TBPPM Course is back in 2023!
After a successful response to the pilot TBPPM course in 2022, this year the TBPPM course will be offered as part of the McGill Summer Institute!
This TB - PPM course offers a week of online teaching and discussions on a range of topics relevant to engaging private providers in TB prevention and care. The course provides discussion panels, presentations, and interaction to deepen your understanding on the following areas of PPM: a) Engaging the Private Sector: Why and What; b) Policy and Financing; c) Partnerships: Operational Planning: d) Implementation and Monitoring; e) Quality of TB Care and New Tools. Faculty and participants will include TB survivors, PPM implementers, donors, policy makers, academics, clinicians, community advocates, public health implementers, and National TB Program managers.
OBJECTIVES
• Understand the data, background factors, and conduct of a PPM situation analysis
• Learn key strategies of the PPM Roadmap and underlying frameworks (financing, policy, regulation, health systems, etc.)
• Discuss concrete examples of PPM implementation that have worked or failed
• Apply practical tools to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate PPM programs
• Learn strategies for overcoming the know-do gap, including partnership strategies, incentives, and system-wide changes that integrate PPM as part of the national health system
TARGET AUDIENCE
• Government staff in high-TB-burden countries
• TB staff at technical agencies and NGOs
• TB consultants
• NGOs implementing health programs, interested in TB
• Anyone with an interest in PPM and engaging the private healthcare sector in Ending TB
COURSE FORMAT
Online only. Approximately 9:00am-12:30pm (Montreal time) each day June 12-16, 2023. In addition, on May 23rd from 9:00am- 12:00pm there will be an introductory session that all should attend to discuss the course outline and practical homework assignments. Attendance at the introductory session will help participants maximize the course week. A recording of the Introductory session and all course lectures will be available.