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Meeting Report (in Spanish, PDF, 47 pp, 677 Kb, chapter heading translated for user orientation)
Acronyms | Objectives
Inauguration
- Stop TB Global Partnership: Achievements and Future Challenges
- The Stop TB Strategy: Global Implementation
- Progress in TB Control in Peru
- Country Experiences with National Stop TB Partnerships
- Advocacy, Social Communication, and Social Mobilization (ACSM): Definitions and Models for Country Implementation
- ACSM Strategy Implemented in Peru
- Role of Affected Persons: Building a Road
- Group Work on Experiences with ACSM in the Countries
- Progress in Implementing the Stop TB Stragegy in Priority Countries and Partner Participation
- Coordinating Technical Assistance to Countries - TBTEAM
Partners' Experiences and Perspectives in Implementing the Stop TB Strategy
- US Agency for International Development (USAID)
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- International Union against Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (UICTER)
- Management Science for Health (MSH)
- KNCV - Netherlands Royal Association against Tuberculosis
- University of Florida School of Public Health
- Experiences and Perspectives of the Global Fund and the Stop TB Strategy in the Region of the Americas
- Canadian Lung Agency (CAP)
- Support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for TB Control in Latin America
- Carousel of Opportunities
- The New WHO Forms for Gathering Information on Tuberculosis: Key Aspects
- Conclusions and Recommendations
Special Session: Implementing the Public-Private Partnership for Tuberculosis Control (PPM)
- Objectives
- Participants
- PPP Initiative within the Global Plan to Stop TB: Progress in Implementation and Global Results
- Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Incorporating All Health Providers into TB Control
- Study on TB Health Organizations in Ecuador, 2007: Public-Private Partnership
- Results of PPP Research in Bolivia
- PPP Contribution to Achievements in Tuberculosis Control, El Salvador
- Implementation of the PPP Initiative in México
- Conclusions and Recommendations from the Session
Annex 1: Agenda
Annex 2: List of Participants
Links
- PAHO Tuberculosis Page
- WHO Tuberculosis Page
- Stop TB Partnership
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Objectives of the Meeting
- Stimulate the formation of Stop TB partnerships in all the priority countries, while taking into consideration the lessions learned in some of the countries.
- Disseminate the achievements and challenges faced when implementing the Global Plan to Stop TB worldwide.
- Determine the level of implementation of the new Stop TB strategy both globally and in the priority countries of the Americas, as well as partner participation.
- Become familiarized with successful experiences in Advocacy–Communication–Social Mobilization (ACSM) and the participation of those affected, and stimulate the implementation of the fifth component of the Stop TB strategy.
Conclusions and Recommendations
- The fact that the countries attending the meeting have alliances with the partners has been documented. A suggestion was made for the countries that have not done so to form their own Stop TB alliances.
- The countries, to varying degrees, are implementing elements of the Stop TBstrategy. A suggestion was made to strengthen laboratory networks and TB/HIV and MDR-TB collaborative activities according to DOTS priorities. A recommendation was made to those countries that have not implemented PAL, PPM and ACSM activities to include them in the annual plans.
- Following the exchange of experiences on ACSM at the meeting, a recommendation was made for the countries to involve all actores, with emphasis on affected persons and communities.
- A recommendation was made to the countries implementing ACSM activities that they document and carry out cost-effectiveness and impact studies that will enable them to show the value added to program activities.
- The participation of social agencies and universities in the Region was recognized as partners in the achievements made to date regarding the MDGs; a suggestion was made for this dialog to continue.
- A recommendation was made for the countries to name a focal point for TB TEAM who would coordinate technical assistance among all partners.
- A recommendation was made for the countries in the process of changing their guidelines to incorporate the new WHO formats for data collection.
- A recommendation was made for the countries to adopt the guidelines for the bacteriological diagnosis of TB in accordance with the technical guidelines for laboratories in the Region of the Americas.
Special Session: "Implementing the Public-Private Partnership for Tuberculosis Control (PPP)"
Objectives of the Session
- Share experiences on implementing plans of action and the PPP initiative.
- Become familiarized with perspectives on the application of the PPP initiative in the 12 priority countries.
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Session
- The countries in attendance recognize the importance of the PPP initiative for:
- Reaching the MDGs mainly related to the goal of case detection as part of the implementation of the Stop TB strategy.
- Protect the economic resources of the poor.
- Offer TB care equitably.
- Prevent MDR-TB and XDR-TB.
- PPP implementation should use existing tools and implementation guidelines.
- The results of the country studies found variable percentages for the participation of public and private providers, and the participation of public and private hospitales is relevant, which shows the need to incorporate PPP in their different modalities (public-private, public-public, with emphasis on hospitals). Noted was the importance of hospitals in case detection and care for complicated cases.
- Ecuador presented initial data from a national study that should be presented at the next meeting for its importance and representivity.
- One aspect that emerged from the discussions is the presence of medication offered in private pharmacines (in some countries), which could be translating a problem of drug management and which represents an additional problem for the successful implementation of PPP.
- The fact emerged that international standards are a valuable instrument, mainly for the adherence of private providers and scientific associations, showing that these standards should be adopted in accordance with the original version.
- The draft document on adoption of standards of presented, which was accepted by the participants; however, there was a series of comments and suggestions that should be incorporated into the semifinal version of the document and distributed, for additional feedback before its publication and dissemination.
- This document should include process and result indicators for follow-up on the adoption of the standards.
On the Poster Presentation
- Observation showed that the countries are in different phases of PPP implemention. Brazil, Mexico, and El Salvador have made progress in implementation, Bolivia is in the process of applying, and Ecuador and the Dominican Republic are starting up.
- There is some variability concerning compliance to WHO goals and private-sector participation.
- There was marked participation from the industrial/business sector in Brazil, along with other sectors and good coordination with civil society.
- El Salvador demonstrates a strong, sustainable program applying the components of the Stop TB strategy.
- A suggestion was made for the information requested for the posters be more concise and standardized.
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