Regional Meeting of National TB Control Programme Managers and Partners Bangkok, Thailand, 23-27 September Day 1: Monday 23 September 2013 08:00 09:00 Registration Session 1: Opening and introduction 09:00-10:00 Welcome remarks and RD s message by WR Thailand Remarks by Chair SEAR TB Technical Working Group Opening Remarks by Deputy Permanent Secretary MoPH Objective of the meeting, introduction to participants and nominations of Chair and Moderators Dr Yonas Tegegn Dr P R Narayanan Dr Chanvit Tharathep Dr 10:00 10:20 Global situation: progress and challenges for TB control Ikushi Onozaki 10:20 10:30 Discussion 10:30 10:45 Group photo 10:45 11:15 Coffee break Session 2: Regional update and review of recommendations of 2011 NTP Managers Meeting Chairperson: Dr P R Narayanan 11:15 11:55 Regional situation: progress and challenges for TB control 11:55 12:45 Follow up on recommendations from the 2011 NTP manager meeting: country presentation Earlier and higher case detection in the private sector: India Establishment of systematic screening of high-risk groups: Sri Lanka Strengthen the lab network: Myanmar Scale up access to TB/HIV diagnosis and treatment services: Thailand Quality assured anti-tb drugs and supply chain management: Indonesia 10 min per country 12:45 13:00 Discussion Page1
Session 3: Progress towards universal access Moderators: Dr P R Narayanan Dr N Ishikawa 14:00 15:30 Country poster presentations (posters to be put up the evening before the meeting; 15 minutes per country) Country representatives 16:00 17:15 Country poster presentations continued Country representatives 17:15 18:00 Discussion Day 2: Tuesday 24 September 2013 Session 4: Review of activities to scale up the programmatic management of drug resistant TB (PMDT) Moderators: Dr Mohammed Yassin Dr Rohit Sarin 09:00 09:30 Report from the Regional Meeting on combatting DR- TB, 25-26 June 2013 09:30 09:50 Regional Framework to scale up PMDT through Regional Green Light Committee Mechanism- Report 09:50 10:30 Implementation of new diagnostic tools regional overview Rohit Sarin Somsak Rienthong 11:00 11:20 Scale up of PMDT: Focus on Community PMDT Bangladesh 11:20 11:40 Scale up of PMDT: Focus on laboratory scale up for PMDT India 11:40 12:00 Scale up of PMDT: Focus on HRD for PMDT Indonesia 12:00 12:20 Scale up of PMDT: Focus on case finding and treatment for PMDT 12:20 12:40 Scale up of PMDT: Focus on key strategic aspects on how to achieve nationwide coverage of PMDT 12:40 13:00 Scale up of PMDT: Focus on PMDT in a large metropolitan areas Myanmar Nepal Thailand 14:00 14:20 Scale up PMDT: Focus on special issues scaling up with limited resources and limited number of donors supporting the activities DPR Korea 14:20-15:00 Country experiences on implementing PMDT: Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste Page2
15:00 15:30 Discussion 16:00 16:30 Update on GDF New Strategic Direction: Achievements and Perspectives 16:30 17:00 Increasing sources of quality assured TB medicines: The GDF experience developing MDR-TB medicines market. How to procure from the GDF. QA policy and procurement of Group 5 medicines Joel Keravec Kaspars Lunte 17:00 17:30 Discussion 17:30 18:00 Prevalence Survey Global Overview, Progress and Lessons Learnt Ikushi Onozaki 18:00 18:30 Discussion 19:00 20:30 Reception Day 3: Wednesday 25 September 2013 Session 5: Technical Support for TB planning and review Moderators: India, Nepal,Timor-Leste 09:00 10:30 Presentations from technical partners: Global Fund, TBCARE I, BRAC, RIT, FHI 360, KNCV, PATH, Community Representative, IMA Representatives partners of 11:00 12:00 Presentations from partners continued Representatives of partners 12:00 13:00 Discussion: Possible ways to further enhance Technical Support coordination at country level partners focusing on support to the GF grants implementation and including maximizing communication with all partners Session 6: Strategic Planning Moderators: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia 14:00 14:40 Global targets and strategies for TB control post 2015 Giuliano Gargioni 14:40 15:00 Discussion 15:00 15:30 Updated Regional Strategic Plan for TB Care and Control, 2012-2015 16:00 17:00 Strategic planning framework: Harmonizing NSPs other plans (such as MDR plans or lab plans) and other Giuliano Gargioni Page3
events (program review and concept note to the GF) national plans or documents (link to National Health Policy) 17:00 17:30 Discussion Day 4: Thursday 26 September 2013 09:00 10:00 Global Fund New Funding Mechanism update and experiences Mohammed A Yassin 10:00 10:30 Country experience with new funding model of the GF Eva Maria Nathanson 11:00 11:30 Discussion on NFM 11:30-11:45 Introduction to group work (country specific) Outcome of group work: 2-3 slides on country specific way forward linked to the roadmap the country will take to prepare for the next round of the GF (including status of national strategic and X/MDR-TB plans and their harmonization, the GF funding including Technical Support needs for the next 12 months) Annemieke Brands, 11:45 13:00 Group work 14:00 15:00 Group work continued 15:00 15:30 Group work presentation 16:00 17:00 Group work presentation 17:00 18:00 Discussion of group work Day 5: Friday 27 September 2013 Session 7: TBTEAM Moderators: DPR Korea, Myanmar, Thailand 09:00 09:20 Introduction to TBTEAM tools Annemieke Brands 09:20 09:40 Experience in using TBTEAM (including the web tool, interaction with the TBTEAM Regional and HQ levels) and experience with the GF Phase 2 preparations and the new funding model concept notes 09:40 10:00 Experience in using TBTEAM (including the web tool, interaction with the TBTEAM Regional, Country and HQ levels and experience):timor-leste 10:00 11:00 Individual meetings between countries, partners and resource persons for discussion of specific topics TBTEAM Rim Kwang IL Lungten Z. Wangchuk Page4
11:10 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 12:00 Discussion: Improving performance of TBTEAM, including mission and event report uploading 12:00 13:00 Moving forward with regards to Technical Support needs and preparation for new funding model applications Annemieke Brands Session 8: Conclusions and recommendations Moderators: Maldives, Sri Lanka 14:00 15:00 Major Conclusions and recommendations and next steps. (Participants review handout before presentation) Giuliano Gargioni 15:00 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 15:45 Evaluation 15:45 16:15 Closing remarks Open Page5