Biography

Dr Benedita Jose is a medical doctor and public health specialist, who has been engaged as the NTP manager of Mozambique for the last 4 years. She has been actively involved in the TB elimination activities of the country, and also led the process of scaling up of the new diagnostics (NAAT) and shorter treatment regimens in her current position.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Enhancing the detection of people with TB (PwTB) in Mozambique

The NTP of Mozambique documented good lessons to improve TB notification in the low resource-settings, based on strategic planning, enhanced capacities, and optimal resource-utilization.

Source: Conference 2024