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Fifth meeting of the subgroup on Public Private Mix for TB care and control
(Cairo, Egypt, 3-5 June 2008)

Objectives

  1. To review the global and regional progress on PPM

  2. To  examine ongoing work and experiences related to involving hospitals, national professional associations and corporate sector establishments in TB control

  3. To discuss recent revisions and effective ways to use the International Standards for TB Care and the Patient Charter for TB Care for PPM scale up

  4. To introduce new areas of work such as PPM for TB/HIV and PPM MDR-TB

  5. To discuss coordination among partners to support regions and countries to scale up PPM

Expected outcomes

  1. A review of the global and regional progress on PPM for TB control.

  2. Identification of mechanisms and tools to engage institutions (national professional organizations, large hospitals and the corporate sector) in TB control

  3. Recommendations for the Subgroup's future work on PPM including PPM TB/HIV and PPM MDR-TB

 

 

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