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As we commemorate World TB Day this March 24, please find our newsletter n°3. EDITORIAL As the National TB Programs in Mozambique and Zambia continue deploying the Treatment Decision Algorithms (TDAs) in new pilot districts and as the Decide TB trial continues data collection, both countries and the overall Global Health community are facing a […]
As we commemorate World TB Day on March 24, it is more than ever time to claim, together with the global TB community that: “Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver!” As the National TB Programs in Mozambique and Zambia continue deploying the Treatment Decision Algorithms (TDAs) in new pilot districts and as the […]
Decide TB has finalized in Portuguese & English 2 short educational films explaining in 3-4 minutesthe challenges of tuberculosis & the treatment decision algorithms (TDAs) tool,as well as the activities of the Decide TB project. Desafios da tuberculose e Algoritmos de Decisão TerapêuticaTB challenges & Treatment Decision Algorithms 4 minutes O Projeto Decide TBThe Decide […]
Decide TB project conducted community sensitization & mobilization activities in communities surrounding the seven selected facilities in Chirundu district from December 1st to 13th, 2024. Following the switch carried out in early September and the implementation of TDAs in the various health centers of Chirundu district, community mobilization activities were able to begin. The purpose […]
Union Conf 2024 was held in Bali from November 12 to 16. On this occasion, the Decide TB project made its first presentations. Marieke van der Zalm introduced the Decide-TB experience on TDA validation using data from established cohorts. This presentation was supplemented by the talk of Leyla Larsson on the performance of the WHO-recommended […]
On the occasion of the Union Conference 2024, Decide TB is releasing its newsletter n°2. Published every 6 months, this newsletter is an opportunity to keep you informed of the progress of the project. EDITORIAL It was a busy year for Decide TB! We prepared the start of the Decide-TB trial, we designed job aids […]
Decide TB has finalized 2 short educational films explaining in 3-4 minutesthe challenges of tuberculosis & the treatment decision algorithms (TDAs) tool,as well as the activities of the Decide TB project. TB challenges & Treatment Decision Algorithms 4 minutes The Decide TB Project 3 minutes Voice-over :Mwenya ChatulikaUniversity Teaching Hospital LusakaZambia
The Decide TB project shares its first presentations at Union Conference 2024(Nov 12 to 16 in Bali): Decide TB project presentations “TDA validation using data from established cohorts:The Decide-TB experience” Speaker Marieke van der Zalm SP03-419-13 – Wednesday, Nov 13 – 10:21-10:35 “The performance of WHO-recommended child TB TDAsin an individual participant dataset from multi-centre […]
In health facilities in Mozambique and Zambia, individual clinical data is collected within paper-based registers or digital medical charts (SmartCare in Zambia, SIS-TB in Mozambique). With support from the Decide TB project, National TB programmes officers, and researchers from UNZA (Zambia) and INS (Mozambique) are training health care workers (HCWs) to digitalize health data. Prior […]
The Decide TB project conducted training to introduce the Treatment Decision Algorithms (TDAs) for childhood TB diagnosis in the district of Chirundu, Southern province of Zambia from 2nd September 2024 to 6th September 2024. Chirundu is the first selected district to switch from Standard of Care phase to Intervention phase in the country. The workshop […]