The National Tuberculosis control Program in Egypt (NTP-Egypt) held recently the annual course for TB control. The course was conducted for multiple successive years in collaboration between the Japanese International Collaboration Agency (JICA), WHO EMRO, and NTP-Egypt
The course was conducted in the National Training Center for Tuberculosis and Chest diseases, MOH, Cairo, Egypt in the period from October 25th till November 18th 2009. Participants were from Sudan, Djibouti, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.

The course aimed to:
  Update the knowledge of tuberculosis and its control
 Improve analytical skills necessary for the situation analysis for TB control,
 Develop skills about Electronic Nominal Registration System to improve the TB recording and reporting system in their areas of responsibilities.
 Improve participants knowledge in MDR-TB management
 Improve participants knowledge in Practical Approach to Lung health (PAL)
 Improve participants knowledge in TB drug management
 Participants are capable of organizing 5-S principles in health facilities after learning process and the exposure to management of health facilities guided by TQM.

1st and 2nd week of the course were about TB control components, 3rd week was about total quality management and 4th week was about PPM (Public Private Mix in TB control.
The course was conducted in the form of: Lectures using PowerPoint presentations, self learning , using TB training modules, Group studies, Working groups , Field Trips , Problem based learning and Case studies
The participants were selected according to some criteria like: they were nominated by their respective Governments , holders of medical University Graduate, medical doctors , biomedical scientists, technologist, nurses, priority will given to participants affiliated to the National Programs of TB program in their countries, a mid-career leader position, with experience on one or more of the relevant subjects of the course, age between twenty five (25) and fifty (50 years with a least three years practical experience, desirable that 20% of the participants will be high carrier health professions, 60% mid-carriers and 20% junior staff, in a good command of spoken and written English, have the nationality of the nominating country, and in good health, both physically and mentally, to complete the course. Participants who were succeeded complete the course awarded a certificate of attendance.
 

The training course has covered all important topics of TB control and total quality management
Participation of WHO Expert, EMRO staff, Total Quality management Team from Ministry of Health, National AIDS Program of Egypt, infection control department and universities
Participation of TB Ambassador of Jordon (Mrs. Rania Ismaeel) famous movie star in Jordon by presentations for her activities with Jordon TB program in TB control

Participation of other countries : one participant from Oman participate in the training course funded from TB Fellowship in WHO/ EMRO as General information booklet was sent to some countries to fund for their participants from their local or external funds
 

Nada Abdel Hay	Hadia Abdel Hadi	Mir Habibullah	Ahmad Shah Barakzai
Sudan	Sudan	Afghanistan	Afghanistan
Muhammad Manochehr	Sadat Obaidullah	Nooraqa Zahid	Shahid Hussain
Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Pakistan
Hussaini Shah	Amir Ibrahim	Ayoubi Kamin	Manar Murtadah
Afghanistan	Djibouti	Afghanistan	Oman