A course for doctors to manage TB 

Special Correspondent 
 
CHENNAI, July 03, 2018 00:00 IST

The National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) will offer a certificate course for doctors on managing tuberculosis.

The eight-week ‘Manage TB - an online course for doctors’ was developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research - NIRT and NPTEL have provided support for recording and hosting it on the portal and will coordinate the conduct of the final exams.

NPTEL coordinator Andrew Thangaraj said it was the first course of its nature addressing a specific disease and aimed at sensitising doctors in the public and the private sector to standards of care, guidelines and developments in the management of TB.

The course, which includes video lectures and case discussions, was launched by Madhusudhan Reddy, deputy commissioner (health), Chennai Corporation. Mr. Reddy said the course was needed in view of the State’s ‘End TB’ and ‘TB free Chennai’ initiatives.