US CDC – Reducing the Tuberculosis Burden in U.S. Bound Populations from the Philippines

US CDC – Reducing the Tuberculosis Burden in U.S. Bound Populations from the Philippines

Increase access to TB and DR TB diagnostics, treatment, and follow-up of TB symptomatic and bacteriologically confirmed TB cases

US CDC – Reducing the Tuberculosis Burden in U.S. Bound Populations from the Philippines – The project implemented by CHSI Philippines works to: 1) improve/update policies and operational guidelines for quality TB service delivery; 2) increase access to TB and DR TB diagnostics, treatment, and follow-up of TB symptomatic and bacteriologically confirmed TB cases; 3) scale up innovative and cost effective approaches for improving health seeking behaviors, patient education to increase treatment adherence; and 4) enhance surveillance capacity and performance monitoring by building capacity in data collection, analytics and data visualization for decision-making.