WHO launches online course to improve diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis

Published on May 4, 2020

WHO/Europe has launched a new online course to strengthen the capacity to diagnose drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) using molecular techniques. This free course, entitled “Drug-resistant tuberculosis: how to interpret rapid molecular test results”, is available on the OpenWHO.  WHO

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