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DOTS Expansion Working Group Meeting Engaging Professional Associations in TB Control Paris, 15 October 2008 Dr J.M. Chakaya Chair, DEWG
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DOTS Expansion Working Group Meeting. Engaging Professional Associations in TB Control Paris, 15 October 2008. Dr J.M. Chakaya Chair, DEWG. STRUCTURE OF THE STOP TB PARTNERSHIP. GLOBAL PARTNERS' FORUM. Global Drug Facility. Coordinating Board Partnership Secretariat. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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DOTS Expansion Working Group Meeting
Engaging Professional Associations in TB Control
Paris, 15 October 2008
Dr J.M. Chakaya
Chair, DEWG
W O R K I N G G R O U P SW O R K I N G G R O U P S
Global Drug FacilityCoordinating Board
Partnership Secretariat
WHO Strategic and Technical
Advisory Group
DOTS expansion TB/HIV MDR-TB New TB
Vaccines
New TB Diagnostics New TB
Drugs
Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization Working Group
GLOBAL PARTNERS' FORUM
STRUCTURE OF THE STOP TB PARTNERSHIP
DOTS Expansion
Working Group (DEWG)Chairperson:Dr Jeremiah Chakaya, Kenya
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)Dr Léopold BlancDr Malgosia GrzemskaMs Annemieke Brands
Members: 22 High TB Burden Countries (HBC), Technical and Financial agencies, Experts, Community representatives
PPM DOTS Subgroup
Chairperson:Dr Phil Hopewell, USA
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)Dr Mukund UplekarDr Knut LönnrothDr Bethollet KaboruMs Monica Yesudian
Members: Technical and Financial Agencies, National Programme Managers, Academicians, Private Sectors and Community Representatives
Childhood TB Subgroup
Chairperson:Dr Robert Gie, South Africa
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)Dr Malgosia Grzemska
Members: WHO, IUATLD, NIH, CDC, USAID, IPA, Representatives of Academic and Research Institutes and of HBC, Paediatricians in Clinical Practice
DEWG Core TeamChairperson:Dr Jeremiah Chakaya, Kenya
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ staff)Dr Léopold BlancDr Malgosia Grzemska Ms Annemieke Brands
Members: KNCV, The Union, WHO, Chairs of sub-groups, USAID, CDC, GDF, NORAD/LHL, Country Representatives, Community Representatives
Laboratory Strengthening
Capacity Subgroup (now included into Global Laboratory
Initiative together with the SRLN & proposed to become an independent
working group)Chairperson:Dr John Ridderhof, USA
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)Dr Karin Weyer
Members: Supranational Reference Laboratory Network (SRLN), Laboratory Experts
TB and Poverty Subgroup
Chairperson:Ms Bertha Nhlema Simwaka, Malawi
Secretariat: Dr Bertie Squire, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Members: World Bank, WHO, Rockefeller Foundation, IUATLD, KNCV, LSTM, NTP Managers, NGOs engaged in TB and Poverty activities
Structure of the
DOTS Expansion Working Group
DEWG Meeting- Purpose
To mobilize professional associations to help foster effective collaboration between
national TB programmes and private health care providers.
• To sensitize leaders of professional associations on TB control to the Stop TB Strategy and ISTC.
• To share experiences on engagement of professional associations in TB control in diverse country settings.
• To provide a platform for exchange of ideas between national TB programme managers and leaders of professional associations for implementing ISTC.
• To discuss ways to enable professional associations to contribute to national and global efforts to control TB.
Objectives
