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Meeting of National
Managers of the Tuberculosis Control Programmes in the Eastern
Mediterranean Region (Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, 15th-17th September 2002)
Day 1 | Day
2 | Day 3
Day
1 (15 September 2002)
Objectives and methods of work of the meeting and follow-up on the status of implementation of recommendations of the previous meeting (Dr A. Seita, STB/EMRO)
Case detection rate - global situation (Dr C. Dye, WHO/HQ)
Case detection rate - regional situation
(Dr A. Seita, STB/EMRO)
Group work (PowerPoint -
Excel)
(Dr S. Baghdadi, STB/ERMO)
Laboratory network and quality assurance system
(Dr M. Aziz, STB/HQ)
Laboratory network and quality assurance system-Yemen
Private Public Mix - global situation and strategy
(Dr M. Uplekar, WHO/HQ)
Private Public Mix study - Somalia
Public health sector in tuberculosis control - Sudan
NGO's in TB control - Iraq
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D A Y 2 (16 September 2002)
Recent estimations
TB estimates (Dr C. Dye, WHO/HQ)
DOTS expansion in two countries with low coverage of DOTS strategy (Pakistan and
Afghanistan)
Global anti-TB drug resistance surveys
(Dr M. Aziz, STB/HQ)
National anti-TB drug resistance surveys - Egypt
Upgrade managing of reporting system
(Dr S.Ottmani, STB/HQ)
Tools to define referring sectors to NTP
(Dr S. Ottmani, STB/HQ)
Tools to define referring sectors to NTP - Country exeprience - Syria
Management of TB contacts
(Dr D. Enarson, IUATLD)
Management of high-risk groups - Oman
Management of high-risk groups - Tunisia
Upgrade managing of reporting system
(Dr S. Ottmani, STB/HQ)
Nominal TB reporting system - Syria (PowerPoint -
Excel)
Nominal TB reporting system - Iran
Chronic case management and DOTS plus
(Dr Ernesto, WHO/HQ)
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D A Y 3 (17 September 2002)
Regional advocacy plan
(Mrs S. Ibrahim, WHO/EMRO)
National inter-agency coordination committee - Afghanistan
National inter-agency coordination committee - Yemen
Food aid to TB patients - Afghanistan
Nursing in TB control
(Mrs G. Williams/IUATLS)
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