This refresher TB course was designed to build your capacity to detect, diagnose and treat TB among your patients. TB control is an important and necessary part of any health service offering. It must be implemented in coordination with the NTP and based in WHO guidelines and recommendations noted in this course. Note that NTPs are key partners as they tailor TB control priorities to meet the specific epidemiological and resource needs of the country. Therefore, this course supplements and does not replace any national guidelines for TB control. For further reading, many technical guidelines and other resources area available in several languages on the WHO website.