Report, Recording and Q&A of TBPPM Webinar "Opportunities and Challenges for TB service delivery via PPMVs in Nigeria"

Published on August 2, 2023

The objective of this webinar was to bring Nigeria’s TB PPM stakeholders to a common platform to deliberate upon a unanimously agreed emerging issue – TB service delivery through Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs). The webinar was an opportunity to review the relevant issues, reinforce best practices, harmonize implementation, brainstorm solutions, and align on improvement opportunities across stakeholders. The desired outcome of this session is the documentation of stakeholder consensus which could lead to the next steps that can be implemented to improve PPMV engagement and thus, strengthen PPM DOTS implementation in Nigeria.

 

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