**[ADVANCED COURSE ON AFB-MICROSCOPY, Nairobi, November 17 to 28,
2003]{.underline}**

# Time Table

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| #    | # Time   | ##### Activities                      | *         |
| #### |          |                                       | *Lecturer |
|  Day |          |                                       | /**       |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      |          |                                       | **Facil   |
|      |          |                                       | itators** |
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| *    | **09:00  | Welcome (opening) ceremony            | Dr.       |
| *(1) | -10:00** |                                       | Chakaya   |
| 17/  |          | Course orientation                    |           |
| 11** | **10:00  |                                       | AVD       |
|      | -10:30** | Lect: Global TB problem and TB burden |           |
| **M  |          | in EA                                 | Dr.       |
| on** | **10:30  |                                       | Kangangi  |
|      | -11:00** | **Break**                             |           |
|      |          |                                       | MM        |
|      | **11:00  | Lect: TB lab services in Kenya NTP    |           |
|      | -11:30** |                                       | Dr.       |
|      |          | ### TB Epidemiology                   | Mansoer   |
|      | **11:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -12:30** | ### Lunch                             | JR, BM,   |
|      |          |                                       | AVD, NTP  |
|      | **12:30  | Pract: Lab T.: Reagents preparation   | lab staff |
|      | -13:30** | and quality check                     |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      | **13:30  | Pract: Non-lab: Using the microscope  |           |
|      | -17:00** |                                       |           |
|      |          | (15 min. break)                       |           |
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| **(  | **09:00  | Lect: Importance of AFB-microscopy in | JR        |
| 2)** | -09:45** | DOTS programmes                       |           |
|      |          |                                       | JR        |
| *    | **09:45  | Lect: Basic TB bacteriology           |           |
| *18/ | -10:30** |                                       | AVD       |
| 11** |          | **Break**                             |           |
|      | **10:30  |                                       | All       |
| **T  | -11:00** | Lect: TB Lab methods                  |           |
| ue** |          |                                       |           |
|      | **11:00  | #### Lunch                            |           |
|      | -12:30** |                                       |           |
|      |          | Pres: Country laboratory information: |           |
|      | **12:30  | network, quality control system and   |           |
|      | -13:30** | problems in the microscopy laboratory |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      | **13:30  | (15min. break)                        |           |
|      | -17:00** |                                       |           |
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| **(  | **09:00  | Lect: AFB microscopy, details of      | BM        |
| 3)** | -10:30** | technique                             |           |
|      |          |                                       | AVD       |
| *    | **10:30  | **Break**                             |           |
| *19/ | -11:00** |                                       | ###       |
| 11** |          | Lect: AFB microscopy, strategies and  |           |
|      | **11:00  | interpretation                        | JR, BM,   |
| **W  | -12:30** |                                       | AVD, NTP  |
| ed** |          | **Lunch**                             | lab staff |
|      | **12:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -13:30** | Pract: Smearing and staining by ZN    |           |
|      |          | and Auramin method                    |           |
|      | **13:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -17:00** | Demo: Smears and staining; microscope |           |
|      |          | problems                              |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      |          | ### (15min. break)                    |           |
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| **(  | **09:00  | Disc: Microscopy network support:     | JR        |
| 4)** | -10:30** | safety, training                      |           |
|      |          |                                       | AVD       |
| *    | **10:30  | **Break**                             |           |
| *20/ | -11:00** |                                       | BM        |
| 11** |          | Disc: Microscopy network support:     |           |
|      | **11:00  | supplies and equipment                | MM        |
| **T  | -12:30** |                                       |           |
| hu** |          | #### Lunch                            |           |
|      | **12:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -13:30** | Disc: Microscopy network support:     |           |
|      |          | laboratory reporting                  |           |
|      | **13:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -17:00** | Exerc: calculating supplies           |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      |          | (15 min. break)                       |           |
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| **(  | **09:00  | Lect : Review of microscopy External  | JR        |
| 5)** | -10:30** | Quality Assurance (EQA) systems       |           |
|      |          |                                       | BM        |
| *    | **10:30  | **Break**                             |           |
| *21/ | -11:00** |                                       | JR, BM,   |
| 11** |          | Lect : Paneltesting EQA               | AVD, NTP  |
|      | **11:00  |                                       | lab staff |
| **F  | -12:30** | #### Lunch                            |           |
| ri** |          |                                       |           |
|      | **12:30  | Pract: EQA panel set validation       |           |
|      | -13:30** |                                       |           |
|      |          | (15 min. break)                       |           |
|      | **13:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -17:00** |                                       |           |
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| *    |          | ### Days off                          | ###       |
| *(6- |          |                                       |           |
| 7)** |          |                                       |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
| 22-3 |          |                                       |           |
