The team of the Centre for Health Policies and Services Foundation (CPSS) is currently preparing a series of training courses for both the medical staff in the national pulmonology network, and the community nurses and sanitary mediators.
“We are very glad that CPSS’ over 10 years of experience in the organisation of training courses in the field of tuberculosis control will be tapped into by this important project! The involvement of community workers and of the communities in the control of tuberculosis is a prerequisite for the success of a national programme.” Dr. Dana Fărcășanu, CPSS Executive Chairperson.
As such, training courses are currently being prepared on medicine management, the control and surveillance of the tuberculosis infection, DOT and tuberculosis prevention education.
The training courses on medicine management, the control and surveillance of TB infection address 600 doctors and nurses all over the country. The training courses begin in March this year and are expected to be conducted until March 2016.
The training courses on direct observation treatment (DOT) and tuberculosis prevention education begin in April. 70 community nurses and sanitary mediators will acquire basic knowledge in the field of tuberculosis in order to provide DOT and inform the population regarding tuberculosis. The end beneficiaries of these training courses will be 1000 TB patients from 50 poor rural communities, who will be offered support during their treatment by community nurses and sanitary mediators. Also, 10,000 people from these communities, including Roma, will benefit from information and education sessions on tuberculosis prevention held by the community nurses and sanitary mediators trained through this project.
