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Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Emerging Challenges, Rapid Diagnostics and New Treatment Strategies
When: 17 September
Time: 18:30 - 19:30
Where: Online – Virtual Webinar
An online scientific webinar exploring tuberculosis, with a focus on drug-resistant TB, rapid diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance, and emerging treatment strategies. The event aims to raise awareness, promote scientific knowledge exchange, and highlight recent advances in TB diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control.
The session will cover the global importance of tuberculosis, mechanisms and patterns of drug resistance, rapid molecular diagnostics, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), emerging anti-TB drugs and treatment regimens, and future perspectives in TB prevention and control.
Speakers: Dr. AmirHossein Akbari and invited experts in tuberculosis, medical microbiology, antimicrobial resistance, and infectious diseases.
The webinar is organized in recognition of World Microorganisms Day and aims to promote scientific knowledge exchange and awareness of tuberculosis as a continuing global infectious disease challenge.
Program of the Day – World Microorganisms Day 2026
18:00–18:05 | Welcome & Opening Remarks
Introduction to World Microorganisms Day and the objectives of the webinar.
18:05–18:15 | Tuberculosis: Why It Still Matters
Global burden of TB and current challenges in TB control.
18:15–18:35 | Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
MDR-TB, mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, and emerging resistance patterns.
18:35–18:55 | Rapid Diagnostics & New Technologies
Molecular diagnostics, rapid drug-resistance detection, and emerging diagnostic approaches.
18:55–19:15 | New Treatment Strategies for Drug-Resistant TB
Recent advances in anti-TB drugs and shorter treatment regimens.
19:15–19:25 | Future Perspectives
Innovations and priorities for the future of TB research and control.
19:25–19:30 | Q&A and Closing Remarks
