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TB Notes NewsletterReturn to TB Notes 1, 2006 Main Menu This is an archived document. The links and content are no longer being updated. No. 1, 2006INTERNATIONAL UPDATEWorkshop Helps Prepare Botswana for Scale-up of HIV Testing in TB ClinicsStaff of two DTBE branches, the International Research and Programs Branch (IRPB) and the Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch (CEBSB), collaborated with CDC’s Global AIDS Program (GAP) to develop training materials and present a TB/HIV Surveillance Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop last July in Gaborone, Botswana. Botswana’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and National TB Programme (BNTP), BOTUSA (CDC-GAP office in Botswana), the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (IUATLD), and the World Health Organization (WHO) also supported the workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to
About 80 participants attended the workshop, including TB coordinators, community health nurses, and AIDS/STD unit representatives, from all 24 districts in Botswana. These participants will serve as trainers during Botswana’s upcoming national rollout of TB/HIV surveillance training to facility-level staff in each district.
The facilitators used the “Teachback” methodology, allowing the participants to both receive and present core module materials that incorporate CDC and WHO best practices for TB/HIV surveillance. This methodology develops the training skills of participants, thereby building future training capacity in the country. The following TB/HIV core training modules were field tested at the workshop:
Updated versions of these core modules will be used in the Botswana districts and by other sub-Saharan African countries that are experiencing high rates of TB/HIV coinfection. The remaining six modules, specifically targeting district-level staff, were also field tested at the workshop. These modules will not be used in the facility-level trainings, but did teach essential skills for TB/HIV recording and reporting at the district level, including
The workshop was well received by the course participants as well as the supporting facilitators. Dr. Robert Makombe of the WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) and a facilitator for the training course, called the workshop “a most wonderful time spent learning and teaching new things, sharing experiences, and working out future areas of collaboration, all in a friendly and professional atmosphere.” Since the TOT workshop ended on August 1, 2005, the DTBE/GAP team has worked with BNTP and BOTUSA staff to modify the core modules and prepare for a Botswana national rollout of TB/HIV facility-level trainings, scheduled to take place between October 2005 and May 2006. To date, seven districts have conducted trainings for various health staff involved in TB recording and reporting, including nurses, doctors, family welfare educators, pharmacy technicians, and midwives.
The TB/HIV Surveillance Training-of-Trainers Workshop training materials are currently undergoing final revisions and will be submitted for CDC clearance in early 2006. These materials will be available for use in other GAP countries at that time. Please contact Lisa Nelson (lbn9@cd.gov), Kelly Stinson (kqw0@cdc.gov), or Bryan Kim (bkim@cdc.gov) for further information. —Submitted by Kelly Stinson, MPH
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