Summary & Key Points
"The TB-Speed consortium, led by the University of Bordeaux, organized the final presentation of the TB-Speed project results in Maputo, Mozambique, on June 9 and 10, 2022..."
The TB-Speed consortium, led by the University of Bordeaux, organized the final dissemination of results from the TB-Speed project in Maputo, Mozambique, on June 9–10, 2022.
This project, which aims to reduce tuberculosis-related mortality in children by improving diagnosis, was implemented between 2017 and 2022 in seven high-burden, resource-limited countries: Cambodia, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia.
One of the key recommendations from the Maputo meeting is that each consortium member country must hold a national dissemination of the project results to which it contributed. The goal is to engage partners and key tuberculosis stakeholders in using the findings to inform policy changes for pediatric tuberculosis diagnostics.
In line with this recommendation, Côte d’Ivoire, which participated in this important project, decided to hold its own results dissemination event.
Date: January 20, 2023
Location: Amphitheater of the INFAS administration, within the CHU de Treichville
Participants:
PAC-CI team
Bordeaux team
Sassandra district team
Danané district team
CHU de Cocody team
CHU d’Angré team
CHU de Treichville team
Deputy Director General of Health
Deputy Coordinator of the National Tuberculosis Control Program and team
EGPAF NGO representative
SEV-CI NGO representative
PEPFAR representative
ALLIANCE-CI NGO representative
PROGRAM
The dissemination itself took place over one day—January 20, 2023—at the Amphitheater of the INFAS administration, within the CHU de Treichville. After participant registration and opening remarks, the day began with PowerPoint presentations covering all project themes, organized into four sessions:
Session 1: Decentralization of Pediatric Tuberculosis Diagnosis, featuring four presentations:
Decentralization of pediatric TB diagnosis – TB-Speed Decentralization international results
Implementation of decentralized diagnosis in Sassandra and Danané
Feasibility and acceptability of decentralization
Cost-effectiveness and budgetary impact of decentralizing pediatric TB diagnosis
Session 2: Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Vulnerable Pediatric Populations, with three presentations:
Systematic detection of tuberculosis and mortality among children under five with severe pneumonia
Validation of the PAANTHER decision algorithm for treating TB in children living with HIV
Development of a diagnostic prediction score for TB in children hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition
Session 3: Laboratory Aspects and Tools, with two presentations:
Implementation of Xpert Ultra tests in pediatric TB diagnosis within the TB-SPEED project
TB-Speed tools and final report
Session 4: Scaling Up, featuring two presentations:
Contribution of the TB-Speed project to health system strengthening
Scaling up TB-Speed results: How and when to do it?
This final session was highly anticipated, as it addressed the development of a national action plan to scale up project findings and improve pediatric TB diagnosis in Côte d’Ivoire—an effort led by the National Tuberculosis Control Program.
All presentations were followed by moderated discussions led by professors and department heads involved in the project.
The workshop concluded at 6:00 PM with closing remarks from the Bordeaux delegation, the PAC-CI Executive Director, the National Tuberculosis Control Program, and the Deputy Director General of Health.
