Title: Default for CD2
Course: Communicable Diseases Part 2 - Ethiopia (Full)

Q: Monitoring of TB treatment is the regular observation and recording of activities taking place during treatment of patients with anti-TB drugs.
- True (Correct! It is true; when you monitor TB treatment you observe and record all treatment activities and this in turn helps to monitor the TB programme at national level.)
- False
A: True

Q: Smear-positive patients do not require sputum examination at five months into treatment.
- True
- False (Correct! It is false; at the fifth month a sputum examination is required for all TB patients with initial smear-positive results.)
A: False

Q: After a temporary referral to a clinician or hospital, a patient should return to the original health facility to continue treatment for TB.
- True (Correct! It is true; it is the responsibility of the original health facility to conduct subsequent follow-up once the patient is discharged from hospital.)
- False
A: True

Q: When a TB patient transfers to a new facility, that facility should notify the original health facility that the patient has reported for treatment.
- True (Correct! It is true; it is the responsibility of the new facility to inform the original health facility that the transferred patient has reported for treatment.)
- False
A: True

Q: Tesfaye with four skin lesions and weakness of both hands. How would you classify the type of leprosy Tesfaye has?
- MB (Correct! Tesfaye is MB because he has four skin lesions and weakness in both hands, which is a sign of nerve involvement.)
- PB
A: MB

Q: Hiwot has three skin lesions with loss of sensation. How would you classify the type of leprosy Hiwot has?
- MB
- PB (Correct! Hiwot is PB because she has only three skin lesions.)
A: PB

Q: Getachew reported with five skin lesions and inability to close his eyelids. How would you classify the type of leprosy Getachew has?
- PB
- MB (Correct! Getachew is MB because he has five skin lesions and eyelid gap, an indication of involvement of the nerves serving both eyes.)
A: MB

Q: Bizuwork has four skin patches located on the right upper arm. What is the correct leprosy treatment for Bizuwork?
- PB-MDT (Correct! Bizuwork is a PB patient because she has four skin lesions. She should be given PB-MDT.)
- MB-MDT
A: PB-MDT

Q: Mesele complains of weakness in both hands and there is also a big skin patch on his back. What is the correct leprosy treatment for Mesele?
- MB-MDT (Correct! Ato Mesele is an MB patient because although he has only one skin patch he also has weakness in both hands (an indication that the nerves responsible for movements of both hands are involved). He should receive MB-MDT treatment.)
- PB-MDT
A: MB-MDT

Q: Yohanes has three skin lesions on his back and two lesions on his face, but no muscle weakness. What is the correct leprosy treatment for Yohanes?
- PB-MDT (Correct! Yohanes has a total of five skin lesions and no muscle weakness. He is a PB patient and should receive PB-MDT.)
- MB-MDT
A: PB-MDT