NJMS TB newsletter

Resource: TB & Cultural Competency newsletter #16- Assessing Ourselves
New Jersey Medical School, Global Tuberculosis Institute
Discusses a TB outbreak among immigrants working at a tomato packing plant in Maryland whose primary language was not English. Also includes information on assessing the cultural competency of an organization.

New Americans Health Info Portal

Resource: New Americans Health Information Portal
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library of the Health Sciences
Portal to identified quality multi-lingual health education documents and receptacle for health documents created by Heartland’s Refugee Health Programs.  Materials available in many refugee languages.

North American Refugee Health Conference abstract deadline extended

News: North American Refugee Health Conference: Call for Abstracts Deadline Extended
The North American Refugee Health Conference is recognized as the premier conference for those who work with refugee populations. In preparation for the 2013 North American Refugee Health Conference, submissions of posters and oral abstracts are being accepted. A limited number of workshops will also be considered. Abstract acceptance deadline extended to Jan 10, 2013.

“Medical Update: TB Technical Instructions for Panel Physicians – Implications for US Practitioners” Webinar

Event: “Medical Update: TB Technical Instructions for Panel Physicians – Implications for US Practitioners” Webinar
Presented by: NJMS Global Tuberculosis Institute
Audience: clinicians, infectious disease specialists, panel physicians
Webinar will discuss new tuberculosis technical instructions and implications for U.S. practitioners. Case presentations will explore adoptees with TB, drug resistant TB, and the severely ill. CMEs available.
November 28, 2012, 1:00-2:30 pm EST