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Alan Talens MD, MPH
World Renew CORE Group Community
Child Health Working Group
It's Not Complicated
Community Level
• Case finding • Treatment support • Advocacy ,• Patient /family support ,• Coalition building , • Training and supervision
Roadmap for Childhood TB: towards zero deaths
AIM OF GUIDE The Framework for Integrating Childhood TB
Into Community –Based Child Health Care
• To emphasize the importance of Childhood TB
• To stimulate discussion
• To move towards early integration of childhood TB into other maternal and child care activities
Areas for intervention in existing algorithmsAsk for TB contact in children with • HIV• cough >21 days • fever >7days• severe malnutrition‘Flag’ child as TB suspect
Identification of TB suspects for referral: TB contact• HIV• ARI• Malnutrition• Signs/symptoms of TB• Signs of EPTB
Follow-up: Child with TB contact/HIV who does not improve after treatment of ARI, malaria and/or who does not gain weight after feeding supplements should be referred as TB suspect
Ensure BCG was given
Ask for TB contact in child with ARI, malnutrition, TB signs/symptoms
TB is hidden in here: cough > 21 days = danger sign
Existing Community -Based Health Care Frameworks
• IMCI ( Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
• Community- IMCI
• CCM (Community Case Management)
IMCIIntegrated Management of Childhood Illness
Component of IMCI• Improving case management skills of
health-care staff• Improving overall health systems• Improving family and community health
practices
Underlying principles in Community Based Health Care Integration
• Existing referral mechanism to next level of care (TB services) and support mechanisms for CHWs need to be in place.
• Start with simple, basic interventions.• Advanced interventions depending on
workload and skills of CHW.• Any question asked has to result in clear
action taken.
Steps to Take in Developing Integrated Community –based Health Care models for
Childhood TBChildhood TB
1. Advocacy for country adaptation of guidelines and training materials- for IMCI, C-IMCI and CCM and other programs for CHW to include Childhood TB as serious illness.
2. Improve quality of care of childhood TB at first-level public health facilities.
3. Improve quality of care /or recognition of childhood TB of private sector (traditional healers, private doctors ,drug distributors)
Steps to Take in Developing Integrated Community –based Health Care models for
Childhood TBChildhood TB
4. Improve partnership between health facilities or services and the communities they serve.
5. Increase appropriate, accessible care of and information on childhood TB from the Community-based providers.
6. Integrate promotion of key family practices critical for childhood TB together with child health (Immunization, breastfeeding, HIV and Infection control)
Conclusion
Childhood TB is often an undiagnosed illness contributing to significant global child
morbidity and mortality.
Integration of Pediatric TB in all levels, most especially at the community health level is a
must towards zero TB deaths in children
Thank you