Private-Public Collaboration in DOTS & DOTS-Plus for TB

描述（由申请人提供）：长期目标：1）发展MMC DOTS诊所和热带疾病基金会的机构能力，使其成为DOTS-Plus培训的国家中心。2)与卫生部合作，发展建立治疗中心所需的当地专业知识，以便在全国范围内实施以社区为基础的针对耐多药结核病的DOTS-Plus，作为国家结核病控制服务局DOTS计划的补充，本着公私合作的精神，在这个高负担国家开展结核病控制。短期目标：1。为ICOHRTA-艾滋病/结核病综合计划开发竞争性应用程序，以促进菲律宾结核病的合作和多学科研究。 2.加强DOTS Plus试点项目，以评估该机构目前的资源和需求，并制定满足这些需求的计划。3.确定临床、实验室和项目实施所需的人员发展和培训，以及结核病控制（包括莫尔- TB）综合培训项目的社会经济支持，并确定美国合作机构在满足这些需求方面的资源和能力。方法：1.在医务管理中心DOTS诊所开展DOTS Plus试点项目的工作人员培训，以获得临床经验，确定研究和培训需求，开发和试点测试培训模块，并确定提议机构需要满足的资源。 2.贸易发展基金主要人员与美国对口机构之间的短期磋商和讲习班诊所工作人员与美国合作伙伴之间的交流计划，包括目前与美国合作伙伴合作的其他类似诊所，以帮助确定当前试点项目的弱点和优势。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Long-term objectives: 1) to develop the institutional capacity within the MMC DOTS Clinic and the Tropical Disease Foundation to be a national center for training on DOTS-Plus. 2) To develop local expertise necessary for the establishment of treatment centers for the implementation of community-based DOTS-Plus for MDR- TB allover the country, in collaboration with the Department of Health, as a complementary arm to the DOTS program of the National TB Control Service in the spirit of private-public collaboration in TB Control in this high burden country. Short term objective: 1. To develop a competitive application for a Comprehensive ICOHRTA-AIDS/TB program that fosters collaborative and multidisciplinary research on tuberculosis in the Philippines. 2. To strengthen the pilot project on DOTS Plus in order to assess current resources and needs of the institution and to develop a plan for addressing these needs. 3. To identify the staff development and training required in the clinical, laboratory, and program implementation and socio-economic support for a comprehensive training program on the control of tuberculosis including MOR- TB and to identify the resources and capabilities of the partner US-Based institutions in providing these needs. Methods: 1. Staff training in the pilot project on DOTS-Plus at the MMC-DOTS Clinic to gain clinical experience and identify research and training needs to develop and pilot test training modules and to determine the resources required to be met by the proponent institution. 2. Short-term consultations and workshops between and among the key personnel of the TDF and its US- based counterparts 3. Exchange program between the clinic staff and US-based partners including other similar clinics presently collaborating with the to US-based partners, to help in identifying weaknesses and strengths of the current pilot project.