April  Belarus
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission  2-8 April Tajikistan
Extensive programme review Azerbaijan 10-18 April Azerbaijan
WHO headquarters meeting of the Global Laboratory Initiative, early Xpert MTB/RIF implementers and Supranational Laboratories  17-20 April  Annecy
Early implementers and Supra-National Reference Laboratories (SNRL)  17-19 April Annecy
Meeting of the high-level working group on TB 18 April World Bank Moscow Office 
Regional TB Surveillance meeting  26-27 April Stockholm
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission date unconfirmed Azerbaijan
Joint TGF/GLC mission date unconfirmed Montenegro
     

May

   
Extensive programme review in Kazakhstan 10-20 May Kazakhstan
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission  10-20 May  Kazakhstan 
Visit to the National TB Programme of United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) 13-17 May Pristina 
World Health Assembly 21-26 May Geneva
Extensive programme review in Hungary 22-26 May Hungary 
International conference to discuss threats on the EU’s eastern borders in the context of EURO 2012 28-30 May Pisz, Poland
Screening guidelines meeting date unconfirmed Geneva
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission date unconfirmed Georgia
GLC mission late May Turkey
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission date unconfirmed  Turkmenistan
   

June

   
Joint TGF/GLC mission  11-15 June Bulgaria
WHO/HQ Strategic and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) for Tuberculosis meeting   18-20 June Geneva
Regional Advisers/TBTEAM meeting   20-22 June Geneva 
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission  24-30 June Armenia
Joint TGF/GLC mission   date unconfirmed United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission  date unconfirmed Ukraine
     

July

   
33d Meeting of the European Society for Mycobacteriology  1-4 July Brasov, Romania
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission  1-7 July Armenia
Regional NTP meeting   3 July London
GLC/Europe meeting  4 July London
6th Conference of The Union, Europe Region  4-6 July London
     

August

   
 
     

September

   
European Repiratory Society/Global Conference 1-5 September Vienna
Regional TBTEAM workshop on MDR-TB National Plans 17-21 September Tbilisi
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission date unconfirmed   Belarus
Joint TGF/GLC mission  date unconfirmed Serbia
     

October

   
Joint TGF/GLC mission 7-13 October Bosnia and Herzegovina
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission date unconfirmed Republic of Moldova
Joint GDF/TGF/GLC mission date unconfirmed Kryrgzstan
GLC/Europe meeting date unconfirmed Copenhagen
Technical Advisory Group meeting date unconfirmed Copenhagen
EURO Country TBM meeting date unconfirmed Copenhagen
     

November

   
MDR-TB WG and IC subgroup date unconfirmed Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
43d Union World Conference on Lung Health 13-17 November Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
     

December