Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Training of front-line health workers for tuberculosis control: Lessons from Nigeria and Kyrgyzstan | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Open Access Review Training of front-line health workers for tuberculosis control Lessons from Nigeria and Kyrgyzstan Niyi Awofeso 1 2 Irina Schelokova3 and Abubakar Dalhatu4 Address 1School of Public Health and Community Medicine University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 Australia 2School of Population Health University of Western Australia Perth Australia 3National Tuberculosis Institute Bishkek Kyrgyzstan and 4Field Training Unit National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre Zaria Nigeria Email Niyi Awofeso - Irina Schelokova - irina_sch@ Abubakar Dalhatu - abudalhat@ Corresponding author Published 29 September 2008 Received 19 December 2007 Accepted 29 September 2008 Human Resources for Health 2008 6 20 doi l478-449l-6-20 This article is available from http content 6 l 20 2008 Awofeso et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Efficient human resources development is vital for facilitating tuberculosis control in developing countries and appropriate training of front-line staff is an important component of this process. Africa and Central Asia are over-represented in global tuberculosis statistics. Although the African region contributes only about ll of the world population it accounts for at least 25 of annual TB notifications a proportion that continues to increase due to poor case management and the adverse impact of HIV AIDS. Central Asia s estimated current average tuberculosis prevalence rate of 240 l00 000 is significantly higher than the global average of 2l7 l00 000. With .
