We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
The Quality of Tuberculosis Services Assessment (QTSA) is conducted with the support of four tools: the Facility Audit, the Provider Interview, the Patient Interview, and the Register Review. MEASURE Evaluation—a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)— developed these four tools with the assistance of colleagues at USAID. The tools exist…
WHO has identified 30 countries where tuberculosis (TB) burden is high, including Ethiopia. The incidence of TB in Ethiopia was estimated to be 151 per 100,000 population, and the mortality was 22 per 100,000 population in 2018. TB treatment coverage was 69 percent in 2018, indicating that 31 percent of TB cases were missed. In response,…
The Quality of Tuberculosis Services Assessment (QTSA) is conducted with the support of four tools: the Facility Audit, the Provider Interview, the Patient Interview, and the Register Review. MEASURE Evaluation—a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—developed these four tools with the assistance of colleagues at USAID. These tools exist in…
Madagascar has the 14th highest rate of child marriage: 12 % of girls married by age 15, and 40% by age 18, with 13% of boys married by age 18. The USAID Community Capacity for Health program in Madagascar delivered a presentation to USAID on the program's work to combat child, early and forced marriage…
The Quality of Tuberculosis Services Assessment (QTSA) is conducted with the support of four tools: the Facility Audit, the Provider Interview, the Patient Interview, and the Record Review (consisting of two parts). MEASURE Evaluation—a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—developed these four tools with the assistance of colleagues at USAID….
According to the 2018 Global Tuberculosis Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) is the tenth leading cause of death and is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent (WHO, 2018). Heads of state committed to ambitious targets aimed at eliminating TB during the firstever United Nations High-Level Meeting…
The Quality of Tuberculosis Services Assessment (QTSA) is conducted with the support of four tools: the Facility Audit, the Provider Interview, the Patient Interview, and the Register Review. MEASURE Evaluation—a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—developed these four tools with the assistance of colleagues at USAID. The tools exist in…
The Philippines has one of the most severe epidemics of Tuberculosis (TB), with an estimated 500 new cases per 100,000 population. This rate is higher than the 150 to 400 per 100,000 population in most of the 30 high-burden TB countries. In response, the Philippines has enacted a TB law, which called for the creation of…
The Quality of Tuberculosis Services Assessment (QTSA) is conducted with the support of four tools: the Facility Audit, the Provider Interview, the Patient Interview, and the Register Review. MEASURE Evaluation—a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)— developed these four tools with the assistance of colleagues at USAID. The tools exist…
Uganda is one of the 30 countries with the highest burden of TB/HIV, with an estimated TB incidence of 200 cases per 100,000. The proportion of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and rifampin-resistant TB among new and previously treated TB cases was estimated at 1 percent and 12 percent, respectively, in 2018. For the estimated 86,000 people who…
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