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DOTS Expansion Working Group Meeting
Engaging Professional Associations in TB Control
Paris, 15 October 2008
Dr J.M. Chakaya
Chair, DEWG
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W O R K I N G G R O U P SW O R K I N G G R O U P S
Global Drug FacilityCoordinating Board
Partnership Secretariat
WHO Strategic and Technical
Advisory Group
DOTS expansion
TB/HIV MDR-TBNew TB
Vaccines
New TB Diagnostics
New TB Drugs
Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization Working Group
GLOBAL PARTNERS' FORUM
STRUCTURE OF THE STOP TB PARTNERSHIP
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DOTS Expansion
Working Group (DEWG)
Chairperson:Dr Jeremiah Chakaya, Kenya
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)Dr Léopold BlancDr Malgosia GrzemskaMs Annemieke Brands
Members: 22 High TB Burden Countries (HBC), Technical and Financial agencies, Experts, Community representatives
PPM DOTS Subgroup
Chairperson:Dr Phil Hopewell, USA
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)Dr Mukund UplekarDr Knut LönnrothDr Bethollet KaboruMs Monica Yesudian
Members: Technical and Financial Agencies, National Programme Managers, Academicians, Private Sectors and Community Representatives
Childhood TB Subgroup
Chairperson:Dr Robert Gie, South Africa
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)Dr Malgosia Grzemska
Members: WHO, IUATLD, NIH, CDC, USAID, IPA, Representatives of Academic and Research Institutes and of HBC, Paediatricians in Clinical Practice
DEWG Core Team
Chairperson:Dr Jeremiah Chakaya, Kenya
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ staff)Dr Léopold BlancDr Malgosia Grzemska Ms Annemieke Brands
Members: KNCV, The Union, WHO, Chairs of sub-groups, USAID, CDC, GDF, NORAD/LHL, Country Representatives, Community Representatives
Laboratory Strengthening
Capacity Subgroup (now included into Global Laboratory
Initiative together with the SRLN & proposed to become an independent
working group)Chairperson:Dr John Ridderhof, USA
Secretariat: (WHO/HQ Staff)Dr Karin Weyer
Members: Supranational Reference Laboratory Network (SRLN), Laboratory Experts
TB and Poverty Subgroup
Chairperson:Ms Bertha Nhlema Simwaka, Malawi
Secretariat: Dr Bertie Squire, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Members: World Bank, WHO, Rockefeller Foundation, IUATLD, KNCV, LSTM, NTP Managers, NGOs engaged in TB and Poverty activities
Structure of the
DOTS Expansion Working Group
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DEWG Meeting- Purpose
To mobilize professional associations to help foster effective collaboration between
national TB programmes and private health care providers.
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• To sensitize leaders of professional associations on TB control to the Stop TB Strategy and ISTC.
• To share experiences on engagement of professional associations in TB control in diverse country settings.
• To provide a platform for exchange of ideas between national TB programme managers and leaders of professional associations for implementing ISTC.
• To discuss ways to enable professional associations to contribute to national and global efforts to control TB.
Objectives