Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment

Submitted by arvind on Wed, 12/15/2021 - 10:48
Description

This e-learning course is a comprehensive, self-paced, online course that follows the content of the WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 4: Treatment – drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment. The main focus of the e-course is programmatic; clinical aspects are only discussed when relevant to specific topics.

The e-course comprises 11 sections and a final assessment and uses a combination of short video lectures, exercises, quiz questions and additional reading materials.

Course Index:

  1. Introduction to the e-learning course
  2. Rationale for national TB programmes to implement and scale up treatment of DR-TB
  3. Key considerations in DR-TB treatment
  4. Treatment regimen for isoniazid-resistant rifampicin-susceptible TB
  5. Shorter, all-oral bedaquiline-containing treatment regimen
  6. Longer treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB)/ rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB)
  7. The bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid (BPaL) regimen for MDR-TB or RR-TB with additional fluoroquinolone resistance 
  8. Adjuncts to MDR-TB treatment
  9. Patient support to enable adherence to treatment
  10. Programmatic implementation of regimens for MDR-TB and RR-TB 
  11. Assessing drug-resistant TB programme implementation effectiveness 
  12. Final assessment 

Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection

Submitted by arvind on Tue, 12/14/2021 - 09:28
Description

This e-learning course is a comprehensive, self-paced, online course that follows the content of the WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis – rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection (2021 update). The main focus of the e-course is programmatic; clinical aspects are only discussed when relevant to specific topics.

The e-course comprises seven sections and a final assessment and uses a combination of short video lectures, exercises, quiz questions and additional reading materials.

Course Index:

  1. Introduction to the e-learning course
  2. Rationale for delivering diagnostic services
  3. Key elements of TB diagnostic services
  4. WHO-recommended diagnostic tests
    • Conventional and initial diagnostic test
    • Follow-on diagnostics, tests recommended against use, and tests in the pipeline 
  5. Considerations for the new implementation of new diagnostics
  6. Diagnostic algorithms
  7. Monitoring the performance of a TB laboratory network
  8. Final assessment
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