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AFEW Kyrgyzstan team continue their activity in fighting tuberculosis in the country, implementing the project "Community against Tuberculosis" with the support of PAS Center within the TB REP 2.0 framework.
"In our country, every citizen should know about socially significant diseases as much as possible, which iswhy we recommend downloading OneImpact Kyrgyzstan to your phone!" - said the organization representatives. The main activity focus of AFEW Kyrgyzstan is to implement an electronic monitoring application with the help of Onelmpact community and popularize its use among people receiving TB treatment. This is done to improve adherence to treatment of people with TB in Bishkek and Chui oblast.
The application was launched in Kyrgyzstan in August and trainings are currently carried out at medical institutions.
Thus, information events aimed at familiarizing health workers, people with TB and their relatives with OneImpact opportunities began with consultations at the TB city center.
"We try to tell each client of the TB service about completely new possibilities offered by the application and provide them with consultation on each section. We share detailed information about technical parameters and interesting facts about OneImpact Kyrgyzstan with doctors," AFEW Kyrgyzstan says.
Also, training for case managers has already been implemented in the Chui TB regional center.
"The main task of our managers is not only to constantly help people affected by TB, but also to respond to all requests from users of the OneImpact Kyrgyzstan application," the organization representative stressed.
Moreover, in the period from September 21 to 25 the AFEW Kyrgyzstan team plans to visit the Zhayil district of the Chui oblast to organize information events:
Consultations are held for both doctors and patients at each medical institutions. At the end of the trainings, participants download the application and register with OneImpact Kyrgyzstan for further interaction and support at all stages of TB treatment.
In addition, all data obtained using OneImpact will be analyzed and sent in the form of recommendations to the NTP. The main function of the recommendations is to influence the implementation of corrective measures to improve TB care services and increase adherence to treatment in Kyrgyzstan, as well as to advocate for high-quality modern approaches to TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment with the involvement of communities
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In 2018, PAS Center together with implementing partners have designed a new regional project (TB-REP 2.0) to advance towards people-centered approaches ensuring provision of quality TB and DR-TB care and prevention in EECA region, based on previous experience and lessons learned from the implementation of the regional TB-REP program designed to contribute to strengthening health systems’ responses to TB in the longer term. The overall goal of TB-REP 2.0 is to foster timely TB case detection and improved treatment outcomes in patients with special emphasis on drug-resistant TB, in eleven EECA countries through meaningful involvement of communities and civil society and integrated people-centered TB care delivery systems able to address the needs of key and vulnerable populations. The program incorporates the full spectrum of DR-TB prevention and care issues, targeting both health and sustainable community systems for improved quality and strengthened people-centered approaches in TB care delivery.
The project is funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
