Ernesto Jaramillo

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Intercountry Workshop on the Management of
Chronic TB casesEastern Mediterranean Regional
Office Cairo, 6-8 May, 2003

• Ernesto Jaramillo
• Stop TB Department

World Health Organization
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Government Commitment

• Evidence that government authorities (i.e. MOH,
  NTP) are committed to TB control
• What are the charges to TB patients (diagnosis
  and treatment)
• What has been the trend in the last years in
  government investment in TB?
• Sources and extent of contribution to the
  DOTS-Plus budget?
• Commitment of the TB control system to
  regulate/account for the distribution of
  second-line anti-TB drugs?

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Annexes

• Letters of endorsement from NTP and other
  involved
• Detailed budget
• Drug resistance surveillance data and respective
  analysis
• Proposed therapeutic protocols and the proposed
  number of patients in each treatment scheme
• Results of quality assurance on TB laboratory
• All data collection and reporting forms to be used

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Annexes

• Programme evaluation data
• Drug procurement request, in six months intervals
  and cumulative total
• Aggregate case finding and programme performance
  reports from previous two years
• Comprehensive and detailed description of the
  implementation of the DOTS strategy
• Data on previous experience on MDR TB management