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China CDC holds training for university volunteers of TB Prevention and Control Advocacy in Promoting Patient Finding Program

chinacdc.cn | Updated: 2022-04-28
An online training for university volunteers entitled " University Volunteers‘ TB Prevention and Control Advocacy in Promoting Patient Finding Program  " organized by the TB control and Prevention Center of the China CDC was held on April 16, 2022.
 
Supported by the Johnson & Johnson cooperation project of the Department of International Cooperation of the National Health Commission, the program aims at exploring a proper and innovative mode for university volunteers to advocate for TB prevention and control on campus, and at providing scientific evidence for the construction of zero-TB campuses.
 
Experts from the TB control and Prevention Center of the China CDC, the Chinese Health Education Center and other agencies attended the meeting, together with nearly 400 university volunteers in the training from Sichuan and Zhejiang provinces.
 
Zhao Yanlin, director of the TB Control and Prevention Center of the China CDC, moderated the training session. Zhao said that the WHO's goal of END TB by 2035 needs the participation of the whole society and the volunteer team is an important part of TB control.
 
He expressed the hope that this program can attract more volunteers to work on TB prevention and control.
Zhao Yanlin, director of the TB Control and Prevention Center of the China CDC, delivers a speech during the online training " University Volunteers‘ TB Prevention and Control Advocacy in Promoting Patient Finding Program " for university volunteers. [Photo/chinacdc.cn]

Experts from the China CDC, the Chinese Health Education Center and other agencies also exchanged knowledge in terms of TB prevention and treatment, management of university volunteers' publicity activities, provincial volunteer activities, and on other topics.