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- Key areas raised/discussed under the sub theme
- The Key tuberculosis affected populations
- Engaging NGOs and CSOs in TB prevention and control
- Community Based TB Care
- Drug resistant tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment services
- Major challenges raised/discussed
Challenges/Bottlenecks to find Missed TB cases
- Poor access for rapid diagnostics
- Political commitment (HEW are only expected to report on MCH activities)
- Inadequate integration with other programs at all level
- Lack of commitment by woreda administration.
- Weak health center and health post network (presumptive referral and follow up)
- Lack of intersectorial collaboration
- Weak TB screening at OPD service outlets
- Delayed referral system (sample and patient referral)
TB lab services
- Access and utilization of rapid technology is limited
- Postal service issue
- Supply shortage
- TB Lap. VS OPD integration gap
- Shortage of lab staff
- Poor TB lab infrastructure
- Poor laboratory management
Community TB
- Indicator: Community contribution cannot be measured by the current indicator (mis-understanding about community contribution)
- Weak health center and health post network (presumptive referral and follow up)
- Lack of continuous awareness creation/community mobilization activities at community level (more of campaign)
KAP
- Difficulty for target setting and reporting
- Lack of quality of TB screening and diagnosis due to shortage of sensitive tests (Chest X-ray, GeneXpert)
- Lack of inter-sectoral collaboration
- Budget shortage
- Lack of prioritization of KAP for intervention
- No reporting system
CSOs
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- Low political commitment
- Earmarked budget unavailable
- Contribution of CSOs not tracked
- No CSO forums
- Weak collaboration among CSOs and with the government
- Mapping of CSOs is not systematically done
- Low number of CSOs working on TB
- No specific engagement framework dis aggregated by urban and rural
- Low political commitment
- Consideration for EFY 2012 implementation and beyond to be considered in the next HSTP (in the following four categories)
- Intervention/s that need to be dropped:
- No intervention to be dropped
- Intervention/s that need to be modified: No
- Intervention/s that need to be continued as is: All
- Intervention/s that need to be newly added:
- Mainstreaming TB service in multi-sectorial sectors
- Mobile outreach health service for pastoralist community
- TB KAP intervention
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