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• Presentation of new Tuberculosis Technical Reference Materials - Julia Wallace (USAID)

  These new materials, prepared specifically for PVOs considering the submission of a proposal to the USAID Child Survival and Health Grants Program, represent current guidelines for application of DOTS by PVOs working in developing countries.

  • Presentation Report

  • Handout: Tuberculosis Technical Reference Materials (Draft #4, September 19, 2003)

• Panel Discussions:

  What can go wrong in programming and implementing DOTS, and lessons learned in how to deal with such problems Each of the topic panels discussed the 5 basic components of DOTS and other key elements of DOTS programs using a story telling approach.

  • Discussion 1: Labs and Diagnosis - Ronald W. Smithwick (Consultant)
    • Session Summary

    • Handout: CORE Tuberculosis Meeting

  • Discussion 2: Treatment and Case Finding - Christine Whalen (MSH; TB and HIV/AIDS Division; formerly with CIDA/Canada as a Senior Technical Advisor)
    • Session Summary

    • PowerPoint: Closing the gap between what is known about public health problems and what is done to solve them

  • Discussion 3: Drug Supply - Andrei Zagorskiy (Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus)
    • Session Summary

    • PowerPoint: Trials and Tribulations of Pharmaceutical Management in TB Programs

  • Discussions 4 & 5 (combined): Information System and Surveillance; Government Commitment - Richard Bumgarner (Project HOPE, formerly with WHO)
    • Session Summary

    • PowerPoint: Use Cohort Results to Manage

  • Discussion 6: Collaboration and Partnering, Donor Coordination, and Communication - Christy Hanson (WB, formerly with WHO)
    • Session Summary

    • PowerPoint: Stop TB Partnership Structure

  • Discussion 7: IEC - Deborah El Anani (Project HOPE)
    • Session Summary

    • PowerPoint: The Pilot DOTS Program

  • Discussion 8: Incentives - Diana Weil (WB), Jim Ricca (American Red Cross)
    • Session Summary

    • PowerPoint: Using Enablers and Incentives

    • PowerPoint: What Not to Do in Using Enablers and Incentives

  • Discussion 9: HIV/TB - Luis Benavente (MCDI, formerly HOPE)
    • Session Summary

  • Discussion 10: Private-Public Mix - Christy Hanson (WB, formerly with WHO)
    • Session Summary

Moderator: Robert S. Northrup, M.D. (Project HOPE)

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