St Martin De Pores Hospital |
Effie-Nkwanta Regional Hospital |
|
Available in Country |
3HP – 150mg Sanofi singles |
YES |
3HP – FDC 300mg RPT/300mg INH |
NO |
1HP – Singles 300mg RPT |
NO |
1HP – FDC 300mg RPT/300mg INH |
NO |
3HP included in National Guidelines |
YES |
3HP recommended for Children 2- 15 years |
NO |
Great collaboration with government throughout implementation |
AIG supported development of country TPT guidelines |
Quick roll-out of 3HP despite late arrival of meds |
AIG has pushed TPT into a routine programmatic intervention |
Allocated 9000 patient courses received as @ Jan 22 |
74% enrolment achieved (6691/9000) btn. Apr 21 & Jun 22 (6404 – PLHIVs & 287 – HHC) |
AIG supporting government with scaleup of TPT through training |
TPT now introduced into all national M&E systems |
Initial challenge with a mandatory x-ray screening |
The absence of child friendly formulation |
Weak contact tracing efforts affecting child contacts enrolment |
Inadequate health staff expertise on screening child contacts for TPT |
Kwame Essah | The Aurum Institute | kessah@auruminstitute.org |
Jabina Anaman | The Aurum Institute | janaman@auruminstitute.org |