National and global TB control targets can be acheived through a comprehensive public-private mix approach for TB care and control Accumulated experience shows that the implementation of TB control and care should not be limited to the national TB control programmes under ministries of health.
This is because many patients with symptoms suggestive of TB, including the very poor, do seek and receive care from a wide variety of health-care providers outside the network of national TB control programme services.
This includes other health services such as those provided by medical college hospitals, specialized centres, general public hospitals, social insurance organizations, the military, the railways, mines, private clinics and hospitals, nongovernmental organizations, private laboratories and pharmacies, and traditional healers.
National TB control programmes needs to collaborate with this wide spectrum of institutions, entities and individuals to ensure that the TB patients served by them are receiving the proper care in line with global standards of TB care.
Therefore, public-private mix initiatives are considered to be an essential component of a TB control strategy.
Public-private mix initiatives are a collective approach to involving all health-care providers that are dealing with TB patients within private and public sectors, including health providers government ministries other than the ministry of health, in TB control activities.
Engage all care providers
National and global TB control targets can be acheived through a comprehensive public-private mix approach for TB care and control Accumulated experience shows that the implementation of TB control and care should not be limited to the national TB control programmes under ministries of health.
This is because many patients with symptoms suggestive of TB, including the very poor, do seek and receive care from a wide variety of health-care providers outside the network of national TB control programme services.
This includes other health services such as those provided by medical college hospitals, specialized centres, general public hospitals, social insurance organizations, the military, the railways, mines, private clinics and hospitals, nongovernmental organizations, private laboratories and pharmacies, and traditional healers.
National TB control programmes needs to collaborate with this wide spectrum of institutions, entities and individuals to ensure that the TB patients served by them are receiving the proper care in line with global standards of TB care.
Therefore, public-private mix initiatives are considered to be an essential component of a TB control strategy.
Public-private mix initiatives are a collective approach to involving all health-care providers that are dealing with TB patients within private and public sectors, including health providers government ministries other than the ministry of health, in TB control activities.
Engage all care providers
