• Through the first five years of HPP’s work in Laos 30,000 people in 19 villages have been reached.

  • Facts: 800 toilets built, 38 community wells constructed and community water supply in 4 villages reestablished

Tuberculosis Active Case Finding

Project overview

Location: 3 districts of Bolikhamxay Province: Bolikhan, Pakkading and Pakxan
Duration: 2018 to 2020
Beneficiaries: Communities of 63 villages
Implementing partners: HPP Laos is a sub-recipient under the National TB Centre, Ministry of Health. The project is part of a nation-wide TB programme with 5 implementing organisations as sub-recipients.
Donor: The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Project objective: To reduce the TB burden in Lao PDR as per the National TB Strategic Plan 2017-2020 and the WHO End TB Strategy.

Supervision tour in Nakoon Health Centre area, Tharsy village, with representatives from the Department of Health

Supervision tour in Nakoon Health Centre area, Tharsy village, with representatives from the Department of Health

The team conduct TB awareness raising sessions in every village and Health Centre they visit to explain TB symptoms

The team conduct TB awareness raising sessions in every village and Health Centre they visit to explain TB symptoms

 

Activities

The project aims to raise awareness of TB in rural communities in Pakkading, Bolikhan and Pakxan Districts of Bolikhamxay, to identify presumptive cases through screening and contact tracing, and to refer them to be tested in Health Centres for diagnosis. People affected by TB receive treatment adherence support through training on TB, improved nutrition to facilitate recovery and improve overall health, and the establishment of psychosocial support structures at household level. The TC TB project is based on HPP's Total Control of the Epidemic approach

Our Field Officers work together with local Village Health Workers on all project activities. Villagers learn about symptoms, transmission and treatment of TB at awareness raising meetings. Field Officers and Village Health Workers conduct household screenings in areas of high TB prevalence and connect presumptive TB cases with the public health care system for diagnosis. To this end, field staff and Health Centre staff collect sputum samples at village level and arrange sample logistics to district or province level laboratories. Many villagers with symptoms do not recognise them as TB symptoms and struggle to access health care services due to long distances and associated costs.

The Field Officers and Village Health Workers support all people diagnosed with TB throughout their recovery journey. To this end, clients' families and peers are encouraged to provide support. For instance, people affected by TB and two nominated family members or friends form a group, a so called TRIO, in which the latter ensure daily medication intake of the client and provide psychosocial support. TRIOs learn about the importance of nutrition and receive seeds and ducklings to grow vegetables and raise small animals. The aim is to boost and strengthen the clients’ immune systems for a quick as well as holistic recovery process, and the overall establishment of a healthier lifestyle. 

TB screening includes households which were affected by TB within the last 2 years, as well as contacts of newly diagnosed TB cases

TB screening includes households which were affected by TB within the last 2 years, as well as contacts of newly diagnosed TB cases

The TC TB team (in blue) are working with Village Health Workers (in white) on grassroots health education and mobilisation.

The TC TB team (in blue) are working with Village Health Workers (in white) on grassroots health education and mobilisation.

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