19-25 April, 2017 - Bangkok, Thailand - A 7 days-long workshop on the use of sub-national data for strategic planning in TB for ten high TB burden countries in Asia - that together account for more than half of the people with TB who are currently missed - concluded in Bangkok.
This workshop was jointly organized by the Stop TB Partnership and Global
Fund in collaboration with WHO and KIT, Netherlands (Royal Tropical
Institute). The workshop focused on building the capacity of countries to
use different tools to collect, visualize and analyze their own
sub-national data and use that data for the development of sub-national
level plans for cities, districts and provinces for reaching the people
with TB who are currently missed by the system.
Globally, 4.3 million people with TB are unable to access good quality
care each year. Addressing this gap is a global priority and of national
importance in high TB burden countries. In order to address this, it is
essential to know where the biggest numbers of “missed” people
affected with TB are and what is the reason for them being missed by
health systems. Using and analyzing the data at sub-national and district
level as well as data about vulnerable and key population groups will
provide most of these answers and is also the key to create cost-efficient
and impactful programs and interventions.
All 10 country teams tested and worked with different tools and
approaches, shared innovations and developed plans to take the work
forward at the country level.
Source:
Stop TB Partnership