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Regionalization:A New Strategy for
TB Control & EliminationThe New England Experience
Mark Lobato, MDDivision of Tuberculosis Elimination
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The last TB upsurge
• Loss of public health infrastructure
• HIV co-epidemic
• Outbreaks in congregate settings
• Increasing immigration
Response to TB resurgenceMDR-TB Action Plan
& New Resources
Improved Case Identification & Training
Updated DiagnosticLabs
New Infection Control& Rx Recommendations
DOT &Improved Completion
Rebuilt Research Capacity
HRZE
Enhanced TB control
Reported TB cases United States, 1982–2007
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
22,000
24,000
26,000
28,000
1982 1985 1990 1995 2000 2007
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-4.9% per year
-2.6% per year
High incidence areaslead the decline in TB
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Actual and adjusted Federal funds for TB Control
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The next TB upsurge
• Decreased funding
• Weakened public health infrastructure
• Loss of TB expertise
• High growth of immigration
• Outbreaks in hard-to-reach populations
• Lag in new diagnostics and drugs
The perfect storm
• Mass.– 37% staff loss– 21% budget cut
• CT– 33% staff loss– 1 of 3 outreach
• RI– Program
manager laid off
Erosion of infrastructure
Mississippi Tuberculosis Rate Surges PastNational Average - Clarion Ledger, March 24, 2008
Mississippi health officials announced the state’s rate of the disease has … increased 12 percent since 2006. Several factors could explain Mississippi’s rate, including the loss of nurses who investigate TB cases and notify others suspected of being at risk. Between 2002 and 2007, the number of nurses at the state Department of Health fell from 412 to 366.
TB cases increase in 16California health jurisdictions
San Jose Mercury News, March 13, 2008
“All of the Bay Area’s large counties recorded substantial increases in new TB cases in 2007. In Santa Clara, San Francisco, Alameda, and San Mateo counties, TB cases spiked last year. San Francisco County experienced its first significant jump since an AIDS-related TB outbreak in the early 1990s. The county now has the highest TB rate in the state. …Over the past two years, TB cases in Santa Clara have increased 21%.”
National trends inTB case rates, 1992-1999
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1992 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
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Top 131 cos
Other cos
County State 1997 2006 % Increase
Denver CO 37 40 8.1Marion IN 34 47 38.2Anchorage AK 27 38 40.7Guilford NC 19 38 100Franklin OH 21 85 304Tarrant TX 107 107 0.0Maricopa AZ 165 171 3.6Hennepin MN 88 95 8.0King WA 113 145 28.3
Trends in casesSelect counties, 1997–2006
County State 2000 2006 % Increase
Marion IN 4.3 5.4 32.6
Pima AZ 2.7 3.7 37.0
Guilford NC 4.7 8.4 78.7
Franklin OH 7.4 7.8 5.4
King WA 7.3 7.9 8.2
Dallas TX 9.0 10.4 15.6
Shelby TN 8.9 11.7 31.5
Trends in case ratesSelect counties, 2000–2006
TB complexity
Safety net
TB Cases in the US
Drug resistant co-m
orbidityUS Infrastructure
Existing regional TB collaborations
• Binational border projects
• Bay Area Coordinating Committee
• New England TB Consortium
• Capitol Region TB Council (MD-DC-VA)
• Low incidence region (TBESC TO #6)
• Genotyping laboratories
• RTMCC
BackgroundNew England TB Consortium
The 6 New England TB programs are collaborating in new ways as an approach to TB elimination.
• Identifying strategies for collective problem solving
• Building program capacity on a regional level
New England TB, 2007
•TB cases- 408 cases- 3.0 / 100,000
(range 0.5–4.3)
•Regional cases equivalent to state with 8th highest TB burden
Many cultures – one bug
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“So, why did you do it?”
World TB Day, 2008
“This country’s progress in eliminating TB will not be sustainable without ongoing and strengthened collaborations with local, state, national, and international partners…”
Kevin Fenton, MD,
Director, NCHHSTP, CDC
What can regionalization do for TB control?
• Build a diverse and effective team
• Solve problems collectively
• Expand expertise
• Enhance state and local programs
• Involve stakeholders
• Strengthen advocacy
New England TB Action Plan
Five key strategies:
• Team building
• Education
• Capacity expansion
• Universal genotyping
• Medical and outbreak consultation
Resources
• State– TB programs– TB Advisory Committees
• Regional– RTMCC– Shattuck Hospital TB Unit
• CDC– DTBE– Fellows
Value added
New England TB.org
Eliminating TB Case by Case
• Presented by master clinicians
• Designed to reach private providers
• Created basis for distance learning– web-based– continuing education credit
• Held 10 successful presentations
• Need for ongoing marketing
Interactive Web PresentationApril 11, 2006
8:00 A.M.
Accreditation: CME, CNE, CHES..
TThe New England TB control programs invite you to participate in a case presentations of a patient with tuberculous meningitis and HIV infection.
Eliminating TB Case by CaseA Case Series for Providers and Clinicians
Joseph Gadbaw, Jr., MDLawrence and Memorial Hospital
New London, CT
Access the TB Case Series at:www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PG1678747&p=2006&t=c
Toll free audio access: 888-552-9191 Password = 2006 #
NewEnglandTB.org
Built a website to
• Increase cohesiveness and visibility
• Promote regional and state education
• Exchange tools and materials
Genotyping Work Group
• Defined data management capacity
• Identified only 1 instance of definite transmission with a cluster of 26 cases
• Highlighted missed opportunities to prevent disease
• Measured strain prevalence and dispersion across states
Lessons learned
• Modern TB control requires– Building a team leadership– Coordination and collaboration
across jurisdictions
• Regional efforts offer advantages to state programs and to CDC
Next steps
• Analyze project evaluation data– Improve collaborative efforts– Determine how to replicate model
• Created the New England TB Consortium
• Building a new case management series “TB Talk”
Future outlook
• Expand
collaboration
• Increase capacity for managing
MDR/XDR TB
• Initiate
evaluation
We need a doublehull infrastructure
New England TB ConsortiumConnecticutHeidi Jenkins, Tom Condren, Lynn Sosa, Maureen Williams, James Hadler,Gary Budnick
MaineKathy Gensheimer, AnneSites, Suzanne Gunston,Julie Crosby
MassachusettsSue Etkind, Kathy Hursen, Sharon Sharnprapai, Marilyn DelValle, John Bernardo, Alex Sloutsky
New HampshireJill Fournier, Lisa Roy,Jody Smith, Peggy Sweeny
Rhode IslandUtpala Bandy, Mike Gosciminski, Chris Goulette, Toby Bennett
VermontSusan Shoenfeld, Susan Cook,Becky Temple
RTMCCErin Howe, Nicolette Patrick
DTBEDan Ruggiero, Kashef Ijaz, BobPratt, Joe Scavotto, Ken Castro
Prepare,you’ll sleep better at night.