STS: TB Treatment and care

Target Audience

• STS

• STS: General concepts in TB Treatment

  • Goals of treatment
  • Strategies for TB Treatment
  • Pharmacological Basis of treatment
  • Treatment Phases
  • Fixed Dose Combinations [FDC]s
  • Advantages of FDCs
  • FDCs used in NTEP
  • TB Drug Regimen
  • TB Treatment Initiation
  • Follow-up of TB patient
  • TB Treatment Outcome
  • Closing Cases and Assigning Treatment Outcomes
  • Types of ADR of TB Treatment
  • Management of Adverse Drug Reactions [ADRs] of TB Treatment
  • Long Term Post-treatment follow up of TB patients
  • TB Treatment Card
  • NTEP TB ID Card
  • Transfer of TB Patient Ownership
  • Pharmacovigilance in NTEP
  • Follow-up sputum examination
  • Management of EPTB
  • Management of Patients with Treatment Interruptions
  • Prevention of Drug Resistance
  • Management of TB in special situations
  • Death Audit

• STS: DS-TB Treatment and care

  • Categorization of DSTB Treatment Regimen
  • Treatment Regimen for DSTB – Adult
  • Treatment Regimen for DSTB - Pediatrics
  • TB Treatment – Steps
  • ADRs to First Line Treatment

• STS: DR-TB Treatment and care

  • Screening for DR-TB
  • Types of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis -DRTB
  • DR-TB Treatment – Patient Flow
  • Pre treatment evaluation of DRTB cases
  • Second Line anti TB drugs
  • ADRs to Second Line Treatment

• STS: TB Infection treatment and care

  • TB Infection
  • Testing for TB Infection
  • Target groups for TPT
  • Cascade of Care for TPT
  • Approaches for TPT implementation
  • Counselling for IGRA/TST
  • Counselling for TPT
  • Monitoring adherence to TPT

• STS: TB-Comorbidities and special situations

  • TB Co-morbidities & Special Situations
  • HIV in TB Patients
  • Diabetes among people with TB
  • Malnutrition among people with TB
  • Alcoholism among people with TB
  • Tobacco use among people with TB
  • Silicosis in people with TB
  • Cancer in People with TB
  • TB in Pregnant and Lactating Women
  • COVID-19 in TB patients