TBPPM Course is back in 2025!
COURSE FORMAT
Online only. Approximately 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM (Montreal time) each day from May 26–30, 2025. In addition, an introductory session will be held on Tuesday, May 13, from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM (Montreal time). Attendance is highly recommended, as this session will cover the course outline and practical homework assignments, helping participants make the most of the course week. A recording of the introductory session and all course lectures will be available until July 1, 2025.
DESCRIPTION
This course offers a week of online teaching and discussions on a range of topics relevant to engaging private providers in tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care. The course provides discussion panels, presentations, and interaction to deepen understanding on the following areas of public-private mix: 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.