Capacity-building for consultants on the new WHO recommendations for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis International online training (15–18 June 2020)

WHO Regional Office for Europe and Regional Green Light Committee for Europe (rGLC/Europe) Online international training “Capacity-building for consultants on the new WHO recommendation for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis” 15-18 June 2020

The objectives of the training session included:

• capacity-building of the new and existing rGLC/Europe consultants on the new WHO guidelines;
• increasing the pool of consultants to enable the smooth continuation of support to countries with regard to the introduction of the latest treatment policies based on the latest WHO recommendations, and
• assisting countries in the operationalization of the new guidelines.

Members of the rGLC/Europe; representatives from the Stop TB Partnership, the Global Drug Facility (GDF), staff from WHO Headquarters Global TB Programme and from the Joint Tuberculosis, HIV and Viral Hepatitis Programme of the WHO Regional Office for Europe took part in the training session.