Vision
A world free of tuberculosis
Goal
To dramatically reduce the global burden of tuberculosis by 2015 in line with the MDGs and the Stop TB Partnership targets
Objectives
•Achieve universal access to high-quality diagnosis and patient-centred treatment
•Reduce the human suffering and socioeconomic burden associated with tuberculosis
•Protect poor and vulnerable populations from tuberculosis, TB/HIV, and MDR-TB
•Support development of new tools and enable their timely and effective use
Targets
•MDG 6, Target 8
•Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of tuberculosis by 2015
•Targets endorsed by Stop TB Partnership
By 2005: detect at least 70% of sputum smear positive tuberculosis cases and cure at least 85% of these cases
By 2015: reduce prevalence of and deaths due to tuberculosis by 50% relative to 1990
By 2050: eliminate tuberculosis as a public-health problem (less than 1 case per million population)
Components
Pursue high-quality DOTS expansion and enhancement
•Political commitment with increased and sustained financing
•Case detection through quality-assured bacteriology
•Standardised treatment, with supervision and patient support
•An effective drug supply and management system
•Monitoring and assessment system, and impact measurement
Address TB/HIV, MDR-TB, and other challenges
•Implement TB/HIV collaborative activities
•Prevent and control MDR-TB
•Address prisoners, refugees and other high-risk groups, and special situations
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 TB Care (ISTC)
Empower people with tuberculosis and communities
•Advocacy, communication, and social mobilisation
•Community participation in tuberculosis care
•Patients' Charter for Tuberculosis Care
Enable and promote research
•Programme-based operational research
•Research to develop new diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines
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