Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Describe the burden of TB in the world, Africa and Ethiopia.
• Describe the global approach to fight tuberculosis, known as the Global Stop TB Strategy.
• Describe the mode of transmission of tuberculosis and identify the groups most at risk of TB infection.
• Detect and confirm a case of TB based on clinical signs and screening of sputum specimens.