Operational Handbooks

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

* In this population, diagnostic testing for TB with LF-LAM and other methods is usually considered early on. See WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis, Module 3: Diagnosis – Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection (12)

* In this population, diagnostic testing for TB with LF-LAM and other methods is usually considered early on. See WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis, Module 3: Diagnosis – Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection (12)

* In this population, diagnostic testing for TB with LF-LAM and other methods is usually considered early on. See WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis, Module 3: Diagnosis – Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection (12)

* In this population, diagnostic testing for TB with LF-LAM and other methods is usually considered early on. See WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis, Module 3: Diagnosis – Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection (12)

* In this population, diagnostic testing for TB with LF-LAM and other methods is usually considered early on. See WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis, Module 3: Diagnosis – Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection (12)

* In this population, diagnostic testing for TB with LF-LAM and other methods is usually considered early on. See WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis, Module 3: Diagnosis – Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection (12)