TO INNOVATIONS

WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2016 POST-GRADUATE COURSES
POST-GRADUATE COURSE 06 3 08:00- 14:30 3 SESSION ROOM 14
AN INTRODUCTION TO COSTING TUBERCULOSIS STRATEGIES AND SERVICES
Section: Tuberculosis
Estimating the costs of achieving the End TB goals is essential for those advocating for increased resourcing, prioritising TB programme resources
and planning sustainable financing. This post-graduate course will introduce participants to the different approaches for estimating the costs of
TB strategies and services, providing an overview of concepts and current practice, as well as outlining cost data and tools currently available.
Participants will gain hands-on experience working with cost data for different purposes and appraising cost data quality. We will highlight the use
of cost data in TB programme planning and financing. We will also outline the resources available from the Global Health Costing Consortium
(GHCC) to support this effort. The post-graduate course is for those who are new to economic costing, and provides an introduction and links
to follow-on resources.
Objectives:
1) Provide an overview of TB cost data and key concepts
2) Introduce participants to the principles of costing TB services
3) Outline the main steps to be taken in designing a costing study
4) Provide hands-on experience of analysing cost data for different purposes
Coordinator(s) : Anna Vassall (United Kingdom), Bertie Squire (United Kingdom)
1) Overview of costing – Anna Vassall (United Kingdom)
2) Principles of costing – Sedona Sweeney (United Kingdom)
3) Reporting and intepreting cost data – Gabriela Gomez (Netherlands)
4) Using cost data in priority setting – Jason Madan (United Kingdom)
5) Costing data and resources – Yoko Laurence (United Kingdom)
WEDNESDAY 26 OCT
POST-GRADUATE COURSE 07 3 08:00- 11:00 3 SESSION ROOM 12
INTRODUCTION TO THE DESIGN OF A TB TELEECHO PROGRAMME
Sub-section: Tuberculosis/Nurses & Allied Professionals
The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) tele-mentoring model is an innovative evidence-based education and training intervention
designed to strengthen the knowledge and practice of clinical care teams in rural and underserved communities. The TeleECHO model—based on a
combination of videoconferencing, case-based learning, sharing of best practices, and monitoring outcomes—is being adapted in a growing number
of global contexts to expand access to high quality care and treatment for TB in low- and high-burden settings through the development
of communities of practice and learning that link national experts with site level TB practitioners.
Objectives: Introduce participants to basic principles and components of the TeleECHO model for education and training, review examples of adaptation
and implementation, and guide participants through development of their own initial design and action plan for a TB TeleECHO programme for their
local context.
Expected Outputs/outcomes:
1) Each participant will acquire an understanding of the principles and components of the TeleECHO model for education and training and the variety
of ways it has been adapted to support state, national and tribal TB programmes, including drug-resistant TB programmes in Asia, Africa and the
Americas.
2) Each participant will begin the process of designing their own TB TeleECHO programme plan of action for their local context with guidance from
the faculty using a standard planning template.
Relevance: TB programme managers and educators working to strengthen state and national TB healthcare capacity will learn about an evidencebased,
innovative new model for education, training, and programme quality improvement.
Coordinator(s) : Bruce Struminger (United States of America), Lisa Chen (United States of America)
1) Overview of the ECHO model for TB and development of a TB MetaECHO community to strengthen TB workforce development globally –
Bruce Struminger (United States of America)
2) Overview of the ECHO model for TB and development of a TB MetaECHO community to strengthen TB workforce development globally –
Lisa Chen (United States of America – Curry International Tuberculosis Center/UCSF)
3) Adaptation and implementation of the ECHO model for drug-resistant TB in Viet Nam – Viet Nhung Nguyen (Viet Nam)
4) Adaptation and implementation of the ECHO model to support migrant and refugee populations with drug-resistant TB in Kenya –
Maureen Kamene Kimenye (Kenya)
5) Implementation of the ECHO model for TB case management in low-incidence settings and among indigenous populations:
New Mexico and the Navajo Nation – Diana Fortune (United States of America)
6) Implementation of the ECHO model for TB case management in low-incidence settings and among indigenous populations: Washington State –
David Horne (United States of America)
7) Adaptation and implementation of the ECHO model for drug-resistant TB in Haiti – Willy Morose (Haiti)
26-29 OCTOBER 2016 - LIVERPOOL - UNITED KINGDOM
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