08 Jul • Philippines
Philippines: TB Platforms project implements strategy to reduce spread of TB
FAST is a novel infection control strategy that aims to reduce the spread of TB through early diagnosis.
25 July, 2019
Philippines: USAID/TB Innovations engages hospital networks to notify privately managed TB cases
ENHANCE is a multi-disciplinary model that aims to strengthen tertiary hospital systems in delivering quality and patient-centered TB services.
10 July, 2019
Philippines: National TB Control Program conducts TB mass screening among persons deprived of liberty
TB mass screenings were conducted in jails in different provinces of Central Luzon Region. All persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and jail personnel underwent chest x-ray and symptom screening.
12 November, 2018
Philippines: Philippine Business for Social Progress implements ACCESS TB Project to Strengthen Search for the Missing People
The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) as part of its ACCESS TB Project has implemented 4 strategies in 3 regions of the country to help find the missing people with TB.
07 August, 2018
The Philippines is missing more than 41% of its 573,000 people estimated to have developed drug-sensitive TB in 2016. During the same year, more than 82% of its 30,000 people estimated to have developed drug-resistant TB were also missed by the health system.
To find more of its missing people with TB, the Philippines is implementing a three-throng approach. The country is planning to procure 280 GeneXpert/Omni machines for rural health units, health centers and DOTS facilities across the country, as a way to optimize the utilization of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF. This move will support the transition from smear microscopy to GeneXpert as the primary diagnostic tool for TB in the Philippines. The country is also expanding systematic screening of high-risk groups, notably through systematically screening congregate settings, urban poor and contacts in sites with a high population/TB burden. Moreover, engagement of private health care providers is being strengthened, particularly through engaging stand-alone physicians and those affiliated with hospitals, along enforcing compliance with the mandatory TB case notification policy of the Philippines.