| /11  |          |                                       |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
| Sat  |          |                                       |           |
| -Sun |          |                                       |           |
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| **(  | **09:00  | Lect : Lot Quality Assurance Sampling | JR        |
| 8)** | -10:30** | (LQAS) for re-checking EQA            |           |
|      |          |                                       | AVD       |
| *    | **10:30  | **Break**                             |           |
| *24/ | -11:00** |                                       | JR, BM,   |
| 11** |          | Lect : other technical considerations | AVD       |
|      | **11:00  | around rechecking                     |           |
| **M  | -12:30** |                                       |           |
| on** |          | # Lunch                               |           |
|      | **12:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -13:30** | Exerc : rechecking sample size        |           |
|      |          | setting and sampling                  |           |
|      | **13:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -17:00** | (15 min. break)                       |           |
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| **(  | **09:00  | Lect : Analysis and interpretation of | AVD       |
| 9)** | -10:30** | rechecking results                    |           |
|      |          |                                       | JR, BM,   |
| *    | **10:30  | **Break**                             | AVD       |
| *25/ | -11:00** |                                       |           |
| 11** |          | Exerc: Analysis and interpretation of | JR, BM,   |
|      | **11:00  | rechecking results                    | AVD       |
| **T  | -12:30** |                                       |           |
| ue** |          | # Lunch                               |           |
|      | **12:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -13:30** | Pract : Smear rechecking before/after |           |
|      |          | restaining                            |           |
|      | **13:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -17:00** | (15 min. break)                       |           |
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| **(1 | **09:00  | Lect : Supervision of microscopy labs | AVD       |
| 0)** | -10:30** |                                       |           |
|      |          | **Break**                             | All       |
| *    | **10:30  |                                       |           |
| *26/ | -11:00** | Disc : Possibilities of microscopy    | JR, BM,   |
| 11** |          | lab supervision by non-lab            | AVD       |
|      | **11:00  | professionals; use of supervision     |           |
| **W  | -12:30** | lists                                 |           |
| ed** |          |                                       |           |
|      | **12:30  | # Lunch                               |           |
|      | -13:30** |                                       |           |
|      |          | Workshop : Analysing laboratory       |           |
|      | **13:30  | reports for useful rates and          |           |
|      | -17:00** | indicators                            |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      |          | (15 min. break)                       |           |
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| **(1 | **09:00  | #                                     | JR, BM,   |
| 1)** | -10:30** |  Recapitulation of difficult subjects | AVD       |
|      |          |                                       |           |
| *    | **10:30  | # Break                               | JR, BM,   |
| *27/ | -11:00** |                                       | AVD       |
| 11** |          | # Additional exerc                    |           |
|      | **11:00  | ises / practice on difficult subjects | All       |
| **T  | -12:30** |                                       |           |
| hu** |          | # Lunch                               | All       |
|      | **12:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -13:30** | ### Country Work                      |           |
|      |          |  : Preparation of Action plan for EQA |           |
|      | **13:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -15:00** | **Break**                             |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      | **15:00  | Country Work : Preparation of Action  |           |
|      | -15:30** | plan for EQA                          |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      | **15:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -17:00** |                                       |           |
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| **(1 | **09:00  | Pres.: action plans                   | All       |
| 2)** | -10:30** |                                       |           |
|      |          | **Break**                             | All       |
| *    | **10:30  |                                       |           |
| *28/ | -11:00** | Pres.: action plans                   | JR, BM,   |
| 11** |          |                                       | AVD       |
|      | **11:00  | # Lunch                               |           |
| **F  | -12:30** |                                       | Dr.       |
| ri** |          | Post-test                             | Eriki,    |
|      | **12:30  |                                       | WHO       |
|      | -13:30** | Course evaluation                     |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      | **13:30  | **Break**                             |           |
|      | -15:00** |                                       |           |
|      |          | Closing ceremony & Certificates       |           |
|      | **15:00  |                                       |           |
|      | -15:30** | Farewell party                        |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      | **15:30  |                                       |           |
|      | -17:00** |                                       |           |
|      |          |                                       |           |
|      | **19:00  |                                       |           |
|      | -22:00** |                                       |           |
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| **(1 |          | **Departure**                         |           |
| 3)** |          |                                       |           |
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**Lect. = lecture**

**Pract. = practice in the lab**

**Exerc. = non-lab practical exercise**

**Pres. = presentation by participants**

**Disc. = group-discussion with facilitators as moderator**

**Workshop = group-work by all participants together**

**Country work = group-work per country**

**MM Mike Mayabi**

**JR John Ridderhof**

**BM Bereneice Madison**

**AVD Armand Van Deun**