The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation invites you to attend the annual Stephen Lawn Memorial Lecture 2023.

This annual lecture is organised in honour of the life and work of Stephen Lawn with Professor Madhukar Pai who will be speaking on 'The Know-Do Gap in Tuberculosis Care'.

Poor quality care is killing people with TB and keeping the epidemic alive. Standardised (simulated) patient studies in 8 countries show widespread lack of quality, and a massive gap between what providers know and how they practise. Even where technical quality is good, health systems are failing on client-centeredness. The TB field must think beyond coverage and demand high quality care for all TB patients in all countries. If we are serious about ending TB, we must put quality on the agenda, in addition to expanding coverage of critical interventions. 

The lecture will be held in person and broadcast.

This event is organized jointly by the LSHTM TB Centre and the Desmond Tutu Centre at UCT, in partnership with the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), and supported by The Lancet.

Date: 23 March 2023, 19h00 -21h00 (SAST)
Venue: John Snow Lecture Theatre, London  OR Online