Accelerating Progress towards Ending TB/MDR-TB and Strengthening the Operational Research Capacity of the National Tuberculosis Control Program in Kyrgyzstan
A special issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ISSN 2414-6366).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 June 2023) | Viewed by 15999
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tuberculosis; tropical infectious diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In order to attain the End Tuberculosis (End-TB) targets of 95% reduction in number of tuberculosis (TB) deaths and 90% reduction in tuberculosis incidence by 2035, the case-finding and management of tuberculosis will have to better address hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations that often lie outside the mainstream of health systems. The WHO’s Global Plan to End TB aims to ensure that TB diagnostic and treatment services reach at least 90% of such populations and that at least 90% of them achieve treatment success. Focusing on hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations will enhance equity and contribute to achieving Universal Health Coverage for TB, “leaving no one behind”.
The articles in this Special Issue reflect a collaborative effort to build sustainable operational research capacity to improve case finding, diagnosis and treatment of TB and multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in Kyrgyzstan. The publications in this series addressed national research priorities, were led by national investigators and importantly, involved regional and international collaborative partnerships, reflecting the philosophy, “thinking global but acting local”.
The project was funded by USAID and used the Structured Operational Research and Training IniTiative (SORT IT), a global operational research partnership led by TDR, The Special Programme for Research and Training hosted at the World Health Organisation. More on SORT IT is available here https://tdr.who.int/activities/sort-it-operational-research-and-training.
It is encouraging to see a critical mass of trained operational researchers in Kyrgyzstan who can now use their acquired SORT IT skills to make the country “data rich, information rich and action rich” in tackling TB/MDR-TB and other health system challenges to improve public health.
Dr. Ermias Diro
Prof. Dr. Sven Gudmund Hinderaker
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- health systems strengthening
- universal health care
- SDGs
- SORT IT
- End-TB
- public health systems research
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