TB – TB DIAH

TB DIAH’s Center of Excellence Catalyzes Country Engagement in Tuberculosis

TB DIAH’s Center of Excellence Catalyzes Country Engagement in TuberculosisThe Tuberculosis Data, Impact Assessment and Communications Hub (TB DIAH) project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is working to improve the collection, analysis, and use of TB data throughout the world. One of the ways it is accomplishing this is through […]

The TB DIAH COVID-19 Dashboard

TB DIAH recently launched its new COVID-19 data dashboard to show the potential impact of COVID-19 on TB notifications.

COVID-19 and Tuberculosis: What We’re Reading

Efforts to combat TB continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We offer here recent papers and resources on the implications of COVID-19 on TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

COVID-19 and Tuberculosis: What We’re Reading and Watching

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect efforts to combat TB and presents challenges for TB programs. This collection shares recent webinars, articles, and other resources focusing on the implications of COVID-19 on TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Second Anniversary Commemoration: USAID’s Global Accelerator to End Tuberculosis

USAID recently celebrated the second anniversary of the Global Accelerator to End Tuberculosis. The virtual event included a panel of speakers sharing successes and challenges in the fight to end TB. The importance of facing the COVID-19 pandemic while remaining committed to ending TB was a common thread throughout the discussion.

TB DIAH at the Union World Conference on Lung Health

TB DIAH staff shared work from the project’s Quality of TB Services Assessment (QTSA) findings at the recent 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health. This article includes a recap of TB DIAH’s participation and shares reflections from attendees.

Linking Cascade Analysis to Project Planning

How can cascade analysis be used to improve planning for tuberculosis (TB) programs? This article by TB DIAH’s Ersin Topcuoglu, MD, MPH, explains how the TB cascade of care can serve as a valuable data source for analysis, which ultimately helps inform strategic, managerial, and operational decision making. This improved project and program planning helps narrow gaps within the TB cascade of care.

Quality of Tuberculosis Service Assessments

MEASURE Evaluation, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), initiated a series of Quality of TB Services Assessments (QTSAs) to evaluate the quality of TB services in randomly selected health facilities in a number of USAID TB priority countries. TB DIAH will be continuing this work and extending assessments to countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe.

COVID-19 and Tuberculosis: What We’re Reading, What We’re Watching

TB programs face multiple challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect efforts to combat TB. This collection shares recent webinars, guidance documents, and other resources that shed light on the implications of COVID-19 on TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Using Cascades for Analyzing and Understanding the Success of Tuberculosis Programs

A best practice in facilitating tuberculosis (TB) data analysis and use is the cascade method for finding gaps in programs. Cascades quantify, track, and visualize how health and development programs are performing for the target population at progressive stages toward an expected outcome. They reveal weaknesses at stages of TB control and help program and project managers recognize unacceptable variations among different disaggregation levels and refine targeted TB activities for implementation. Ersin Topcuoglu, MD, MPH, explains.