Western Pacific

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Regional Advisor: Dr Catharina Van Weezenbeek Regional TBTEAM focal point: Ms Catherine Lijinsky Click here for a monthly overview of events planned by country, technical partner and technical area Generate technical assistance plan View all the events in this region Ask a question NEW - TBTEAM news for the WPR region

Requests for technical assistance (Funding)
Country	Title	Purpose	Entered by	Start	End
Cambodia	Assist in scaling-up TB-HIV activities for the country, especially related to 3-Is (intensified case-finding, infection control,	TB/HIV	WHO/WPRO	1 January 2011	31 December 2011
Cambodia	Assist the NTP to scale up programmatic management of drug resistant TB rapidly	MDR-TB / XDR-TB	WHO/WPRO	1 January 2011	31 December 2011
Cambodia	Strengthen programmatic management of drug-resistant TB to achieve GF-targets for PMDT	MDR-TB / XDR-TB	WHO/CO	1 April 2011	30 June 2011
Cambodia	Joint Program Review of the National TB Program, Cambodia (August 2012)	Global Fund grant implementation	WHO/CO	2 August 2012	15 August 2012
China	Expansion of TB/HIV collaborative activities	TB/HIV	WHO/CO	1 April 2011	30 June 2011
China	Strengthen capacity to manage MDR-TB - 3 training courses	MDR-TB / XDR-TB	WHO/CO	1 April 2011	30 June 2011
China	Strengthen laboratory capacity on culture, DST and molecular tests for MDR-TB diagnosis	Laboratory strengthening	WHO/CO	1 July 2011	30 September 2011
China	Strengthen local capacity for conducting operational research in TB	Operational and basic science research	WHO/CO	1 July 2011	30 September 2011
China	ToT lab certification management and DST monitoring	Laboratory strengthening	WHO/CO	1 July 2011	30 September 2011
China	Conventional DST monitoring	Laboratory strengthening	WHO/CO	1 July 2011	30 September 2011
Lao People's Democratic Republic	R10 grant negotiation	Global Fund grant negotiation	WHO/CO	1 January 2011	31 March 2011
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Technical assistance to guide prevalence survey to obtain baseline data, improve M&E and reporting	M&E/supervision/ impact measurement	WHO/CO	1 January 2011	31 March 2011
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Facilitate the start of treatment of MDR-TB patients and the management of TB-HIV patients	Infection control	WHO/CO	1 January 2011	31 March 2011
Mongolia	Mid-term review of PPM DOTS	PPM, ISTC	WHO/CO	1 July 2015	30 September 2015
Papua New Guinea	Initiate DRS study - Report on TB surveillance systems and TB epidemilogy	MDR-TB / XDR-TB	WHO/WPRO	1 January 2011	30 June 2011
Philippines	External evaluation of 'TB in children' programme implementation	Childhood TB	WHO/CO	1 July 2011	30 September 2011

Requests for technical assistance (Expert)
Country	Title	Purpose	Entered by	Start	End
Cambodia	Developing TB ACF strategy amongst elderly	High risk groups: prisoners, refugees, TB contacts, special	WHO/WPRO	1 July 2012	21 July 2012
Fiji	M&E Guideline Development - HSS	M&E/supervision/ impact measurement	WHO/CO	28 September 2010	31 December 2010
Fiji	Technical Guide for TB (including TB-HIV)	M&E/supervision/ impact measurement	WHO/CO	28 September 2010	31 December 2010
Fiji	Curriculum Development Consultant	Human Resources Development	WHO/WPRO	15 July 2011	30 September 2011
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Microbiologist	Laboratory strengthening	WHO/WPRO	1 July 2012	30 September 2016

Past events pending status up-date (please update the status of those events whose dates have passed)
Country	Title	Entered by	Scheduled End Date
Fiji	Global Fund Round 11	WHO/WPRO	31 October 2011
Papua New Guinea	GDF mission	GDF	6 April 2012
Philippines	PMDT Monitoring Mission	WHO/WPRO	11 May 2012