#EndTB before the 'horse has bolted'
Channel: CNS
Date: 2017-10-21

This interview is part of CNS Inspire (legacy series) featuring invaluable insights from Dr Anne Fanning who has devoted decades in fighting infectious diseases globally. She spoke to CNS on the sidelines of the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Guadalajara, Mexico. 

Dr Anne Fanning has earlier served for a decade on the board of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), and has been its past President too. 

Earlier this year Dr Anne Fanning was inducted in the Alberta Order of Excellence in recognition of her lifetime contribution to health justice. She has earlier served as Director of TB Services in Alberta, medical officer at the WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme, and as physician global health leader at the University of Alberta.

Her work is decorated with several honours including the Order of Canada; the Japanese Anti-Tuberculosis Association TB Global Award; the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal; the Alberta Centennial Medal; and the Canadian Medical Association’s highest honour, the Frederic Newton Gisborne Starr Award. She has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Society for International Health; the May Cohen Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada; and Physician of the Year Award from the Capital Regional Medical Staff Association. Anne was also named as “One of Alberta’s Physicians of the Century” by the Alberta Medical Association in 2005.

CNS Inspire Interview Series:
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CNS Inspire series of interviews features conversations with people who have made commendable contribution over the years for health and development justice. Each interview of CNS Inspire series explores what went well and not-so-well in the past few decades and how can we accelerate progress towards not only issue-specific goals and targets but also for integrated development of all.
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This interview is part of a CNS video series on current global health and development priorities. This is episode 135. 
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