Clinical and Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB in Ethiopia Participants’ Training Manual for Health Care Workers

Abstract

Drug Resistant TB remains a global and national health threat. Ethiopia is among the high TB, TB/HIV and MDRTB burden countries globally. Cognizant of the burden and the deleterious health impacts of drug-resistant TB in

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country, the FDRE Ministry of Health (FMOH) has begun responding to the emergence of DR-TB by conducting the first Drug Resistant TB survey (DRS) in 2005 followed by the establishment of the first DR-TB treatment center in Addis Ababa in 2009 to treat the first cohorts of DR-TB patients under programmatic conditions. This was followed by the introduction of ambulatory model of DR-TB and massive expansion of the DR-TB diagnostic and treatment centers, development of national PMDT guidelines consistent with global recommendations, and training of health care workers on the clinical and programmatic management of DR-TB. Substantial gains have been made as the result of the significant investments on Programmatic management of DR-TB (PMDT).