A call for action on the tuberculosis elimination plan for. The importance of tuberculosis awareness tuberculosis. Realizing the world health organizations end tb strategy 2016. It focuses on expanding the use of the stop tb strategy, forming a drug facility to provide free or low cost tuberculosis drugs, and a global charter to map the world response to this epidemic. Public health england phe and nhs englands strategy for dealing with tuberculosis tb from 2015 to 2020. The who has also developed a new global end tb strategy post2015 which shares. Planning the development of human resources for health for implementation of the stop tb strategy. Due to tb, people face costs or suffer income loss equivalent on average to more than 50% of their income. Nurses have a critical role in supporting patients in tb treatment process. Ensure early case detection, and diagnosis through qualityassured bacteriology.
Stop tb partnership suggests tackling hiv and tb barriers in an integrated way with special outreach, integration of tb and hiv services at the facility level with health workers trained to understand the stigma and human rights concerns inherent to both diseases, peer support and. Protect poor and vulnerable populations from tb, tb hiv and multidrugresistant tb. In contrast to the whos global strategy, the global plan produced by the stop tb partnership, sets out the actions and resources needed for the first five years, to enable the global tb epidemic to be ended by 2030. Global tb strategy, and usg involvement in implementing the objectives of the stop tb partnership global plan to stop tb. The stop tb strategy presented here underpins the global plan to stop tb 20062015, developed by the stop tb partnership. The new stop tb strategy and the global plan to stop tb, 20062015. However, because the strategy is integrated within the activities of province tb control programme many issues. Yet, very little research has been done to inform policymakers and practitioners on nurses experiences of treatment adherence among patients with tb. National strategic plan for tuberculosis elimination 20172025 march 2017 central tb division, directorate general of health services, ministry of health with family welfare, nirman bhavan, new delhi 110 108. Further progress followed the implementation of the stop tb strategy in 2006. The world health organizations end tb strategy 20162035 aims to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2035 4. This twenty year strategy aims to end the global tb epidemic and is unsurprisingly called the end tb strategy. Implementing the who stop tb strategy a h and b ok f r t i l t u b e r c u l o s i s c o n t r o l p r o g r a m m e s.
Tuberculosis tb is an infectious disease usually caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis mtb bacteria. Zimbabwe national tuberculosis control programme demonstrated by the adoption of the dots strategy in 1999 and the stop tb strategy in 2006 as the recommended approach for tb control. Of the over 14 million cases worldwide reported by world health organisation who in 2008, nigeria ranked fifth in terms of incidence. Strategy outlines usg efforts to help achieve the stop tb goals through the following key interventions.
The detailed planed activities under each service delivery areas of the stop tb strategic plan component objectives contain reference to the detailed budget to be found in the zambian budgeting and planning tool. The south african national strategic plan on hiv, tb and stis 2017 2022 nsp serves as a roadmap for the next stage of our journey towards a future where these three diseases are no longer public health problems. To dramatically reduce the global burden of tb by 2015 in line with the millennium development goals and the stop tb partnership targets. The who end tb strategy, adopted by the world health assembly in may 2014, is a blueprint for countries to end the tb epidemic by driving down tb deaths, incidence and eliminating catastrophic costs. It is based both on experience gained over the past decade and on continuing consultations with stakeholders at the. The end tb strategy global strategy and targets for tuberculosis prevention, care and control after 2015a. An adequate strategy for the control of tuberculosis tb globally calls for a. Stop tb strategy for northern province of sri lanka. Republic of namibia ministry of health and social services.
A service of the national library of medicine, national institutes of health. Chapter 2 implementing the stop tb strategy the stop tb strategy, launched by who in 2006, sets out the interventions that need to be implemented to achieve the mdg, stop tb partnership and world health assembly targets discussed in chapter 1. The name change reflects the need to be more readily identified as the point of contact for the stop tb partnership at the world health organization. The plan to stop tb in 18 highpriority countries in the who european region, 20072015. The stop tb strategy of 2006 widened its scope to address management of all forms of tuberculosis including hivassociated and drugresistant tuberculosis, through engagement of communities, involvement of all care providers, strengthening of health systems, and fostering of research.
