Issued by: Department of Health
19 March 1997
PRESS CONFERENCE ON TB, 20 MARCH 1997
This is to inform you, and the readers of PR wire, that the agenda for the TB press conference has changed. Minister Zuma will no longer release the TB report. Dr O Shisana, Director-General, will take her place.
The revised agenda follows.
Thanks very much for your assistance.
PROGRAMME
WORLD TB DAY PRESS CONFERENCE 20 March 1997, 11:00AM-12:30PM Rosebank Hotel, Melrose Room, Johannesburg
10:45-11:00 Press Registration. Tea and Coffee will be served.
Chairperson: Dr Harm Pretorius, Deputy Director-General 11:00-11:05 Opening Statement
Speakers: 11:05-11:15 Dr Olive Shisana, Director-General of Health Official Release of "TB in South Africa: the People's Plague"
11:15-11:20 TB Patient cured by DOTS Personal account of a TB sufferer
TB Treatment Supporter The rewards of curing someone of TB
11:20-11:25 Peace Inc performs "TB Check" rap song
11:25-11:30 Dr Refiloe Matji, National Department of Health DOTS: Where are we now?
11:30-11:35 Mr Hylton Smith, South African National TB Association (SANTA) SANTA as a Partner in the Battle Against TB
11:35-11:40 Bernard Fourie, Medical Research Council Trends in the TB Epidemic
11:40-12:00 Journalists' questions
12:00-12:30 Luncheon
NOTE: WORLD TB DAY FALLS ON 24 MARCH 1997
Journalists requiring any further information should contact Ms. Courtenay Singer, Technical Advisor, Department of Health, tel: 012/312-0100, cell: 082/858-0197, or fax: 012/323-8626.