[EQ] Global Tuberculosis Control, Epidemiology, Strategy, Financing - WHO 2009 Report

Global Tuberculosis Control, Epidemiology, Strategy, Financing

WHO Report 2009 - WHO/HTM/TB/2009.411

Websiste: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/2009/en/index.html

“…..WHO's report on Global TB Control compiles data from over 200 countries and territories each year, monitoring the scale and direction of TB epidemics, implementation and impact of the Stop TB Strategy, and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.

The report presents WHO’s latest assessment of the epidemiological burden of TB (numbers of cases and deaths), as well as progress towards the 2015 targets for global TB control that have been established within the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also includes a thorough analysis of implementation and financing of the WHO’s Stop TB Strategy and the Stop TB Partnership’s Global Plan to Stop TB, since in combination these have set out how TB control needs to be implemented and funded to achieve the 2015 targets.

The report gives particular attention to the period 2006–2009, but selected epidemiological, implementation and financial data are presented for previous years as well. This includes epidemiological data back to 1990 and financial data back to 2002.

Bringing together data reported by 196 out of 212 countries and territories in 2008, as well as data collected from these countries and territories in previous years, Global tuberculosis control 2009 is the definitive source of information about the national and international response to the worldwide TB epidemic….”

Key points

The main messages from the report, summarized in 28 key points, can be read online in all 6 UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).
Arabic [pdf 105kb]

Chinese [pdf 268kb]

English [pdf 69kb]

French [pdf 89kb]

Russian [pdf 179kb]

Spanish [pdf 135kb]

THE REPORT

Full report - LARGE DOCUMENT [pdf 7.28Mb]

Report without annexes [pdf 1.61Mb]

Introduction [pdf 50kb]

Chapter 1: Epidemiology [pdf 633kb]

Chapter 2: Strategy [pdf 481kb]

Chapter 3: Financing [pdf 301kb]

Conclusions [pdf 41kb]

 

ANNEXES

Annex 1: Profiles of high burden countries

Annex 2: Methods

Annex 3: The Stop TB Strategy, case reports, tretment outcomes and estimates of TB burden

Annex 4: Surveys of tuberculosis disease and availability of death registration data at WHO, by country and year [pdf 235kb]

SLIDES

Slide set (full) [ppt 12.21Mb] | Slide set - Chapter 1 [ppt 5.80Mb] |
Slide set - Chapter 2 [ppt 3.10Mb] | Slide set - Chapter 3 [ppt 4.39Mb]

 

 

 

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[EQ] WHO Vacancy: Technical officer - Pharmaceutical policy and use of evidence for policy-making

The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization

Technical officer, in the areas of pharmaceutical policy and use of evidence to inform policy-making

Deadline for applying: 14 April 2009

For additional details about the above vacancy or to send your application, please go to:
Vacancy Notice No: HQ/09/HQ/HSS/FT158
https://erecruit.who.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=1000&jobinfo_uid_c=21065&vaclng=en

“….The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research is an international collaboration, based in WHO Geneva, that aims to promote the generation and use of health policy and systems research as a means to improve developing country health systems.

Based in WHO Geneva, the technical Officer will among other responsibilities:

-          lead a programme of work that engages research users to identify and build consensus around global research priorities in the access to medicines field;
- manage calls for proposals, administer and provide technical support to grants focused on synthesizing and generating new knowledge on access to medicine issues;
- promote networking between research institutions working in the pharmaceutical policy field and help build capacity in the field through workshops and other interventions;
- monitor and support Alliance grants to country teams that aim to promote the use of evidence in policy making;
- act as the point person for the Alliance on coordination with the EVIPNet (Evidence Informed Policy Networks);
- ensure the technical quality of the work done under all the elements listed above.

In addition, the Technical Officer will contribute to the overall strategy development of the Alliance HPSR, and other relevant tasks as they arise, including making presentations on behalf of the Alliance or representing the Alliance in meetings.

An advanced degree in a field relevant to health policy and systems research such as health policy, health economics, medical anthropology, management sciences for health is required. Training or studies on pharmaceutical policy or access to medicines would be an asset.

 

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