Dr Liga Kuksa

Dr Liga Kuksa has graduated from the Medical University of Latvia in 1995. From 1997 she works in multidrug-resistant TB field and has certificate on pulmonology. Since 2000 she is involved in training activities of WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Management of MDR TB and since 2016 she was assigned as the Head of this Centre. In 2008 finished Norwegian Lung and Heart disease patient society (LHL) organized training course of trainers and continue as a trainer on “Effective communication for health care workers”.

Dr Liga Kuksa had been WHO/Green Light committee consultant on MDR TB during period 2006 till now, particularly consulting Russia Federation regions (Khakassia, Tyumen oblast and Karelia).

Since 2014 she is the European Respiratory Society TB Consilium expert. She had been involved in several international projects and trainings.