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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 […]

Formative research:Research consisting of the collection of useful data for the development and implementation of intervention programs More info about formative phase general activities The formative phase in Mozambique built on the experience gained in Zambia, and was conducted in a much shorter timeframe, i.e., within 4 weeks over June and July 2024. It took […]

Formative research:Research consisting of the collection of useful data for the development and implementation of intervention programs More info about formative phase general activities The formative phase in Zambia launched the first research data collection within Decide TB. It took place from mid-February to the end of April 2024, in the province of Copperbelt (District […]

Formative research activities Formative research:Research consisting of the collection of useful data for the development and implementation of intervention programs The Decide TB formative research aims were to: . Describe contexts: assess key indicators and characteristics of health facilities and communities, and specifically related to childhood TB services . Identify the potential barriers and facilitators […]

On this 2024 World TB day, the Decide TB project team is also happy to share its first newsletter! To be published every 6 months, the newsletter will be an opportunity to keep you informed of the progress of the project, in terms of the actions undertaken on the ground as well as its current […]