WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Syria conducted a workshop on the tuberculosis control programme between 18 and 19 September 2013.

The main objective of the workshop was to improve active case finding in shelters for internally displaced populations, including patients with multi-drug resistance.

The workshop was attended by 51 participants from the Directorate of Communicable and Chronic Diseases and concerned WHO staff.

The participants suggested activating the role of the laboratories in detecting tuberculosis cases in rural Damascus, Qunaterah and Daraa, training all newly appointed staff members and sustaining the collaboration between WHO and the Ministry of Health on tuberculosis control.