Training
Catalogue 2008
Africa
All Africa Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre (ALERT) Ethiopia
National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre, Nigeria
Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa
Asia
The Leprosy Mission Hospital, India
The Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre (SLRTC), Karigiri
BIKASH Training Centre Nepal
Europe
AIFO Courses, Loreto, Italy
Enablement, The Netherlands
Royal Tropical Institute, KIT, The Netherlands
Fontilles, Spain
International Union against TB and Lung Disease, France
The Americas
Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Brazil
Fundaçâo Alfredo de Matta, Brazil
PAHO, USA
Misc.
WHO Training Courses (Various countries)
ALERT, Ethiopia
Dr Fuad Temam, Director of Training
All Africa Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre (ALERT)
Training Division
P.O. Box 165
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Tel: +251 11 321 1341 or +251 11 321 1351
Fax: +251 11 321 1351 or +251 11 321 1523
Email: leprosytb@ethionet.et
Website: www.telecom.net.et/~tdalert
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
August 18 – August 22 | TB/HIV Collaborative activities and programme management
| All general health care workers, health workers working with TB and/or HIV programmes, programme managers working with the national or district level of TB/HIV programmes, counsellors, data managers, physicians, and social workers involved in programme management. |
Sept 15 – Sept 19 | Clinical leprosy and tropical dermatology for Physicians | Physicians responsible for diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with leprosy. |
Sept 22 – Oct 03 | Management of combined TB, HIV/AIDS control programmes for Physicians and Programme Managers | Experienced physicians responsible for managing leprosy and TB control programme at the regional level or above. |
Oct 27 – Nov 21 | Rehabilitation and Prevention of Disabilities | General health workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, experienced leprosy workers involved in POD. |
Nov 03 – Nov 21 | Clinical leprosy and management of combined leprosy | Experienced nurses, paramedical workers or supervisors responsible for leprosy and TB control at the district (or equivalent) level. |
Nov 24 – Dec 05 | Community based rehabilitation (CBR) | Health workers involved in CBR, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and project managers. |
Dec 08 – Dec 12 | Operational research methods in epidemiology | TBL control programme managers, scientists and other health workers who deal with epidemiological research work and statistics. |
Facilities
Accommodation is available at the ALERT hostel in single study rooms. As well as, self-study facilities, such as CD-ROMs, video, slide programmes and library. Training takes place in the 240-bed teaching hospital and the ALERT field programme.
Fees
The basic training fees are 460 US dollars per week. This covers tuition, full board and lodging, laundry facilities, airport service and 25 US dollars pocket money per week. Three-day field trips are an additional 75 US dollars for transportation, facilitation and living expenses. Special rates are available for long term in-service trainees. Please note that ALERT does not provide any sponsorship.
Language
English
Further Information
To attend these courses from outside the country, you need a visa for Ethiopia. For trainees unable to obtain an entry visa in their home country, a visa can be arranged by ALERT if the required information is sent to them in time. For further information about visas and any other aspect of the ALERT training courses, please contact the training department at the address on the previous page.
National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre, Nigeria
Dr J O Obasanya,
Principal National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training
Saye Village
Old Zaria-Kaduna Road
P.M.B. 1089
Zaria
Nigeria
Tel: +234 69 370074
Fax: +234 69 333205
Email: gadadomansu@yahoo.com.au
Website: www.ntbltc.org
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
To be confirmed at a later date |
Facilities
Students stay at the hostel of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre. Rooms are shared with one other student.
Fees
Training fees are fixed for each course and cover tuition, full board, laundry, lodging, recreation facilities, pocket money and transport. Sponsorship and a pass in the selection internew are conditions of admission.
Language
English
The Leprosy Mission Hospital, India
Dr Premal Das, Superintendent
Dr Loretta Das, Training in-Charge
The Training Unit
The Leprosy Mission Community Hospital
Naini
Allahabad 211 008
Uttar Pradesh
India
Tel: +91 (0) 532 2697267
Fax: +91 (0) 532 2697262
Email: tlmnaini@tlmindia.org
Website: Tlmnaini.troffice@gmail.com
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
January – April | 1 month courses x 10 – Leprosy training for Physiotherapy students | 10 x 10 batches BPT trainees |
June – November | 1 month courses x 10 – Leprosy training for Physiotherapy students | 10 x 10 batches BPT trainees |
Nov 10 – Nov 14 | Orientation in Leprosy for Medical Officers | Medical Officers and other organisations |
Nov 10 – Nov 21 | Orientation in Leprosy for Medical Officers | Medical Officers of The Leprosy Mission |
Monthly
| In-service Training in Leprosy related work: Physiotherapist Occupational Therapist Nurses Doctors | Colleges, Governments, Voluntary Organisations and Others |
Any Adhoc courses on request | n/a | n/a |
To be confirmed | Footwear/POD | Shoe Technician, POD Managers, Nurses |
To be confirmed | Training Methodology | Teaching Staff |
To be confirmed | Training in Research Methodology | Doctors, Technicians |
To be confirmed | Workshop (TLM Community Programmes) | Staff |
To be confirmed | Evaluation Training | Evaluators |
To be confirmed | Rehabilitation CBR Training Course | Field Staff |
Facilities
Air-conditioned classrooms with audio visual aids, multi-media projector, computers and library. There is a 150-bedded hospital with a annual number of 50,000 out patients (12,000 - 15,000 patients with leprosy).
