This report describes the progress of the Stop TB Partnership. It reports that TB control is succeeding around the world. The challenges include increasing and sustaining new funding levels; strengthening the public health system, including the availability, capacity, and motivation of human resources; empowering households and communities; engaging providers in the private and other sectors; and creating and adopting new technology, such as diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines.
Audiences:
Health Professionals
International Agencies
Managers and Supervisors
Policy Makers
Focus Area:
TB
Subjects:
BCG Vaccine
Diagnosis
Program Evaluation
HIV Co-infection
MDR TB
Program Management
TB Treatment
Partnership Building
Treatment- Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)
Publication Date:
2004
Format:
Report
Last Updated Date:
Publication ID:
32377