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| Reference: | 4090 |
| Country: | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| Multiple country event: | No |
| Region: | WPRO |
| City: | Vientiane |
| Start date: | 12 November 2011 |
| End date: | 16 November 2011 |
| Estimated duration: | |
| Status: | Completed - Complété |
| | (The mission has taken place) |
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| Title: | Monitoting visit |
| Type: | Mission |
| Terms of Reference: | The main objectives of this mission are to assist the National Tuberculosis Control Programme
to revise the National TB Strategy 2012-2016, address the MDR TB programme and monitor
the programme. It will cover the following:
- Revise the National TB Strategy Plan 2012-2016, with special emphasis on developing
locally adapted algorithms for the use of the new diagnostic tools to increase detection.
- Support the programme to address MDR-TB: updating the MDR-TB guidelines to reflect
the latest developments from the field, identifying the NRL capacity and providing
recommendations on how to address those issues, revising the second line drugs list
(including the question whether to include or exclude PAS), and recommending a detailed
plan on how, when and where to scale up the MDR-TB programme.
- Revise the first line treatment regimen following the growing pressure from the Global
Fund due to the continuing increase of the cost of EH.
- Identify the needs for the introduction of LED microscope to all provincial hospitals.
- Identify potential areas where DFB could contribute to the national drug resistance survey
as well as to routine drug resistance surveillance.
- Follow-up on overall programme performance, including MDR TB, TB/HIV cooperative
activities and involvement of other partners in TB control.
- Explore the possibilities of providing socio-economic support (care after cure) to former
TB patients living in poor conditions due to the consequences of their disease (chronic
respiratory distress, ...).
The secondary objective of this mission is to gather information about the present organisation
and performance of the Leprosy Programme, identify possible gaps and suggest potential areas
of intervention for DFB.
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| Training Opportunity: | No |
| Website: | |
| Purpose 1: | TB programme planning and review / regional meetings |
| Purpose 2: | MDR-TB / XDR-TB |
| Purpose 3: | |
| Other purpose: | |
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| Entered by: | WHO/WPRO |
| Partner 1: | |
| Partner 2: | |
| Partner 3: | |
| Contact name: | Jacques Sebert |
| Contact email: | sebertj@wpro.who.int |
| Other agencies: | |
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| Funding needs: | No |
| Funding source: | Other, specify / Autres, spécifiez |
| Other funding source: | Damien |
| Available funding: | $ 0 |
| Funding gap: | $ 0 |
| Global Fund reference: | |
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| Comments: | |
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There are no experts (roster) associated with this event.
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Experts (non-roster) associated with this event |
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Guido Groenen |
N/A |
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Date Created: 28 February 2012
Entered By: WPRO
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