COMPONENTS OF THE STOP TB STRATEGY

PURSUE HIGH-QUALITY DOTS EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT

• Political commitment with increased and sustained financing
• Case detection through quality-assured bacteriology
• Standardized treatment with supervision and patient support
• An effective drug supply and management system
• Monitoring and evaluation system, and impact measurement

ADDRESS TB/HIV, MDR-TB AND OTHER CHALLENGES

• Implement collaborative TB/HIV activities
• Prevent and control multidrug-resistant TB
• Address prisoners, refugees and other high-risk groups and special situation
• Complex emergency

CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING

• Actively participate in efforts to improve system-wide policy, human resources, financing, management, service delivery, and information systems
• Share innovations that strengthen systems, including the Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL)
• Adapt innovations from other fields

ENGAGE ALL CARE PROVIDERS

• Public-Public, and Public-Private Mix (PPM) approaches
• International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC)

EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH TB, AND COMMUNITIES

• Advocacy, communication and social mobilization
• Community participation in TB care
• Patients' Charter for Tuberculosis Care

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ENABLE AND PROMOTE RESEARCH

• Programme-based operational research
• Research to develop new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines