National Tuberculosis Control Programme 2012- 2016
Tuberculosis continues to ravage our country health-wise and socio-economically. The highly productive age group is highly affected resulting to a reduction in their contribution to socio economic development of the country. This has been largely attributed to a high TB/HIV co infection. Tuberculo...
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Malawi Government
2021
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| Online Access: | http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw:8080/handle/20.500.12845/167 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | Tuberculosis continues to ravage our country health-wise and socio-economically. The highly
productive age group is highly affected resulting to a reduction in their contribution to socio economic development of the country. This has been largely attributed to a high TB/HIV co infection. Tuberculosis is also compounded by the emergence of other complicated forms of TB
such as Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB), which are difficult and costly to cure thus posing a
serious threat to TB control.
Achieving effective TB Control requires concerted efforts at all levels. Hence, in 2007 the
Ministry of Health declared TB an emergency in order to raise awareness and advocate for more
action by all stakeholders as a way of containing the TB problem. One of the initiatives
embarked on in 2007 is the Universal Access to TB diagnosis and care. This entails a shift from
centralized institutional DOTS to more innovative ways of reaching out to the general population
of Malawi by ensuring that everybody regardless of socio-economic status has access to TB
diagnosis and care.
This 5 year plan provides an outline of what the programme plans to implement from 2011-2016
in order to reduce the burden of TB in Malawi. At local level, the plan has been aligned with the
Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) and the Health Sector Strategic Plan
(HSSP) while at Global level, the plan is aligned with the WHO Stop TB Strategy. It is this plan
that will guide Malawi towards achieving the TB related Millennium Development Goals. |
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