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A Success Story in TB: Improving the quality of sputum samples through better teaching & models in Bolivia
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This report describes an improvement activity in Cochabamba, Bolivia, to reduce the number of unusable sputum samples for TB diagnostic testing. The reduction was achieved by improving the process through which respiratory suspects provided samples and other techniques to help patients provide usable samples. The report is also available in Spanish.
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Una Historia Exitosa Sobre control de la Tuberculosis: La Gestión de Medicamentos en Cajas DOTS Garantiza que el Ciclo de Tratamiento se Complete en El Alto, Bolivia
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Este informe corto describe una mejora ejecutada en El Alto, Bolivia, para mejorar el cumplimiento del tratamiento por tuberculosis por medio de una estrategia de asegurar la disponibilidad del curso completo de tratamiento por medio de organizarlo en cajas de medicina reservada para cada paciente y mejoramiento de la distribución de medicamentos al nivel del red de salud. El informe está disponible también en inglés.
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Una Historia Exitosa De Control de la Tuberculosis: Mejoramiento de la Calidad de las Muestras de Esputo a Través de la Enseñanza y Modelos Óptimos
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Este informe corto describe una mejora ejecutada en Cochabamba, Bolivia, para reducir el número de muestras de saliva que son inútiles para diagnosticar la tuberculosis a través de cambios al proceso de solicitar muestras de esputo y otras técnicas para ayudar a los pacientes a producir una buena muestra de esputo. El informe está disponible también en inglés.
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Improving Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment in Indonesia’s Private Sector through Computer-based Training
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The USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) partnered with the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) and professional associations in Indonesia to develop and disseminate TB CD-ROM and computer-based training packages for medical and other health practitioners. The CD-ROM training package is designed to improve diagnosis, management, and referral of tuberculosis patients in accordance with NTP guidelines. Private medical practitioners are trained in directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) and the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care that are part of the STOP TB strategy.
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TB CARE II Project Web-Portal
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The TB CARE II project site introduces promising new resources to fight TB and share information about successful interventions at the country, regional, or global levels, and shares information about project resources, events, and opportunities for collaboration with TB implementing partners around the world. This site allows TB CARE II project partners, collaborating organizations, TB professionals and the general public to access information regarding recent project updates and newly developed tools and resources from different field support and core activities. For new partners and staff as well as potential collaborators, the site provides an overview of the TB CARE II project, objectives, key staff, partners, and contacts as well as links to other TB-related news and information sources.
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Fight against Tuberculosis by School Students
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Improvement Report
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Improving TB detection and TB-HIV integration in Vietnam
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This short report describes the results of quality improvement activities supported by HCI to improve TB case detection and TB-HIV case management and service integration in Hai Duong and Nam Dinh provinces of Vietnam.
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Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP)
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The Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP) is a five-year (2005-2010) cooperative agreement funded by USAID to the Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TB-CTA), a coalition of the major international organizations in TB control led by the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation.
The TB-CTA Library contains links to many tools and guidelines developed by TB CAP and its partners, as well as country-specific products, featured in its TB CAP Toolbox CD-ROM. -
Stop TB Partnership
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The Stop TB Partnership (formerly the Stop TB Initiative) is a network of international organizations, countries, donors from the public and private sectors, governmental and nongovernmental organizations and individuals committed to working together to eliminate TB as a public health problem.
The Stop TB Resource Center features a wide range of downloadable guidelines and tools for TB program implementation. Tools of particular interest for improving TB prevention and treatment include the Stop TB laboratory diagnostic tools, guides for developing surveys for social mobilization and communication for TB control, guide to community involvement in tuberculosis care and prevention, patient handbooks, and guidance on implementing public-private mix approaches. -
Expanding TB and TB/HIV Integrated Services in Thai Binh Province, Vietnam
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This report provides an evaluation of an 18-month quality improvement intervention supported by the USAID-funded Quality Assurance Project (QAP) and its successor, the Health Care Improvement (HCI) Project, in Thai Binh Province of Vietnam. The province, located in the Red River’s Delta in northern Vietnam, has 1.8 million population, an annual TB case load of 1600–1800 cases, and an cumulative number of 2188 HIV-infected cases. In April 2007, QAP, in collaboration with NTP and Thai Binh Department of Health, initiated an 18-month work plan to pilot-test a model for TB/HIV integration activities at the provincial level and in all the eight districts in the province. Assistance to the intervention transitioned from QAP to HCI in 2008. The project also promoted partnerships between the TB program and other public and private health providers in order to maximize coverage of the DOTS program. A number of activities to expand TB/HIV integration were carried out, including policy development; capacity building; maintaining the continuum of care; quality assurance of services; support for public and private partnerships; strengthening the monitoring and evaluation system; and conducting information, education, and communication activities.
