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Meeting of National Managers of the Tuberculosis Control Programmes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
(Rabat, Morocco, 17th-19th June 2003)

Presentations

Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday

Presentations

Tuesday, 17th June 2003

Message from Dr Hussein A. Gezairy, Regional Director, WHO/EMRO  

Progress to date: Are we going to achieve the global targets on time?

Case detection rate – Global situation
Dr A.Seita, WHO/EMRO 

Quick overview of the objectives and methods of the group works on progress in TB control
Dr S Baghdadi, STB/EMRO  

Group work: Review on whether countries are to achieve the global targets on time along the following indicators:
Group 1 - Group 2 - Group 3 - Group 4

Case notifications in 2002, treatment outcome in 2001, case detection and treatment success rates

TB burden estimation

Recent estimations and EMR exercise
Dr J.Jabbour, STB/HQ

Country exercise – 1: Iran, NTP manager of Iran

Country exercise – 2: Syria, NTP manager of Syria

Implementation of STAG recommendations
Dr J Jabbour, STB/EMRO  

Moving a head: nominal registration and district-based registration
Dr S Baghdadi, STB/EMRO  

Country experience on managing district reports – Yemen, NTP manager of Yemen

Programme performance

Laboratory network development

Implementation of STAG recommendations
Dr S Baghdadi, STB/EMRO

Country experience on laboratory network and quality assurance Sudan: 
NTP manage of Sudan

Country experience on anti-TB drug resistance surveillance Lebanon: 
NTP manager of Lebanon

Inter-sectoral collaboration

Implementation of STAG recommendations 
Dr L Gillini, STB/EMRO

Fund for Innovative DOTS Expansion through Local Initiatives to Stop TB (FIDELIS), 
Dr D Enarson, IUATLD

Country plan on PPM - Egypt 
NTP manager of Egypt

Wednesday, 18th June 2003

DOTS expansion 

Implementation of STAG recommendations, 
Dr A Seita, STB/EMRO

Pakistan 
NTP manager of Pakistan

Afghanistan 
NTP manager of Afghanistan

Tuberculosis control and DOTS in Iraq

Situation in Iraq: Iraq 
NTP manager of Iraq

Partnership 

Implementation of STAG recommendations
Dr A Seita

Country experience on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
southern part of Sudan  

Country experience on the Global TB Drug Facility (GDF): Somalia

TB & HIV/AIDS 

Regional situation on TB & HIV
Dr L. Gillini, STB/EMRO

Country experience: Somalia: 
Dr A Tonelli

Country experience: Djibouti: 
NTP manager of Djibouti

Operational Research 

Implementation of STAG recommendations, 
Dr A Bassili, TDR/EMRO

Country experience: Pakistan NGO: 

National plans to address gaps: Joint Programme Review Exercise (JPRM) 2004 – 2005  

Quick overview of the objectives and methods of the group works on addressing the gaps and preparing the plan (JPRM)
Dr A Seita, STB/EMRO

Thursday, 19^th June 2003

Practical approach to Lung Health (PAL) 

PAL strategies
Dr S Ottmani, STB/WHO  

Country experience: Morocco: 
NTP manager of Morocco