Raj, laboratory technician at Jhandewala clinic in Congo.
A young TB patient in Indonesia who has come to the clinic with his family.
What is the TB CAP Toolbox?
The TB CAP Toolbox is a CD Rom that contains key TB CAP materials, country specific products and general TB documents. Many of the tools and guidelines can be applied atcountry level. Almost the full contents of the TB CAP Toolbox can be found below.
The Handbook for District Hospitals in Resource Constrained Settings on Quality Assurance of Chest Radiography: for Better TB Control and Health System Strengthening
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The main scope of this handbook is to provide a simple way to assess the quality of chest radiograph as well as fundamentals of chest radiography, and to lead to conducting quality assurance for chest radiography even in resource constrained settings. The target group for this handbook is the TB supervisors at district and intermediate level who are not specialists in X-ray equipment, radiological technology and clinical interpretation of chest radiographs. If you are interested in receiving a hard copy of this document, please send an email to PMU at pmu@kncvtbc.nl
The aim of the NSA is to collect and collate information on all aspects of PPM for TB care and control in the country, and to facilitate the use of this information to assist the systematic implementation of PPM. After the NSA is complete, the program should be able to answer the following questions.
• When and where should PPM be implemented?
• What inputs are needed in order to do so?
The Uses of Mapping in Improving Management and Outcomes of Tuberculosis Control Programs: an Overview of Available Tools.
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This report is intended to help tuberculosis control programs understand the possible benefits
of mapping and the options that exist for creating maps. While the focus of this report is on computer-based applications available to create maps, it is important to note that hand-drawn maps can also be an important, appropriate method to present information, especially at the community level. This reports attempts to gather relevant information from a variety of sources to give decision makers information so they can make informed choices about using mapping in their program.
TB CAP Year Two Annual Report: October 1, 2006 - September 30, 2007
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This is the second annual progress report of the Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP), carried out by the Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TBCTA). The report covers the period October 1, 2006 till September 30, 2007.
TB CAP Year One Annual Report: October 1, 2005 - September 30, 2006
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This is the first annual progress report of the Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (TB CAP), carried out by the Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TBCTA). The report covers 37 projects during the period October 1, 2005 till September 30, 2006.
TBCTA: Six years in partnership (Final Report: October 1, 2000 - September 30, 2006
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TBCTA was the first formal collaborating mechanism of major technical TB organizations working in true partnership with one common goal at global and country level. This final technical report documents TBCTA's six years of operation and achievements.
This document offers a summary of the many valuable lessons yielded from the Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistence's first six years of operation and provides examples on the impact of collaboration and partnership.
The principal objective of this evaluation is to review the performance, impact, and lessons learned from implementation of the TBCTA project on a global level, as well as at the USAID Mission level. This report retrospectively examines the TBCTA cooperative agreement activities.
HRD for TB Control A strategic Approach (WHO CD STB 2002 301)
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Although the DOTS strategy has been widely accepted, many developing countries have been unable to expand coverage as rapidly as needed. Neglect of human resource development has been identified as one of the main constraints to rapid expansion of DOTS. This document provides a strategic approach to training or better human resource development beyond the organization of training courses.
Checklist for the review of the human resource development component of national plans to control tuberculosis (WHO_HTM_TB_2005.350)
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The development and maintenance of a competent workforce for TB control is a key component of the activities of national TB control programmes (NTPs). The checklist described in this document has been developed as a tool to assist those involved in a systematic review of the human resource development component of the NTP.
Over many years, training has been a key component of TB control programs. Many
courses have been organized, internationally as well as at the country level to improve
the implementation of TB control strategies in countries. This paper describes how TBCTA can support the development, revision and implementation of comprehensive strategies for human resource development (HRD) for TB control.
Guidelines on how to prepare personal training plan
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Developed by the Task Force Training under TBCTA (2000-2006), the "guidelines on how to prepare a personal training plan" served as the foundation for TBCTA's Junior Consultant training program. The guidelines provide an overview of the skill and knowledge base for general TB consultants. They are meant to support TBCTA partners with the training of newly recruited consultants.
Compendium of Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating National Tuberculosis Programs
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This compendium provides a comprehensive and standardized listing of the most widely used indicators relevant to developing countries, and it strives to achieve uniformity in defining indicators to allow comparisons over time and between different programs.
The Patients’ Charter for Tuberculosis Care (The Charter) outlines the rights and responsibilities of people with tuberculosis. It sets out the ways in which patients, the community, health providers (both private and public), and governments
can work as partners in a positive and open relationshipwith a view to improving tuberculosis care.
International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (English)
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The purpose of the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC) is to describe
a widely accepted level of care that all practitioners, public and private, should seek to achieve in managing patients who have, or are suspected of having, tuberculosis. The Standards are intended to facilitate the effective engagement of all care providers in delivering high-quality care.
Improving the diagnosis and treatment of ss(-) pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB among adults and adolescents
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This document is intended for those dealing with tuberculosis and HIV at all levels in HIV-prevalent and resource-constrained settings.It is intended to assist development of national policies to improve the diagnosis and management of smear-negative pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Revised TB recording and reporting forms and registers – 2006
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The Stop TB Department (STB) of the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with technical partners, embarked upon a revision of the TB recording and reporting (R&R) system to align the forms and registers to the new Stop TB Strategy. The revision facilitates the monitoring of the 6 components and 18 sub-components of the Stop TB Strategy, which itself was developed to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
QUOTE TB: Measuring the quality of TB services: the patient’s perspective
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QUOTE-TB is a standardized tool for patient interviews, which capture patient perspectives and which can be used by National TB Programme staff to improve the quality of TB services and stay accountable to TB patients.
If you are interested in receiving a copy, please send an email to pmu@kncvtbc.nl
The purpose of the Handbook for Using the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care the Handbook) is to present suggestions and guidance, based mainly on country-level experiences, for using the ISTC as a tool to foster and guide the delivery of high-quality care by all practitioners providing tuberculosis services.
During the Global Health Conference in Washington, DC (May 30 – June 2, 2007), a short film was shown on TBCTA. The film is centered on the project in Indonesia with a special focus on partnership. Click here to view the film.
To read the July edition of the TB CAP newsletter please click here.
Disclaimer: This website is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of TB CAP and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
