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| Reference: | 4976 |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Multiple country event: | No |
| Region: | AFRO |
| City: | Kampala |
| Start date: | 5 August 2012 |
| End date: | 11 August 2012 |
| Estimated duration: | |
| Status: | Completed - Complété |
| | (The mission has taken place) |
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| Title: | pediatric TB activities |
| Type: | Mission |
| Terms of Reference: | From the 2010 National TB/Leprosy Program report, approximately 15% of the notified TB cases in Uganda
are among children 0-14 years. Of these, 3% were sputum smear positive. According to WHO estimates,
there were 669 pediatric TB cases in 2010 representing about 1.5% of all reported cases. Comparing this
figure to the count of nationally notified TB cases indicates that all pediatric TB cases are not being reported.
In addition to limited reporting and surveillance, activities addressing pediatric TB in Uganda are generally
limited. Furthermore there are programmatic, diagnostic and treatment challenges associated with pediatric
TB. Some of these challenges include the absence of a specific diagnostic algorithm for TB diagnosis in
children, limited access to chest radiography, no systematic contact tracing, lack of pediatric anti-TB drug
formulations and limited provision of preventive therapy for child contacts of persons with infectious TB.
Although there are a number of stakeholders providing and/or supporting pediatric TB care, there is limited
collaboration amongst them. We traveled to Uganda with the goal of meeting with key stakeholders in the
area of pediatric TB to 1) identify needs/gaps in pediatric TB, 2) identify priority areas for technical
assistance, 3) discuss potential collaboration amongst stakeholders, and 4) identify pediatric TB activities
requiring support. |
| Training Opportunity: | No |
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| Purpose 1: | Childhood TB |
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| Entered by: | Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
| Partner 1: | |
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| Partner 3: | |
| Contact name: | Gloria Oramasionwu |
| Contact email: | iyo8@cdc.gov |
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| Funding needs: | No |
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| Available funding: | $ 0 |
| Funding gap: | $ 0 |
| Global Fund reference: | |
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There are no experts (roster) associated with this event. There are no experts (non-roster) associated with this event.
Date Created: 6 March 2013
Entered By: CDC
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