Chairs: Prof. Dr Raquel Duarte (Porto, Portugal), Prof. Dr Ricardo Corrêa (Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil), Prof. Dr Sundeep Santosh Salvi (Pune (Maharashtra), India)

Speakers: Dr Zarir Udwadia (Mumbai (Maharashtra), India), Prof. Margareth Maria Pretti Dalcolmo (Rio De Janeiro (RJ), Brazil), Dr Cristina Vilaplana Massaguer (Badalona (Barcelona), Spain)

Fees: Free for ERS members / €10 for non-members
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This webinar is one of a series of activities linked to the upcoming ERS Congress theme 'Respiratory health around the globe'. The content of this webinar will complement the content of the congress programme.

Learn more about this year's ERS Congress theme.

Overview

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the top infectious disease killers worldwide, with a highly uneven distribution of burden and resources across regions. India, Brazil, and Europe each face distinct challenges: high disease burden and drug resistance, socio-economic vulnerability, and migration-linked TB, respectively. Yet many of the core elements of TB control - from diagnostics to community engagement and treatment innovation - are shared or transferable.

This webinar addresses the need for cross-regional dialogue and collaboration, enabling participants to learn from varied contexts and approaches. It responds to a growing call for global coordination, especially in the face of persistent inequalities, the threat of antimicrobial resistance, and the global goal to end TB.

Topics:

• Drug-resistant TB: access to new treatments and health system challenges
• Early TB diagnosis in high-burden settings
• Social determinants of TB and community engagement
• TB care in migrant and vulnerable populations
• Post-TB sequelae and long-term impact
• Cross-regional collaboration and knowledge transfer
• Innovation in TB control and decentralised care models

Format

One-hour webinar format: 45 minutes for presentation, followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.

Learning outcomes

Following this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe key regional challenges in TB control across India, Brazil, and Europe.
• Compare approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and community engagement in different settings.
• Identify innovative and transferable strategies that can inform practice in other regions.
• Reflect on the impact of TB on health systems, including post-TB sequelae and drug resistance.
• Recognise the value of global collaboration to address persistent and emerging TB threats.

Webinar series - Respiratory health around the globe

View all events in this series:

• Differences in ILD phenotypes, learnings from different ILD registries around the world - Respiratory health around the globe
  23 June, 2025 | 14:00-15:00 CEST
• Long COVID: the lingering pandemic - global perspectives and breakthroughs
  3 July, 2025 | 14:00-15:00 CEST
  
• Panel discussion on global application of the lung cancer screening programme
  28 August, 2025 | 15:00-16:00 CEST
• Panel discussion on the obesity epidemic - a worldwide problem: impact on respiratory health
  5 September, 2025 | 15:00-16:00 CEST
• Smoking, vaping and the impact on global young peoples' lungs
  18 September, 2025 | 12:00-13:00 CEST

CME credit

An application for accreditation of this webinar has been made to the European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP) for 1 CME credit per 1-hour attendance. If accredited, the CME credit will be granted upon attendance of at least 60 minutes during the live webinar only.

What is a webinar?

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All participants will be able to hear the lecturer and see the slides throughout the presentation. As a participant you will be able to pose questions or discuss ideas with the other participants via the text chat facility and the speaker will respond to the questions via the microphone.

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