Global Tuberculosis (TB) Clinical Management and Research

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

• Richard Chaisson - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Jason Farley - School of Nursing