Vision
“A TB-free Pakistan with zero deaths, disease, and poverty caused by TB.”Mission Statement
“Effectively end the TB epidemic in Pakistan by 2035. ”Goal
“Get back on track to end the TB epidemic by 2030.””Introduction
- Pakistan ranks 5th amongst the high burden countries in the world.
- The prevalence, incidence, and mortality per 100,000 population per year from TB in Pakistan are 340, 259 and 20 respectively.
- National TB Control Program (NTP), revived under Ministry of Health subsequent to declaration of TB as national emergency in Pakistan in 2001.
- Act as a collaborating body at the central level for the development of uniform policies and strategies, facilitating the donor liaison at national and international levels.
- NTP at this point in time is implementing Global Fund supported grant through a mechanism of Single Stream Funding (SSF) as principal recipient.
Objectives
- To increase the number of notified TB cases from 298,981 in 2013 to at least 420,000 by 2020 while maintaining the treatment success rate at 91%.
- To reduce, by at least 5% per year by 2020. the prevalence of MDR-TB among TB patients who have never received any TB treatment.
- To strengthen programmatic and operational management capacity of the TB Control Program while enhancing public sector support for TB control by 2020.
Key performance indicators
- TB cases (all forms) notified by NTP per 100,000 population annually in Pakistan.
- Percent of TB cases treated successfully among notified bacteriologically confirmed cases by NTP in Pakistan.
- Number of TB cases counselled and tested for HIV co-infection in sentinel sites 1n Pakistan.
- Number of cases enrolled and put on treatment among estimated MDR-TB cases.