Standardized Monitoring of DOTS components and TB financing Holger Sawert 3rd Meeting DEWG, Montreal, 2002
Logical framework in TB control Goal objectives activities inputs Eliminate TB as a public health problem detect and cure cases DOTS staff, equipment supplies Mortality, prevalence CDR, success rate ?
How can ‘DOTS’ be measured? Five components commitment smear-Dx DOT SCC Recording/reporting Nine ‘basic operations’ NTP with central unit Plan/budget Manual recording/reporting training lab network DOT services drugs / Dx supplies supervision
Quantifying DOTS components
Sri Lanka - summary indicators
Sri Lanka - Management indicators
Logical framework in TB control Goal objectives activities inputs Eliminate TB as a public health problem detect and cure cases DOTS staff, equipment supplies Mortality, prevalence CDR, success rate ?
Budgeting for DOTS programs
Determining the ‘funding gap’
Financial monitoring - round 1 22 HBCs contacted mid August 7 forms received by 3 October all forms with at least partial budget/infrastructure information 6 forms with complete budget data 2 forms with complete infrastructure information
Some preliminary statistics
Observations -round 1 Need better tools for standardized budgeting for core DOTS components difficulties in determining ‘infrastructure costs’
Is money enough?