Social Protection for TB patients
Social Protection for TB patients
The first pillar of the WHO strategy to end tuberculosis (TB) calls for integrated, patient-centered TB care and prevention. The aim of this recommendation is to encourage those involved in the fight against TB to extend their efforts beyond the disease itself, and to take care of the TB patient as a whole. In other words, the aim is to embrace a holistic approach that goes beyond drug treatment, to also take into consideration the various determinants that underpin the disease. In this spirit, social protection measures play an important role in the fight against TB, because through TB-sensitive and TB-specific measures, they help to reduce poverty, malnutrition and other barriers encountered by TB patients in their care. In order to revitalize this component in West and Central Africa, WHO/TDR is providing technical and financial support for the implementation of operational research studies on various social protection measures for TB patients in various National TB Programs (NTP) in the region.
Find summaries of these studies below.
Nigeria : Impact of food provision on the treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients in Nigeria: A mixed-methods study
General objectives : The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact, acceptability, and feasibility of food provision to patients with TB under programme conditions. Specific objectives : · To assess the impact of food provision to TB patients
GUINEA : Social support for tuberculosis patients: inventory and analysis of the impact of family solidarity on the quality of life of households of tuberculosis patients under treatment in Conakry.
General objective: Evaluate the impact of social support on the quality of life of households of tuberculosis patients. Specific objectives: Document the support provided to TB patients on treatment in CDTs. Describe family support for TB treatment households. Analyze structural
BURUNDI : Implementation of a social protection model based on extra-medical support for tuberculosis patients, with a view to strengthening adherence to treatment and improving favorable treatment outcomes in 2 CDTs in the city of Bujumbura (CDT Service Yezu Mwiza and Ngagara).
General objective: Contribute to improving the favorable results of anti-tuberculosis treatment among patients followed up in 2 CDTs in the city of Bujumbura (CDT Service Yezu Mwiza and Ngagara) by granting extra-medical aid as part of a biomedical and social
BURKINA FASO : Evaluation of a support strategy for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis
General objective : Evaluate support strategy for MDR-TB patients. Specific objectives : Method : The support for TB patients implemented in the country includes food (partnership between NTP and shopkeepers), travel expenses (mobile transfer by NTP) and hygiene kits (distribution by NTP). A
BENIN : Testing an improved Extra-Medical Management of Tuberculosis Patients
General objective :Evaluate the effectiveness of the social protection program for TB patients treated at CNHU-PPC in 2024. Specific objectives : Describe the effectiveness of a social protection program on the psychological and nutritional status of TB patients; Describe the effectiveness of