Certificate Course in Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) infection is an enormous health burden and a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Globally, about two billion people are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; 8 to 10 million develop active disease and two million die every year. About 10% of people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis will develop active TB and become ill during their lives while in others the infection becomes latent. It is necessary to correctly diagnose both active TB and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in order to achieve the End TB target by 2035 as proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and reduce TB incidence by 95% as compared to 2015.

This course is aimed at developing better awareness, skills and knowledge on tuberculosis among healthcare workers and thereby to achieve, End TB target by 2035 as proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO). This comprehensive online and onsite-learning certificate course in tuberculosis offers better awareness and knowledge on tuberculosis with the emphasis on laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

In view of the above, the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo is offering a certificate course in tuberculosis to provide awareness, knowledge and skills and to impart correct attitudes in proper diagnosis, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis.