Organization: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Registration deadline: 27 Dec 2016
Starting date: 27 Mar 2017
Ending date: 05 Apr 2017
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) will have a training course on Principles of Tuberculosis Care and Prevention, from 27 March-5 April 2017, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Course Title: Principles of Tuberculosis Care and Prevention: Translating Knowledge to Action
Course Date: 27 March-5 April 2017
Application Deadline: 27 December 2016
Course Link: http://www.unioncourses.org/principles-of-tuberculosis-care-and-prevention-1
Course Objectives:
To understand the bacteriological and epidemiological basis of effective tuberculosis patient care and programme management
To understand transmission of TB bacilli and pathogenesis of tuberculosis
To understand diagnosis and treatment of TB infection and disease, including drug-resistant tuberculosis
To record, report analyse and use data on TB case finding and treatment for decision-making at all levels of healthcare
To work collaboratively with various healthcare programmes and providers to further strengthen quality patient care and programme management
Who Should Attend: This course is designed for specialists, medical and clinical officers, nurses, laboratory technicians, monitoring and evaluation officers, TB and HIV/AIDS, and non-communicable diseases and tobacco control programme staff and health policy and decision makers, who are primarily working in low-and middle-income countries.
This course has been developed to drive the way towards tuberculosis (TB) elimination. Health professionals need to understand the principles of TB care, control and prevention and require the skills to manage patients and work with National Tuberculosis Programmes.
The main goal of this course is to provide the knowledge and skills to senior programme staff and other health professionals, to improve the management of persons with TB and strengthen programmatic practices. It has pre-course online, classroom and field components.
How to register:
To register for this course, please visit http://www.unioncourses.org/principles-of-tuberculosis-care-and-prevention-1.
To learn more about The Union's course offerings, please visit www.unioncourses.org.
We hope to see you at our next training!
