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On Thursday, March 21, DHCFA is holding a webinar to give long-term care and other health care professionals an opportunity to learn more about the highly infectious disease of tuberculosis.

Attendees will gain a current understanding of TB as it applies to transmission, disagnosis, prevention, and treatment in a healthcare setting.

Sunday, March 24 is World TB Day This annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes tuberculosis (TB). Learn more about the History of World TB Day. World TB Day is a day to educate the public about the impact of TB around the world.  CDC, along with our partners and colleagues around the world share successes in TB prevention and control and raise awareness of the challenges that hinder our progress toward the elimination of this devastating disease.

PRESENTER:  ASHOK SUBRAMANIAN is a board-certified Emergency Physician with over 25 years of experience in various settings ranging from urban Level 1 trauma centers to community clinics. He served as Chief Resident of Emergency Medicine at Detroit Receiving Hospital from 1998-1999 and was awarded Medical Student Teacher of the Year at Wayne State University School of Medicine and completed a fellowship in Molecular Medicine. He is the founder of biotech support company, Animedix, and is an early pioneer of animation in medicine, as well as an early innovator of telemedicine in the pre-COVID area. He currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer of the local telehealth companies, CareForceMD and Applied Telehealth and has an interest in leveraging technology to improve the delivery and efficiency of healthcare.