Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MDRTB Short-course
Treatment Trials
S RT IT Course
(Structured Operational Research and Training IniTiative)
Union and MSF Model
Decreasing Tobacco
Use
Active TB-Case Finding in Uganda:
SPARK-TB and SPARK-TBplus
Slum Partnerships to Actively Respond to TB in
Kampala (SPARK-TB) (12/11-6/14)
SPARK-TBplus expanded to 4 districts w/ 1.7M
population (7/14-current)
Active case finding increased access to
quality TB diagnosis and treatment
Targets private health facilities for urban poor
traditionally outside of NTLP purview
SPARK-TB Results
Partnership with Ministry of Health, Kampala City
government, 70 private health facilities to identify
people with TB symptoms, diagnose and treat
20,423 identified with TB symptoms
1725 TB cases diagnosed and treated
80% success rate
Expansion planned through new Global Fund
proposal
Union Role in Global Initiative to
Reduce Tobacco Use 2007-2016
Support to governments and civil society
low- and middle-income countries
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of tobacco use
introduction and enforcement of policies proven to
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Technical Advice to >130 government departments and
Civil Society organisations
Over 300 grants across 43 countries
100 Technical Capacity Building courses in 21 countries
for 3150 participants
Union Impact in Global Initiative
to Reduce Tobacco use
Introduced national smoke-free laws in 28 countries
Protected 2.85 billion people from harms of second-
hand smoke
Graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging have
helped smokers quit and discouraged others from
starting in 18 countries (2.59 billion people)
10 countries have established sustainable tobacco
control funding (2.05 billion people)
World Conf on Lung Health
Guadalajara, Oct 2017
Media Field visit on ZTB: cheese factory, abattoir
Press conferences
ZTB press conference to launch ZTB Roadmap
New TB science and technologies (vaccines, molecular
tools, serologic tests
Late breakers sessions
TB
TBHIV and DM
Students work featured