Activités du Secrétariat Exécutif au cours de l’année 2020
Created at the same time as the WARN/CARN-TB network, the Executive Secretariat was entrusted with the task of supporting the network’s operations and the achievement of its objectives, through a series of missions defined at the network’s annual meetings. However, like the rest of the world, WARN/CARN-TB faced an atypical year characterized by the emergence […]
TDR et ses partenaires soutiennent les programmes TB en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre pour atténuer l'impact du covid-19 sur la lutte antituberculeuse
As the world rallies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, many factors are threatening other serious, preexisting, high-mortality diseases such as Tuberculosis (TB). The risk of resource detour, staff shortages and service disruption faced by TB control stakeholders in this particular context, highlights the need to develop new, more appropriate strategies to mitigate the potential impact […]
Projet TB-LAB : Soutien du SRL Cotonou pour renforcer les laboratoires de référence TB contre le COVID-19 en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
Given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the TB-Lab project to strengthen the technical capacities of National Reference Laboratories for tuberculosis (NRLs) in West and Central Africa, continued its remote activities using several platforms (Zoom, Mentimeter, WhatsApp…).During the months of March and April 2020, online training was provided for NRL managers on the drafting of […]
Enquête sur l’impact du COVID-19 sur la lutte antituberculeuse en général et l’approvisionnement en intrants de la TB en particulier.
The WARN/CARN-TB Executive Secretariat conducted two surveys in April and June 2020. The first concerned the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB control strategies in network countries, and the second the repercussions on the supply and availability of TB inputs. Here are the main results of these surveys. Impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis control […]
Le WARN/CARN-TB soutient les pays de la région dans la lutte contre le COVID-19
The many factors linked to the pandemic, such as the psychosis and stigmatization of COVID-19 patients, the symptomatological similarities shared with TB, the contingency measures taken by national governments, and the prioritization of COVID-19 by international health authorities and partners, had major consequences for the operation of TB programs. Under these conditions, it was urgent […]
Le WARN/CARN-TB à l’heure du COVID-19
The advent of COVID-19 triggered a large-scale international mobilization on both political and economic levels. As a result, the focus of attention, effort and resources generated by the COVID-19 pandemic in recent months has been to the detriment of efforts to combat other serious diseases such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis. It was therefore urgent […]
Deuxièmes journées scientifiques contre la tuberculose au Bénin : 19 au 20 décembre 2019
On 19 and 20 December 2019, the second scientific days against tuberculosis took place at the “Chant d’Oiseau” in Cotonou. Just as the first days took place in November 2017, the second days also revolved around one of the pillars of the END TB strategy, namely, patient-centered approaches to end the disease. In her opening […]
Activités menées dans quelques pays du réseau pour commémorer la journée mondiale contre la Tuberculose le 24 mars 2020
In celebration of the 2020 edition of World TB Day, NTPs carried out various actions to mark the day. Here are summaries of the activities carried out in some countries. GHANA: Public awareness session and Q&A live on Facebook On March 24, 2020 at 2pm, a team from NTP Ghana, led by coordinator Dr Yaw […]
Module 3 de la formation à la recherche opérationnelle pour les pays du CARN-TB
After Modules 1 and 2, Central African countries participated in Module 3 of the training for capacity building in operational research, from 02 to 06 December 2019. Organized by the WARN/CARN-TB Executive Secretariat, with the technical and financial support of WHO/TDR, this training workshop which took place at the Hôtel du Lac in Cotonou (Benin) […]
4ème Réunion annuelle des Coordonnateurs de Programmes Nationaux contre la TB des pays membres du WARN / CARN-TB
National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) coordinators from Central and West African countries, met from February 4 to 7, 2020 at the Benin Royal Hotel in Cotonou, to discuss ways and means of removing the obstacles undermining the dynamics of TB control on a regional scale. This 4-day working meeting provided TB program managers from both regions […]