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TB Notes Newsletter
No. 2, 2007
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS BRANCH UPDATE
Building the Capacity of
Health Care Workers from the Former Soviet Union on
TB/HIV Surveillance Activities
Bryan Kim, MPH, presented the following as a poster
at the 2007 International Union Against Tuberculosis
Conference, North America Region, which took place
February 22–24, 2007.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity
among people living with HIV (PLWH). Many of the Former
Soviet Union (FSU) countries have a high TB burden and a
rapidly expanding HIV epidemic. Enhanced surveillance of
HIV-related TB (TB/HIV) is a recommended activity in
order to monitor the overlap of the two epidemics. To
increase capacity among health care workers (HCWs) from
the FSU countries, a training course on HIV surveillance
among TB patients was developed.
A week-long TB/HIV surveillance training for HCWs
from FSU countries was conducted in Croatia in May 2005
and May 2006. The training was developed to increase the
skills of HCWs to plan, implement, and evaluate TB/HIV
surveillance according to WHO/UNAIDS guidelines. Course
participants developed protocols to describe how TB/HIV
surveillance activities would be implemented in their
respective countries. Each participant took a pretest
and a posttest to assess knowledge gained from the
course. In May 2005, a total of 14 participants were
trained; in May 2006, a total of 18 participants were
trained. Participants were trained on research methods,
multidrug-resistant TB, data collection and analysis,
data dissemination and usage, and ethics. Posttest
results indicated that participants increased their
knowledge of TB/HIV surveillance activities. Course
evaluations done at the end of the training indicated
that the participants felt the protocol development
activity was very practical. Some participants indicated
that, depending on resources, they would be able to
implement the protocols in their countries. WHO and CDC
are providing technical assistance to a few of the
participating countries to help them follow up in the
implementation of their protocols.
—Submitted by Bryan Kim, MPH
Div of TB Elimination
Last Reviewed: 05/18/2008 Content Source: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
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