TB Control Program and Public-Private Mix

dr. Yodi Mahendradhata, MSc.

Type: Optional/Advance module

Duration: 2 weeks

next course dates: 12/07/2010-24/07/2010

Credit points and SIT

3 ECTS, 90 hours SIT 40 hours interactive lectures, 20 hours facilitated group work, 18 hours visit (health centre, chest clinic and hospital), 9 hours self-directed learning, 3 hours individual exam

Learning Objectives

At the end of the module the students should be able to:

1. Use the health system approach to analyse challenges of TB control program implementation
2. Critically appraise quantitative models for TB control
3. Plan evaluation of the implementation of public-private mix in TB control

Content

1. Tuberculosis (TB) as a disease and public health problem (including TB-HIV and MDR-TB)
2. TB control program in Indonesia: current situation and strategic framework
3. Implementation of TB control program at health care facilities and district-provincial health office
4. TB epidemiology and quantitative methods for tropical diseases
5. Health decentralization: policy and its implication for TB control
6. Public-private mix in TB control: policy and practice
7. Evaluating implementation of DOTS strategy in public-private health care facilities
8. Economic evaluation of public-private mix in TB control

Learning Methods

In the introduction, an ex TB patient will be exposed to the students as a trigger to illustrate care seeking behaviour and the complexity of managing TB disease and its implication on TB control program. This is followed by interactive lectures on clinical manifestation of TB and TB control program in Indonesia. Visits to health centres, chest clinics, hospitals and lectures by district and provincial health offices will then be organized to analyze challenges in the implementation of TB control program. TB epidemiology and quantitative modeling will be delivered through combinations of lectures and computer lab practicals. Finally, issues related to PPM and its evaluation is delivered through lectures and case studies for group discussions.

Course Coordinator

dr Adi Utarini MSc, MPH, PhD (adi_utarini@yahoo.co.uk) and dr. Yodi Mahendradhata, MSc (yodi_mahendradhata@yahoo.co.uk)
Telephone/fax: (62-274) 551408, 581679