Stop TB Partnership

WHO Kenya launches new course on TB management

03 September 2012 - Nairobi - The WHO Kenya Office, in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has launched a new course on the management of tuberculosis (TB), TB/HIV and drug-resistant TB.

The facilitators of the course, which runs until 12 October, have been drawn from KEMRI, WHO, the private sector, universities and Ministries of Health. The course is modular and is comprised of presentations, exercises, practical sessions and site visits.

Twenty one participants drawn from TB programmes at national and regional levels are attending the first course, bringing together participants from 13 countries: Botswana, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda and Swaziland.