About 10% of latent infections progress to active disease which, if left untreated, kills about half of those affected. Vision a world free of tb goal to dramatically reduce the global burden of tb by 2015 in line with the millennium development goals and the stop tb partnership targets. As such the ministry of health and child welfare commits to the provision of human, material and financial resources. Nurses roles and experiences with enhancing adherence to. Government is a leader in the global fight against tb. Plan to stop tb in 18 highpriority countries in the who. The related stop tb partnership targets of reducing tuberculosis prevalence and death rates by 50% relative to 1990 are on track to be achieved by 2015. Most infections do not have symptoms, in which case it is known as latent tuberculosis. It outlines global impact targets to reduce tb deaths by 90% and to cut new cases by 80% between 2015 and 2030, and to ensure that no family is burdened with catastrophic costs. Pursuing high quality dots expansion and enhancement political commitment with increased and sustained financing case detection through qualityassured bacteriology standardized treatment with supervision and patient support an. Secure political commitment, with adequate and sustained financing. Objectives achieve universal access to highquality diagnosis and patientcentred treatment. Components of the stop tb strategy usaid global health.
Large version pdf icon pdf 2m 18 x 24 inches order this publication or product online. United states government global tuberculosis strategy 2015. Ending tb is defined as an incidence rate of less than 10 people per 100,000 population per year. The stop tb strategy sets out the steps that national tb control programmes and their partners need to take, assisted actively by all stakeholders. It gives us a great privilege to introduce to you the first strategic plan of the stop tb partnership, kenya 20142018. Tb places its heaviest burden on the worlds most poor and vulnerable, aggravating existing in equalities. The stop tb strategy vision, goal, objectives and targets vision. The strategy aims to ensure that patients take a standard shortcourse of chemotherapy under guided supervision to cure the disease as well as to prevent transmission. Tuberculosis tb has emerged as the single leading cause of death from any single infectious agent and has continued to be a major public health problem all over the world. The new stop tb strategy and the global plan to stop tb. End tb end tb strategy, global plan to end tb tbfacts. Taking account of these novel and changing situations, the new stop tb strategy defines specific objectives and components directed towards the overall target in mdg 6, target 8. The strategy has a vision for a world free of tb and a goal for ending the global tb epidemic. The world health organization has developed this strategy, which builds on the success of dots and addresses unmet needs.
National action plan for combating multidrugresistant tuberculosis. Provide standardized treatment with supervision, and patient support. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Vision 2025, strategy for growth and reduction of poverty nsgrp, national multisectoral strategic framework iii for hiv and aids nmsf 202017, health policy and health strategic plan iii, but also to global plan post 2015 stop tb strategy, regional and national initiatives. How will the new strategies and plans achieve the tbrelated millennium development goals mdgs in recent years.
Building on and enhancing dots to meet the tbrelated millennium. In late 2007, stop tb usa assembled a tuberculosis elimination plan. With a clear global strategy and related global plan, the framework is in place for unprecedented efforts in tb control over the next. Tuberculosis action plan for the who european region 20162020 with the global plan to stop tb 20062015 coming to an end this year, who has developed an ambitious post2015 global end tb strategy, which was endorsed by the sixtyseventh world health assembly in. South africas national strategic plan on hiv, tb and sti. This was followed by the launch of the stop tb strategy in 2006. In tb control, poor treatment adherence is a major cause of relapse and drug resistance.
The six principal components of the stop tb strategy. Pdf on mar 23, 2015, mukund uplekar and others published whos new end tb strategy find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The world health organization who recommends stop tb strategy based on the directly observed therapy, shortcourse dots to control tb. Community based interventions for the prevention and. Accelerated detection and treatment of tb in up to 25 countries.
Technical brief tuberculosis, gender and human rights. Its ambitious targets are to reduce tb deaths by 95% and to cut new cases by 90% between 2015 and 2035, and to ensure that no family is burdened with cata. Parts i and ii are concerned mainly with components 1 and 2 of the strategy. The global plan to stop tb, launched by the stop tb partnership in 2006, describes. Dots strategy strengthened public sector tuberculosis programmes to help to tackle a large burden of drugsusceptible disease. The stop tb poster describes how tb is spread and the difference between latent tb infection and tb disease. This reference incorporates the spreadsheet name and a budget item number. Tuberculosis tb is a top killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent. Strategic planning for tuberculosis tb elimination. Zambia tuberculosis programmestop tb strategic plan. Learn how to stop the spread by protecting yourself and those around you. Government leadership in combating tb globally the u. Planning the development of human resources for health for.
The stop tb strategy stop tb policy paper ncbi bookshelf. Depending on the prevailing social factors such as socioeconomic status of the people. The stop tb partnership aims to push tuberculosis up the world political agenda. The incidence rate is the number of new cases of active tb disease in a population in a particular time period.
Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. Reduce the human suffering and socioeconomic burden associated with tb. The gender equality strategy highlights the areas that require attention and outlines strategic directions that the global fund will adopt within the scope of its mandate and architecture to ensure gender equitable responses to hivaids, tb. Large version cdcpdf pdf 2m 18 x 24 inches order this publication or product online.
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