Tuberculosis (TB)

TB Fact Sheet

Answers to your TB questions

 

The key result areas of the TB Control Programme : April 2010 – March 2011

Strengthen the Implementation of DOTS strategy
Strengthen components of District health plans relevant for TB control and management. Increase the capacity to implement DOTS strategy. Improve sputum turn around times. Intensify case findings. Strengthen case retention and treatment adherence. Ensure adequate supplies of quality drugs. Ensure standardized, accurate, timely reporting and recording for TB.

Address TB & HIV
Strengthen management of TB and HIV co-infected patients.

Contribute to health systems and human resource strengthening
Create and fill critical TB positions at provincial, district and sub district level. Strengthen TBCP Head office and health facilities capacity to manage TBCP.

Improve the management of MDR & X MDR TB
Provide adequate and suitable equipped MDR TB hospital infrastructure. Strengthen the MDR TB community care. Strengthen capacity to manage drug resistant TB patients. Improve diagnosis capacity for MDR and XDR TB. Strengthen surveillance, reporting and recording of M (X)DR TB.

Strengthen TB infection control
Minimise TB infection in health facilities.

Strengthen TB ACSM (advocacy, communication & social mobilization)
Increase awareness in communities about TB.

Strengthen TB monitoring and evaluation
Improved quality of TB data and information and service delivery of facility TB programmes /services.

Co-ordinate and implement TB research
Strengthen TB operational research.
 

 

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