Public-private mix for DOTS : towards scaling up : report of the third meeting of the Public-Private Mix Subgroup for DOTS Expansion

Overview

The global Stop TB Partnership is leading tuberculosis (TB) control efforts worldwide through its various working groups coordinated by the Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board (STB-CB). DOTS is the internationally recommended strategy for global tuberculosis control. The DOTS Expansion Working Group (DEWG) represents the national TB programmes of 22 high TB-burden countries that bear 80% of the global TB disease burden, international technical partners and donor agencies engaged in global TB control. The DEWG is hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The presentations at the meeting provided an overview of the progress of PPM DOTS across WHO regions and Member States. The focus was on early experiences of 3 scaling up of PPM DOTS. During field visits to six sites in Metro Manila, the participants had an opportunity to see and discuss working examples of scaling up PPM DOTS in the Philippines. The following section presents the activities of the Subgroup Secretariat and summarizes global progress on PPM DOTS over the last year. Specific activities in four of the six WHO regions where PPM DOTS deserves priority attention are then described in brief.