Dr Kai Blöndal

Dr Kai Blöndal is a pulmonologist working in Iceland.  From 1998 to 2003, she was the manager of the Estonian National TB Programme, and has practical experience of TB and M/XDR-TB clinical management, programmatic management of drug-resistant TB (PMDT) and other related fields.

Dr Kai Blöndal has more than 14 years' international experience in more than 20 countries.

From 2002 to 2003, she was a member of the WHO Green Light Committee for DOTS-Plus for MDR-TB, and Chair of the Stop TB Working Group on DOTS-Plus for MDR-TB from 2003 to 2004. She has also served as Chair of the EURO TB Interagency Coordinating Committee and as a member of the Strategic Technical Advisory Group for WHO.