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Tuberculosis
Control
Pacific
Regional Tuberculosis Control Project
The
Pacific Regional Tuberculosis Control project (PRTCP) was
established at SPC in June 1998 and was implemented only in August
when the officer in charge (writer) took up office. It officially
ends in August 2001. The project was developed and designed in
collaboration with WHO and the donor, NZODA, to assist countries
control tuberculosis (TB) effectively. The goal was to standardise
the control of tuberculosis in the region through Directly
Observed Treatment: Short-Course (DOTS) strategy implementation in
the selected countries. It was designed to support
and enhance the regional tuberculosis control efforts recommended
by WHO through the development and improvement of national TB
programmes in the selected countries.
The
project had three main components: a baseline assessment of
national programmes, infrastructure, resources and health systems;
DOTS strategy implementation in national systems and nation-wide
expansion; and monitoring and evaluation
PRTCP
achieved all its objectives within the three-year time frame and
successfully established DOTS strategy as the primary TB control
tool in the four countries. In achieving its objectives and
targets at the national level, PRTCP contributed significantly to
the regional tuberculosis targets as expressed in the
"Pacific Strategic Plan to Stop TB" recommendations, one
of which was that ‘all countries in the Pacific region should
implement DOTS by 2002 and achieve 100% population coverage by
2005’.
Contact:
Janet O'Connor
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