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When preparing a budget for PMTPT, for example as part of a National Strategic Plan, it is important to conduct systematic costing. The TB module of the integrated health tool for planning and costing is designed to support national strategic health planning over the medium term (1). The WHO costing guidelines for tuberculosis interventions explain how to cost TB interventions from the perspective of the providers of health services and include tools for data collection (2). Listed below are key items that require costing when developing a budget for PMTPT.

Messages for ministries of health

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8.1 The role of M&E

M&E play important roles in patient care and in assessing national programmes and the global response (Fig. 11).

WHO has long recommended use of TPT for populations at risk of TB, particularly those with HIV and child household contacts of TB patients.