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Overview of strategy for FY 14. Myanmar. CAP-TB: Goal. To reduce the incidence and mortality from MDR TB in Myanmar In partnership with National Tuberculosis Programme. CAP-TB Strategy for FY14. Evaluate implementation to date (FY12-FY13)
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Overview of strategy for FY 14 Myanmar
CAP-TB: Goal • To reduce the incidence and mortality from MDR TB in Myanmar • In partnership with National Tuberculosis Programme
CAP-TB Strategy for FY14 • Evaluate implementation to date (FY12-FY13) • Identify successful strategies to continue and potentially scale up • Review current literature for recent evidence on potential innovations, etc., that can be piloted through the project
Continue community outreach activities in project sites • Provide DOTs to TB patients
Higher level advocacy needed • Shelters?? • N95 Masks for health staff
TA for BSL3 Lab in 2 sites • Training Lab Tech for Gene Xpert • Refresher and follow up training on PMDT • Satellite site for MDRTB patient follow up • HR capacity support • Continue Patient support
Drug resistance pattern on • Cat I failure, Cat II failure, New Case • Support • Childhood TB mission: Prof. Stephen Graham 11-21 Aug, 2013 • TA for Xpert introduction and lab. scale up plan – Dr. Pierre-Yves Norval and team (27-8-2013 to 7-9-2013) • MDR-TB database
CAP-TB: Partners in Myanmar • Continue with patient treatment support • Identify risk groups for piloting innovative methods to improve case detection/treatment success • Childhood TB • PLHIV, geographic areas (border and remote) with high treatment interruption/default rates, etc. • Organizational Capacity Development
CAP-TB Partners • Myanmar Medical Association (MMA) • Follow uptrained general practitioners (GPs) on standard treatment of TB and diagnosis of MDR-TB and infection control in the 18 townships • Continue DOTS to MDR-TB patients, manage minor adverse events, and refer cases to medical facilities using community supporters
CAP-TB Partners 2. PyiGyiKhin (PGK) Continue Community outreach, • case finding, • referral for TB/MDR-TB patients and • home base care • contacts investigation, • infection control and • MDR-TB patients support in current 4 townships and expansion of 2 townships in Yangon •Shwe PyiThar • North Okkalapa
CAP-TB Partners 3. Myanmar Health Assistant Association (MHAA) Continue implementing the same activities as PGK in Mandalay 7 townships and expansion of 2 townships in Yangon •Insein • HlaingThar Yar
CAP-TB Partners 4. Myanmar Business Coalition on AID (MBCA) Continue community outreach, case finding and referral for TB/MDR-TB patients in Monywa Industrial zone and expand to downtown businesses . Provide DOT and patient support to TB/MDR-TB patients in Monywa and Chaung Oo