title: Translating childhood tuberculosis case management research into operational policies.
abstract: The control of childhood tuberculosis (TB) has been of low priority in TB programmes in high-burden settings. The objective of this paper was to describe the development and testing of tools for the management of childhood TB. The Pakistan National TB Control Programme embarked on a number of activities, including the establishment of policy guidelines for the management of childhood TB and later a guidance document, 'Case Management Desk Guide and Structured Monitoring', to demonstrate the implementation of childhood TB interventions in a programme context. Initial results showed improved case finding and treatment outcome in implementation sites compared with control districts. However, further programme attention is required to improve quality.
authors: Association for Social Development, Islamabad, Pakistan. Nauman.Safdar@student.uib.no
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Safdar
authors: S G
authors: SG
authors: Hinderaker
authors: N A
authors: NA
authors: Baloch
authors: D A
authors: DA
authors: Enarson
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Khan
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Morkve
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019090:Case Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057189:Checklist; D002648:Child; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents