Prevention

Background: A programme review is an integral part of the management cycle of a TB programme. It is a structured way of assessing the performance of the programme and for improving its quality; it is also the basis for developing or updating the national strategic plan. PMTPT is one of several preventive actions envisaged in the End TB Strategy, such as TB case-finding, infection control, prevention and care of comorbidities (e.g. HIV), access to universal health care, social protection and poverty alleviation.

Ministries of health should create a national coordinating body and/or national technical expert working group to support national scaling up of PMTPT according to the latest global guidelines. Alternatively, the mandate of an existing body that could serve both management and technical functions could be extended to advise the ministry of health and national TB, HIV and other programmes, thus guiding and supporting governments in fulfilling their national commitments to PMTPT. The technical expert group, although established at national level, should provide advice at all levels.

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In general, only 5–10% of people infected with M.

Adherence to treatment is critical for the efficacy of TPT.

Note: Unless otherwise specified, the definitions listed below apply to the terms as used in this handbook. They may have different meanings in other contexts.

Active case finding (ACF): is synonymous with systematic screening for tuberculosis (TB) disease, although usually implemented outside a health facility.

Adolescent: is a person aged 10–19 years.

Adult: is a person aged > 19 years.

This second edition of the WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 1: prevention – tuberculosis preventive treatment was prepared by Avinash Kanchar and Saskia den Boon, with inputs from Dennis Falzon and Matteo Zignol and under the overall direction of Tereza Kasaeva, Director, WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme.