| ALERT (All Africa Leprosy and Rehabilitation Training Centre, Ethiopia)has developed courses for training various categories of health workers in modern techniques of leprosy control, treatment, and rehabilitation. Specialized and in- service courses are offered. The Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, is responsible for the immunopathology courses and works closely with ALERT. Accommodation for up to 42 trainees is provided in the student hostel. Field experience is offered through the leprosy control programme in the province of Shoa, Ethiopia, and through contact with the inpatient care programme and the leprosy hospital. Staff is supplemented by short-term consultants in subjects such as personnel management, sociology, and teaching methods. Training courses are designed for physicians, rural area supervisors, rehabilitation staff, leprosy control staff, rehabilitation workers, hospital nurses, and visiting observers. Information on courses offered, training accommodation, means of applying for the programme, and information on training courses outside Ethiopia are given. |