Participation of KNCV at the Union Conference 2025

Every year, the Union World Conference on Lung Health brings together a global community of experts, advocates, and changemakers committed to ending tuberculosis (TB). For KNCV, this gathering is a platform for knowledge exchange, collaboration, learning, and building links with the communities and interest-holders that dedicate their efforts to ending TB.

See the program below with KNCV's experts and projects participation at the Union.

Visit us at the booth: B3329
Full E-Program Union Conference 2025

18 of November 2025

10:10 AM - 06:00 PM - WORKSHOP

Implementing effective active TB drug safety monitoring and management (aDSM) on the introduction and scale up of novel shorter regimen. 

  • Coordinator: Mansa Mbenga
  • Location: Meeting Room 17

10:10 AM - 01:10 PM - POST-GRADUATE COURSE

Updates on the latest recommendations on TB from the World Health Organization

  • Presenter: Nguyen Nhat Linh
  • Location: B5

11:30 AM - 01:00 PM - ORAL ABSTRACT

Impact of sequencing and analysis artefacts on the performance of the WHO mutation catalogue for genotypic drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • Presenter: Noud Hermans
  • Location: Theatre

01:15 PM - 02:15 PM - E-POSTER

Overcoming language barriers and stigma in communication on TB: using artificial intelligence (AI) for person-centred TB information to people from migrant populations

  • Presenter: Job van Rest
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 9

01:15 PM - 01:20 PM - E-POSTER

Optimizing child-friendly tuberculosis prevention regimens: qualitative insights from Ethiopian interest-holders

  • Presenter: Christiaan Mulder
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 3

01:35 PM - 01:40 PM - ORAL ABSTRACT

Aida on WhatsApp: AI-Powered Support for TB Treatment

  • Presenter: Kristian van Kalmthout
  • Location: B6

19 of November 2025

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM - COMMUNITY CONNECT SESSION

“There’ll be dragons” - Untangling stigma & discrimination

  • Presenter: Kathy Fiekert
  • Location: Meeting Room 19

10:26 AM - 10:32 AM - ORAL ABSTRACT

Acceptability of Home-Based TB Prevention Services by Community Health Workers in the CHIP-TB Trial

  • Presenter: Alanna Bergman
  • Location: B3A

12:10 PM - 12:15 PM - E-POSTER

Opportunities for optimizing routine delivery of tuberculosis preventive treatment for people living with HIV in high burden settings

  • Presenter: L. Chimoyi
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 6

12:35 PM - 12:40 PM - E-POSTER

Evaluating Optimal Functionality of the GeneXpert Machine as a Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tool for Tuberculosis in Nigeria: Lessons from KNCV, Cepheid Authorized Service Provider.

  • Presenter: Christopher Ehimanre
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 8

02:57 PM - 03:03 PM - ORAL ABSTRACT

Early treatment outcomes for the six-month BPaLM regimen under programmatic conditions in Ethiopia

  • Presenter: Emawayish Tesema/Degu Jerene
  • Location: B2B

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM - WORKSHOP

Expressive writing for resilience and change

  • Coordinator: Juan R. Mora Barrios
  • Location: KNCV Booth B3329

20 of November 2025

12:40 PM - 12:45 PM - E-POSTER

Estimating the prevalence of tuberculosis infection in the EU/EEA: Results of feasibility assessment

  • Presenter: Ineke Spruijt
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 4

01:10 PM - 02:10 PM - E-POSTER

Environmental impact assessments in tuberculosis healthcare settings in Nigeria: The gap between identification and action

  • Presenter: Nkiru Nwokoye
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 4

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM - WORKSHOP

Expressive writing for resilience and change

  • Coordinator: Juan R. Mora Barrios
  • Location: KNCV Booth B3329

04:45 PM - 04:50 PM - ORAL ABSTRACT

Nutritional support for people with or at risk of tuberculosis: a systematic review and synthesis of implementation approaches

  • Presenter: Norma Madden
  • Location: B3A

05:40 PM - 07:10 PM - SATELLITE SESSION

Optimizing the use of tuberculosis data and strengthening country-led strategic and programme planning for tuberculosis

  • Presenter: Rachel Fiorillo
  • Location: B4A

21 of November 2025

01:10 PM - 02:10 PM - ORAL ABSTRACT

Utility of Nanopore sequencing for the detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Kyrgyzstan

  • Presenter: Aizat Kulzhabaeva
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 1

01:10 PM - 01:15 PM - E-POSTER

High TB infection rates in two rural districts of Ethiopia: Implications for enhanced TB preventive treatment

  • Presenter: O. Ali/Degu Jerene
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 8

01:30 PM - 01:35 PM - E-POSTER

Nanopore targeted next-generation sequencing for the timely prediction of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex clinical specimens in Tanzania 

  • Presenter: N. Mnyambwa
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 1

01:50 PM - 01:55 PM - E-POSTER

Digital Health Interventions in Improving Initiation and Completion of Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment among Household Contacts: A Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis

  • Presenter: Degu Jerene
  • Location: Balcony 2, Screen 8

02:50 PM - 02:57 PM - ORAL ABSTRACT

TB Mod: A flexible, open source framework from modelling TB

  • Presenter: Roel Bakker
  • Location: B4A

03:10 PM - 03:55 PM - COMMUNITY CONNECT SESSION

Generating Community Demand for the Best Available Treatments and Comprehensive Packages of Care for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

  • Presenter: Kathy Fiekert/Lindsay McKenna
  • Location: Meeting Room 19