The Union is launching a new international course on Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents.
This training is aimed at helping healthcare providers/participants apply learned concepts to improve the care of children and adolescents with presumptive and diagnosed TB in their work settings, especially at primary and secondary levels of health services.
The course will be offered in a blended learning format. This means that the participants will need to complete the online materials hosted on the Union Courses Online platform and attend 60min online live sessions with subject matter experts. Participants will also attend a one-week in-person session in a country in Sub-Saharan Africa (to be confirmed) to discuss key concepts and practice delivering the training to others.
Objectives
After completing the course, participants should be able to understand and describe the local epidemiology of childhood and adolescent TB, identify vulnerable groups and determine the necessary interventions. They will also learn about screening for TB, the diagnostic, treatment and prevention modalities and support strategies for adherence during treatment of TB and TB infection.
Faculty
Course Director: Dr Stephen Graham, University of Melbourne and The Burnet Institute, Australia.
Course Faculty:
Dr Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda
Dr Riitta Dlodlo, The Union
Target audience
This course is designed for healthcare workers in TB high-burden countries involved in training and management of TB, child and adolescent TB or child and adolescent health. These professionals include child and adolescent TB technical working group members, TB or child TB focal points, training officers, paediatricians, TB coordinators, health information specialists, laboratory and radiology staff and other healthcare providers at sub-national levels of health services.
Course details
Dates:
Asynchronous content to be completed between April and May 2025
In-person session: from the 1st to the 5th September 2025 in a Sub-Saharan African country to be determined.
Language: English
Number of participants (maximum): 25
What are the costs to participate in the course?
The course fee is 3,000 EUR. It will include:
- Unlimited access to the online course materials
- Participation in weekly live sessions with course faculty
- In-person session for 5 days
- Lunch and coffee/tea breaks during the in-person session
The fee does not include return travel from the participant’s home country to the country where the in-person session will take place, travel insurance, visa costs or accommodation.
The fee is payable via credit card or international bank transfer.
How to apply for the course?
To complete your registration, you will need to submit a CV and the details of your sponsor or the person paying for the course fees.
Unfortunately, The Union does not have funding to offer scholarships to attend this course. We encourage participants to find a sponsor locally.