TB Notes 1, 2005

No. 1, 2005

Training and Education News and Materials

The Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Institute

The TB Control Programs of North Carolina and South Carolina, in conjunction with the American Lung Association of NC, annually sponsor an educational meeting, "The Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Institute," which has been held for the last 55 years in Black Mountain, NC. The meeting dates are July 22- 24, 2005. The meeting is attended by nurses, physicians, mid-level providers, health educators, social workers, and pharmacists involved in the education and treatment of persons with tuberculosis. Contact hours are awarded. Participants from other states are welcome. Lodging and meals are available on-site at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly. Brochures will be available mid-April. For additional information please contact Ashley Ewing, Health Educator, NC TB Control Program, at tel. (919) 733-0391 or e-mail ashley.ewing@ncmail.net, or Elizabeth Zeringue, Nurse Consultant, at tel. (919) 663-4600 or e-mail elizabeth.zeringue@ncmail.net.

—Submitted by Elizabeth Zeringue
Chairman, TB/RD Institute Planning Committee

Released September 2005
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination - http://www.cdc.gov/tb

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