DR TB 5 day patient support training - facilitator's guide
To outline a plan for implementation of the DR TB Counseling programme that is specific to their facility.Briefing Document - 2 Jun 2014
DR TB patient support programme overview
People diagnosed with any form of DR-TB (rifampicin mono-resistant, multi-drug resistant [MDR] and extensively resistant [XDR and pre-XDR] tuberculosis) embark on a two year treatment journey.Briefing Document - 2 Jun 2014
Drug-resistant TB
DR TB counseling training pack
Access the MSF DR-TB Counselling Training Pack, a comprehensive resource for supporting drug-resistant TB patients. Briefing Document - 2 Jun 2014
Global
Briefing Document - 2 Jun 2014
Competency assessment for DR TB counselling session
During this period of follow-up coaching and assessment, it is important for trainers to keep their expectations of the trainees clear through regular (ideally weekly) communication with the trainees and facility mangers.Briefing Document - 2 Jun 2014
Patient support Interventions to improve adherence to drug resistant tuberculosis treatment
In 2007, MSF partnered with Cape Town City Health and the Western Cape Health Department to pilot a decentralized model of care for drug resistant TB (DR-TB) in Khayelitsha.Briefing Document - 2 Jun 2014
Annual Report
Report - 2 Jun 2014
MSF international activity report 2013
In 2013, MSF provided humanitarian assistance in 67 countries.Report - 2 Jun 2014
Financial Report
MSF International Financial Report 2013
Access the MSF International Financial Report 2013, providing transparency on our global humanitarian expenditure. Report - 28 May 2014
Drug-resistant TB
Press Release - 19 May 2014
‘We demand action’: Death toll from drug-resistant tuberculosis must be slashed within a year
Phumeza Tisile, co-author of the DR-TB Manifesto* and XDR-TB survivor, delivers urgent plea to World Health Assembly delegates on behalf of 50,000 supporters worldwide.Press Release - 19 May 2014
Drug-resistant TB
Latest News - 19 May 2014
NEW AGE: SA activist off to Geneva
It's been nine months since South African TB activist Phumeza Tisile was cured of extensively drug resistant TB (XDR-TB) which had ravaged her body for two years leaving her permanently deaf.Latest News - 19 May 2014
Syria
Press Release - 16 May 2014
Five MSF staff held in Syria released
MSF staff abduction forces closure of 3 medical facilities: 150,000 Syrians deprived of MSF medical care.Press Release - 16 May 2014