[Report of the VIth Tuberculosis Day Conference].

On 23 - 24 Mars in Warsaw a scientific conference was held sixth time organised to celebrate the World TB Day by Warsaw-Otwock Branch of the Polish Respiratory Society in collaboration with WHO, Poland. Welcoming lecture "TB Research in Poland, Past and Present" discussed TB diagnosis scientific research results, achieved during the last two centuries, and which contributed, after practical application, to improvement of TB epidemiological situation in our country. Sessions devoted to, as follows: 1) Discussion of multidrug-resistant TB with special focus on epidemiology, diagnostics and WHU guidelines relative to treatment; 2) Tuberculosis brought into Poland by refugees and methods of diagnosis and treatment; 3) TB among persons detained in penitentiary institutions with an outlook on molecular research (tests?) used in epidemiological investigations.