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Health Care Workers and Health Professions Students can prepare to plan and deliver TB care in their communities by applying the latest clinical and research data presented in this nine-week course focusing on TB/HIV Co-Infection.
Syllabus
Week 1: Epidemiologic Overview of Global TB and DR-TB
- Global TB Epidemiology
- Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Week 2: Diagnostic Testing for TB
- Current Approaches to TB Diagnosis
- Emerging Tools in TB Diagnosis
Week 3: Pharmacology of Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment
- Treatment of Tuberculosis I: Current Therapeutics
- Treatment of Tuberculosis II: Areas of Research
Week 4: Overview of TB Management Principles
- Principles of Clinical Management of TB
- Video 3: Challenges and Knowledge Gaps in TB
Week 5: Latent TB in India
- Latent TB in India
- Example Research Solutions for India
Week 6: TB Infection Control in South Africa
- TB Infection Control
- Systematic Evaluation of Infection Control at Primary Health Centers and M(X)DR-TB Hospitals in South Africa
Week 7:TB in Healthcare Workers
- TB in Healthcare Workers Globally
- Example Research Solutions from around the World
Week 8: TB Intensified Case Finding in Brazil
- TB Intensified Case Findings in Brazil
- Solutions for Brazil
Week 9: Cost Effectiveness Analysis in TB Clinical Trials
- Cost Effectiveness Analysis in TB Clinical Trials
- Cost Effectiveness TB Research Example
Instructors
- Richard Chaisson - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Jason Farley - School of Nursing
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Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is a private American university located in Baltimore, Maryland. It also has campuses in Washington, D.C. Bologna, Italy, Singapore and Nanjing, China. It owes its name to Johns Hopkins, a wealthy entrepreneur who bequeathed 7 million dollars to the university on his death.
One of the most prestigious universities in the United States (especially for its faculties of medicine and public health, as well as its school of international affairs), the institution defines itself as the country's leading "research university". At the beginning of its history, it was mainly inspired by the University of Heidelberg and the German educational model of Wilhelm von Humboldt. In 2019, 39 Nobel Prize winners have their names associated with the university.
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