In-service training
Laboratory with over 30,000 tests and 5,000 skin smears
Physiotherapy with over 10,000 assessments
Ophthalmology, reconstructive surgery (250 - 300)
Foot Care (800)
Surgery, MCR & specialised footwear/prosthesis, with a production of 1,500 each year.
Clinical Leprosy - 2,500 new patients each year.
In-service training is available as shown on the above calendar and on request in advance. This is open to anyone, and will be given on a first come first served basis. (maximum of 2 people per month, per subject).
Accommodation
6 twin-bedded rooms with toilets
30 bedded hostel for males
5 bedded hostel for females
Fees
Doctors, Senior staff and Trainees (rooms)
Food will be 250 rupees per day
Accommodation will be 200 rupees per day
Other trainees (hostel)
Food will be 150 rupees per day
Accommodation will be 50 rupees per day
Tuition fees for all will be 50 rupees per day, per person
International trainees will be asked to pay 300 rupees per day for food
Air-conditioned accommodation will be 150 rupees per day
Language
English (with Hindi explanation)
Travel Information
Varanasi is 4 hours away by taxi
Allahabad is 10 km for Naini
Railway station – There is an overnight train from New Delhi to Allahabad
Climate
Summer: (April – June) Maximum temperature is 48˚C
Monsoon: (July – September) Hot & Humid
Pleasant: (October, November & March)
Winter: (December – February) Minimum temperature is 1 ˚C
The Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre (SLRTC), Karigiri
Dr Premkumar, Head, of Training Department
Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre (SLRTC) Hospital
Karigiri 632 106
Tamil Nadu
India
Tel: +91 416 227 4215
Fax: +91 416 274 4274
Email: training@karigiri.org
Website: www.karigiri.org
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
Please contact the centre for further details. |
Other in-service training available by arrangement
· Medicine
· Surgery
· Pathology
· Laboratory technology
· Ophthalmology
· Epidemiology and control
· Rehabilitation
· Psychological aspects of leprosy
· Social aspects of leprosy
· Biostatistics
· Physiotherapy
· Occupational therapy
BIKASH Training Centre, Nepal
Gopal Gurung, Programme co-ordinator
BIKASH Training Centre
P.O. Box 28
Pokhara
Kaski
Nepal
Tel: +977 61 430562/431052
Fax: +977 61 430940
Email: bikash_training@wlink.com.np
Web: www.bikashnepal.org.np
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 24 - Sept 26 | In-service training on POD | Contact the centre for details. |
| Oct 22 - Oct 24 | In-service training on POD | Contact the centre for details. |
Facilities
Accommodation and full board is available in the training centre guesthouse, which has single and double study rooms. There is a wide opportunity to practice manual skills in a 70-bed hospital setting.
The training centre is well equipped with modern teaching and learning materials and a library.
Fees
Course fee includes tuition, full board, accommodation and teaching learning materials. For further details please contact the centre.
Language
English
AIFO Courses, Loreto, Italy
Ms Felicita Veluri
AIFO Course Secretariat
Via Borselli 4-6
40135 Bologna
Italy
Tel: +390 51 433402
Fax: +390 51 434046
Email: felicita.veluri@aifo.it
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Please contact the centre for further details. |
Language
Italian
Further Information
For further information on upcoming courses please contact Felicita Veluri at the above address.
Enablement, The Netherlands
Mr Huib Cornielje
Enablement
Langenhorst 36
2402 PX Alphen aan den Rijn
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 172 436953
Fax +31 172 244976
Mobile: + 31 628 485083
Email: h.cornielje@enablement.nl
Website: www.enablement.nl
| Date | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 - Sept 05 | Training of Trainers (TOT) in Community Based Rehabilitation | Prospective CBR trainers, faciliatators and other interested professionals |
| Sept 15 - Oct 10 | International course in Disability & Rehabilitation Management | POD and rehabilitation professionals and development workers |
| Nov 19 - Nov 20 | Disability and HIV AIDS | Disability and development staff and general health care providers, especially management staff and project staff from various development agencies. |
| Dec 13 - Dec 14 | Disability and HIV AIDS | Disability and development staff and general health care providers, especially management staff and project staff from various development agencies. |
Language
English
Further Information
For further details, please contact Huib Cornielje at the above address.
