Transcript National Tuberculosis Programme

National Tuberculosis
Programme
Technical Working Group
Meeting – July 13, 2010
Improving diagnosis
• Tamavua-Twomey Lab to complete by end of July
(22nd )
• Senior lab tech on attachment in Brisbane
• EQA – 3/4 , CWM lab will send slides to TamavuaTwomey
• NTP sends slides to QMRL for EQA
• Savusavu & Suva Hub labs planned for renovation
• Lautoka & Labasa labs for refurbishment
• Training on transporting sputum/slides from
remote settings done June 16-17
M&E
• Supervisory visits by NTP office, DTBCOs –
ongoing (no TB register at some SDH)
(TB services, Register, lab, anti-TB meds,
support services)
• Joint supervisory visit planned for Sept 2011
• Take advantage of other Public health visits
• Reporting & recording – final draft of forms by
Friday 15 July
• Reporting – Quarterly + annually
M&E – referral & reporting
PHC
Private
sector
SDH
DOTS
Center
NTP
Office
HIU
M&E – discharge notification
DOTS
center
SDH
PHC
Private
sector
VHW
FRCS
TB-HIV
• All 3 DOTS centers conduct HIV testing for
registered TB cases (after PICT)
• TB & HIV programs continue to
communicate on clinical and programmatic
issues
• TB-HIV training manual – end of July
(Sam)
• Planning workshop planned for August
2011
MDR-TB
• DST schedule 20specimens/year (x5yrs)
• Groups for DST
1. All retreatment cases
2. Contacts of retreatment cases
3. Cases who remain smear +ve after
2months
4. Cases co-infected with TB & HIV
PPM
• Private practitioners have been referring
patients to DOTS centers
• PPM dinner – 28th June
• PPM MOU – for finalization before MOHPrivate care facilities sign (MOH Legal
officer + NTP – end of July 2011)
• Referral forms distributed to GPs & Pharm
Others
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TB Guideline 2011 – Jul 15
TB Strategic Plan 2011-2015 – Jul 15
TB forms (incl. TB Register) – July 15
PAL guidelines – end of July (Frank)
TB in Prisons – next training Lautoka (August)
TB in Children & X-ray in TB Diagnosis –
Training May 2011 (next training Aug 2011)
• Anti-TB medicines - FDCs ETA Aug 2011, ?stock
out!