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45. Comment by Salehuddin Ahmed, BRAC University, Daily Star roundtable meeting, Dhaka, December 13, 2005. 46. Comment by Rev. Sanan Wutti, The Church of Christ in Thailand, Public Health Watch roundtable meeting, Chiang Mai, December 9, 2005. 47. Interview with Attapon Cheepsattayakorn, director, 10th Zonal TB and Chest Disease Center, December 8, 2005. 48. Comment by Pruthi Israngkul Na Ayudya, director, Health Center 21, Bangkok, Public Health Watch roundtable meeting, Bangkok, December 6, 2005. 49. Interviews with TB patients and clinic staff in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, and Brasilia, November 2005–March 2006. 50. Comment by Rosemary Adu, National Reference Laboratory, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), JAAIDS media roundtable meeting, Lagos, March 19, 2005. 51. Available at www.who.int/hiv/pub/tb/tbhiv/en/ (accessed May 25, 2006). 52. “To enable them to adhere to treatment, TB patients need support and care that is sensitive to their needs. In practice it means providing a treatment partner or supporter acceptable to patients to reinforce their motivation to continue treatment and counter the tendency of some to interrupt treatment.” WHO, “The Five Elements of DOTS,” available at www.who.int/tb/dots/whatisdots/en/ index2.html (accessed on May 17, 2006). 53. Abdul-Muyeed Chowdhury, executive director, BRAC, Daily Star roundtable meeting, Dhaka, December 13, 2005. 54. Presentation by Jamillah Mwanjisi, Public Health Watch researcher and director of Mediabank, Global Health Council panel discussion, Washington D.C., March 2006. 55. Interview with shastho shebika in the Dhamrai region, December 14, 2005. 56. A Mustaque, R Chowdhury, Sadia Chowdhury, Akramul Islam et al, “Control of tuberculosis by community health workers in Bangladesh,” The Lancet, Vol. 350, July 19, 1997, pp.169–72. BRAC’s 2004 annual report notes a treatment success rate for new patients of 89 percent. BRAC Annual Report, 2004, p. 49. 57. Md. Akramul Islam, AMR Chowdhury, J. Patrick Vaughan et al, “Cost-effectiveness of community health workers in tuberculosis control in Bangladesh,” Bulletin of WHO, 2002; 80 (6) pp. 445–450. 58. Interview with assistant district TB and leprosy coordinator, Kilombero, February 2005. 59. Interview with assistant district TB and leprosy coordinator, Kilombero, February 2005. 60. Interview with male TB patient, Kilombero, February 2005. 61. E. Wandwalo, B. Robberstad, and O. Morkve, “Cost and cost-effectiveness of community-based and health facility based directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,” Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2005. 62. Interview with health workers, Ifakara, February 2005. 63. Interview with NTP consultant to the Bureau of AIDS, TB and STIs, October 3, 2005. 64. Group discussion with village health volunteers in Mae Sod District, Tak province, January 26, 2005. 65. Comment by Sumalee Amarinsangpen, Office of Disease Prevention and Control Region 10, Public Health Watch roundtable meeting, Chiang Mai, December 9, 2006. 66. Comment by Afsan Chowdhury, Public Health Watch researcher and director of advocacy, BRAC/ Public Health Watch roundtable meeting, December 12, 2005. 67. Comment by Jutatip Chaisakul, Health Development Networks, roundtable meeting, Chiang Mai, December 9, 2005. 68. Comments by participants in Public Health Watch roundtable meetings, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Brasilia, March 28, 30, and 31, 2006. 32 TB POLICY IN THAILAND
69. According to the most recent statistics released by the WHO, 52 percent of the Brazilian population was covered by the DOTS strategy in 2004, a figure many Brazilian experts believe to be significantly overestimated. See WHO, Global Tuberculosis Control: Surveillance, Planning Financing, (Geneva: WHO, 2006), p. 79. 70. See, e.g. Stop TB Partnership, Report on the Meeting of the second ad hoc Committee on the TB epidemic: Recommendations to Stop TB Partners, WHO, 2004, p. 15. 71. See “Call To Action for TB and HIV Community Activists and Advocates To Stop Tuberculosis (TB),” at www.aidsinfonyc.org/tag/tbhiv/wtbd2005.html (accessed June 19, 2006). 72. Stop TB Partnership, Global Plan to Stop TB 2006–2015, Geneva: World Health Organization, 2006. See www.stoptb.org/globalplan/assets/documents/GlobalPlanFinal.pdf (accessed May 25, 2006). 73. Meeting on March 9, 2006 between representatives from USAID and Public Health Watch staff and researchers, Washington, D.C. PUBLIC HEALTH WATCH MONITORING REPORTS 33
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