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)
Ms Jenny Postema
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)
P O Box 95001
1090 HA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 568 8256
Fax: +31 20 568 8677
Email: healthtraining@kit.nl
Website: http://www.kit.nl
KIT run general health courses and modular studies on health.
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Please contact the centre for further details. |
Facilities
Please contact KIT for further information.
Language
English
Fontilles, Spain
Dr Montserrat Pérez
Dr José Ramón Gómez
Fontilles Lucha Contra la Lepra
Plaza Tetuan 6
46003 Valencia
Spain
Tel: +34 96 351 15 83
Fax: +34 96 351 11 87
Email: fontilles@fontilles.org
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| For further details please contact the centre. |
Language
Spanish
Further Information
For further details, please contact Dr Montserrat Pérez at the above address.
Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Brazil
Célia Maria Rala
Head of Training
Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima
Rodovia Cmte, Joâo Ribeiro de Barros Km 225/226
P O Box 3021
Bauru SP
CEP 17001 - 970
Brazil
Tel: +55 14 3103 5867
Fax: +55 14 3103 5914
Email: ensino@ilsl.br
Website: www.ilsl.br
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Please contact the centre for further details. |
Facilities
Library, research laboratories, general dermatology clinics, rehabilitation centre, accommodation centre, laboratory facilities.
Language
Portuguese
Further Information
The institute has specialist areas and can offer training in dermatology clinics, pathology, hansenology, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, ophthalmology, orthopaedic shoe-making and laboratory experiments.
Fundaçâo Alfredo de Matta, Brazil
Megumi Sadahiro
Research and Teaching Manager
Fundaçâo Alfredo de Matta
Av. Codajás No 24 - Cachoerinha
CEP 69065-130
Brazil
Tel: +55 (0) 92 3663 4747
Fax: +55 (0) 92 3663 3155
Email: gep@fuam.am.gov.br
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Please contact the centre for further details. |
Facilities
Library and well-equipped classrooms, dermatology clinic and laboratory. Practical experience in prevention of disability and rehabilitation will be available.
Language
Portuguese
International Union against TB and Lung Disease, France
Mme Cécile Sevel
Conferences and Courses Co-ordinator
International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
68 Boulevard Saint-Michel
75006 Paris
France
Tel: +33 1 44 32 03 60
Fax: +33 1 43 29 90 87
Email: courses@iuatld.org
Website: www.iuatld.org
Providers of international courses on tuberculosis, in a variety of languages.
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Please contact the centre for further details. |
Facilities
Please contact the above address for more information.
Languages
Courses are in various languages.
PAHO, USA
PAHO
525 Twenty Third Street, NW
Washington DC
20037
USA
Tel: +1 202 974 3874
Fax: +1 202 974 3632
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Please contact centre for further details of their international courses on tuberculosis. |
Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa
Patricia Kelly
Course Programme Co-ordinator
G23 Division of Dermatology
Groote Schuur Hospital
University of Cape Town
Observatory 7925
Cape Province
South Africa
Tel: +27 21 404 3376
Fax: +27 21 447 8232
Mobile: +27 082 8309 429
Email: Patricia.Kelly@uct.acza
| Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 04 - Sept 26 | Dermatology Course (Leprosy module included in course) | Registered nurses working in primary care setting or dealing with leprosy patients |
Further Information
Please contact Patricia Kelly for further information.
WHO Training Courses
Dr Vijaykumar Pannikar, Team Leader
WHO Global Leprosy Programme
WHO Regional Office for South East Asia
WHO House
Indraprastha Estate
Mahatma Gandhi Road
NEW DELHI-110002
INDIA
Tel no: +91 (11) 23309490
Fax no: +91 (11) 233705665
E-mail: pannikarv@whosea.org
| Country | Dates | Course Title | Target Groups |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinidad and Tobago | 21 - 24 April 2008 | Workshop | Leprosy staff working at country level |
| The Philippines | 28 - 30 April 2008 | Training to strengthen partnership to reduce further the leprosy burden and sustain quality leprosy control activities in Western Pacific Region | Leprosy programme staff from Northern Pacific island countries |
| Ethiopia | 5 - 9 May 2008 | Workshop to develop new national strategy for further reducing the leprosy burden and sustaining leprosy control activities | National leprosy programme managers from English speaking African countries |
| Dhaka, Bangladesh | September 2008 | Workshop | Leprosy staff working at country level |
| Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | November 2008 | Workshop | Leprosy staff working at country level |