TB SUREVEILLANCE MEETING: OBJECTIVES To review the epidemiological burden of tuberculosis in the African Region and to review progress towards regional and global targets for case detection and treatment outcomes To update participants about methods for assessing TB Programme Performance and impact To agree on methods for estimating DOTS coverage, case detection and treatment success rates
TB SUREVEILLANCE MEETING: OBJECTIVES Tuberculosis burden and progress towards regional and global targets for case detection and treatment success rates in the African Region reviewed Increased and common understanding of methods for estimating TB Programme performance and impact Agreement on methods for estimating TB DOTS coverage, case detection and treatment success rates
Methods of work Plenary presentations Group work Practical computer based data manipulation and analysis