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Sustainable Procurement of TPT

What didn’t work in the I4TB project

There was opposition to TB preventive treatment and government buy-in happened towards the end of the project

 

What did work in the I4TB project

Eventual acceptance of the concept to introduce shorter regimens and scale-up TPT
Inception of a country-led and country-owned ambitious plan to introduce 3HP and 3HR; with national scale-up starting 2023
3HP finally ordered for operational research, but yet to arrive in-country

Lillian Mtei KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation lillian.mtei@kncvtbc.org
Ministry of Health website