Stop TB Video Series (VHS)

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"Trust is more important than drugs.  If there is no trust there is no treatment at all" - Hasan Abbas, TB patient - Musyaf, Syria

Summary: DOTS Workers outlines the five key pillars of the DOTS strategy and profiles DOTS workers, patients and community volunteers in India, Nepal, Egypt and Syria, highlighting the medical as well as the personal and community support crucial to DOTS success and TB cure.  Additional elements critical to DOTS success-government commitment, public education, relationship-building and effective communication-are also highlighted.

Audience: General/Training/Educational (Community/India/Nepal/Egypt/Syria)
Length: 14 min. [NTSC/PAL)
Ref.: CDS/STB/Video/2000.1

Director/Producer: Bob Madey
Executive Producer: Heidi Larson
Project Manager: Binod Mahanty
Discussion guide prepared by: Healthlink Worldwide

"We are a third world country...  If we allow the few skills we have to be decimated by this illness, we will never get out of the status of being a third world country" - Dr G.B. Makoni, CMO Hwange - Colliery Hospital, Zimbabwe

Summary: TB and Sustainable Development examines the impact of TB on social and economic development-reducing opportunities and rendering individuals, families and communities vulnerable to poverty and further disease.  The video highlights the importance of effective TB control as a significant contribution to sustainable development.

Audience: General
Length: 9 min. 22 s [NTSC/PAL]
Ref.: CDS/STB/Video/2000.2

Director/Producer: Bob Madey
Executive Producer: Heidi Larson
Project Manager: Binod Mahanty
Discussion guide prepared by: Healthlink Worldwide

"...To increase our efforts we should address TB and HIV together because we realize that we cannot prevent TB without preventing HIV" - Ellen Ndimande, RAPT - Zimbabwe

Summary: The TB/HIV epidemic is rapidly becoming a global health emergency.   Globally 11 million people are infected with both TB and HIV, and TB is the single largest killer of people infected with HIV.
TB/HIV: The dual epidemic visits prisons and local communities in Zimbabwe, Africa, and looks at how DOTS is working as an effective TB cure among those with TB and HIV, improving the length and quality of life for people living with HIV.  The video also points to the need for stronger links and collaboration between TB and HIV/AIDS prevention and control efforts.

Audience: General, Training, Educational (Community/Africa)
Length: 14 min. [NTSC/PAL]
Ref.: CDS/STB/Video/2000.3

Director/Producer: Bob Madey
Executive Producer: Heidi Larson
Project Manager: Binod Mahanty
Discussion guide prepared by: Healthlink Worldwide

"Go to the people.  Live with them.  Learn from them.  And what is more, respect them.  Talk with them in the language they understand..." - Shanta Raye, IEC Adviser, DANTB - Orissa, India

Summary: Community mobilization and education are key to the success of the DOTS strategy.  Profiling the work of model community mobilizer Shanta Raye, a health educator working in Orissa, India, this video illustrates how social and community mobilizers contribute to the success of the TB programme in India, even in remote areas.  Shanta's story highlights the crucial role of IEC (Information, Education, and Communication) in effectively mobilizing TB patients, families and communities to support and sustain DOTS and stop TB.

Audience: General, Training, Educational (Community/India)
Length: 14 min. [NTSC/PAL]
Ref.: CDS/STB/Video/2000.4

Director/Producer: Bob Madey
Executive Producer: Heidi Larson
Project Manager: Binod Mahanty
Discussion guide prepared by: Healthlink Worldwide

"If it is as successful as it has been in Hyderabad City, this could be a way for the future for a truly successful government and private partnership..." - Rechu Chatterjee, Sec. Dept. of Family Welfare - Andhra Pradesh, India

Summary: The private sector is the first point of contact for most TB patients.  DOTS and public-private partnerships showcases how the Mahavir Trust Hospital, a private hospital in Hyderabad City, India, serves as a link between local private practitioners and the government in the provision of DOTS.  The Mahavir Trust Hospital has gained the trust of the local private practitioners and works closely with them to ensure that TB patients are effectively treated and cured using the DOTS treatment strategy-achieving cure rates of ninety percent and more.  This video shows that by building a relationship of trust between the public and the private sector, outstanding treatment results may be achieved.

Audience: General, Training, Educational (Community/India)
Length: 14 min. [NTSC/PAL]
Ref.: CDS/STB/Video/2000.5

Director/Producer: Bob Madey
Executive Producer: Heidi Larson
Project Manager: Binod Mahanty
Discussion guide prepared by: Healthlink Worldwide