Educational aims:

Tuberculosis (TB), with 9.4 million cases and 1.3 million deaths per year, is a public health priority at the global level.

Aim of the course is to cover the key areas related to epidemiology, control, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in adults and children.
Health authorities from the World Health Organization and leading institutions in Europe will update participants on what is new through 6 interactive sessions you can easily follow from home or the office, just sitting near your computer.

Course organiser:

Dr. GB Migliori (Tradate, Italy)

Target audience:

Respiratory medicine and infectious disease clinicians, clinical scientists, immunologists, microbiologists, TB nurses and public health specialists involved in tuberculosis control, surveillance, training,  care and research.

Course material:  

Global epidemiology of TB and challenges towards elimination M. Raviglione (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland))
Diagnosis of TB: what is new from the Laboratory D. Cirillo (Milano, Italy)
Diagnosis of Latent TB Infection: the role of IGRAs D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
TB and HIV: from clinical practice to public health action A. Matteelli (Brescia, Italy)
TB in children: still a difficult task for the clinician? Beate Kampmann (London, UK)
MDR-/XDR-TB: is the white plague spectrum back? GB Migliori (Tradate, Italy)