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340.681.11
Public Health Dimensions of Global Tuberculosis Control: New Tools and Interventions

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2014 - 2015
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, June 23, 2014
End Date
Friday, June 27, 2014
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 1:30 - 5:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Systematically reviews foundations of TB control in both high burden and industrialized countries, emphasis on the introduction of new tools and evidence-based interventions. Critically examines new TB diagnostics (GeneXpert MTB/RIF), drugs (shorter regimens for drug-sensitive and drug resistant tuberculosis), the evidence base of TB-HIV interventions and the rationale for systematic screening for active tuberculosis. Explains the rationale of the new post-2015 global TB strategy and targets. Defines the global TB disease burden and the status of the global response. Reviews the role of WHO, Global Fund to fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), Stop TB Partnership, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID. Case studies derived from the experience in Brazil, South-Africa, Tanzania, Vietnam, Indonesia, China and in The Netherlands and US.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Make strategic and operational decisions in developing and implementing tuberculosis programs and research
  2. Evaluate the global disease burden and the status of the global response
  3. Recognize the challenges of TB-HIV, MDR- and XDR-TB and PPM-DOTS
  4. Describe the public health dynamics of tuberculosis programs
  5. Demonstrate the importance of (operational) research into new tools and interventions