Education is an important element of The Union's HIV work. Training courses are developed based on project and country needs and are always included in project activities. An example of one such training was the first joint TB and HIV Programme Managers Course, which was held in Jinja, Uganda in March 2008. The course was developed by The Union in collaboration with the Uganda National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme and the National AIDS Control Programme.

Onsite training and mentorship are an integral part of technical assistance, providing support to health workers during field visits.

The TB-HIV Clinical Management Course is the Union-designed course for TB and HIV clinicians, policy and decision makers and managers of national programmes. [Click here for course details]

Union HIV experts also attend international conferences and run workshops, post-graduate courses, poster sessions and hold symposia addressing TB-HIV issues at The Union's World Conference on Lung Health.

Other TB-HIV resources from The Union

Implementing TB-HIV Activities: A Programmatic Guide is designed for health planners, managers and health workers in resource-limited settings and provides practical recommendations for scaling up TB-HIV activities. Download a PDF at no charge from "Resources" at www.theunion.org.