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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Institute of Medicine
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States

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Congressional Briefing
Wednesday, May 3, 2000 -- 10:00 a.m.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building

on

ENDING NEGLECT:
THE ELIMINATION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE UNITED STATES

by

RONALD BAYER -- Professor, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and Member, Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States, IOM

PHILIP C. HOPEWELL -- Associate Dean, San Francisco General Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California at San Francisco and Member, Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States, IOM

A new report from the Institute of Medicine, ENDING NEGLECT: THE ELIMINATION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE UNITED STATES, reviews the current state of tuberculosis mortality, morbidity, and prevention/control efforts in the United States; lays out an action plan to accelerate the decline in new cases; and proposes a set of recommendations for local, state, and federal governments as well as the private sector. Finally, the report recommends a more active involvement by the United States in the global tuberculosis control effort.

This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on May 4, 2000 and is available online through the Web site of the National Academies Press.