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Joint supervisory team observed the operational process
in the system.
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Tuberculosis is one of the major public health problems in
Myanmar
which is one of 22 TB high burden countries. According to the 1994 National
TB Prevalence Survey the incidence of new sputum smear positive cases was 75
per 100,000 populations per year. With that estimate, Myanmar
achieved the global target of 70% case detection rate and 85% of treatment
success rate since 2006. TB prevalence survey was done for Yangon Division in
2006, and found TB burden much higher than estimated. So National TB Programme in close collaboration with WHO decided to
perform Nationwide TB Prevalence Survey in Myanmar in 2009 to determine the
prevalence of pulmonary TB at a defined point in time (2009) and also to
assess a trend in TB prevalence by a series of surveys (5-10 year interval)
in future. National TB Prevalence survey has stated in June 2009 with the
support of WHO, JICA, JATA, Bill and Melinder Gate
Foundation through PSI, 3 Diseases
Fund through UNOPS and USAID total
amounting to US$ 877,000. There will
be 70 clusters all over the country; 33 clusters in Upper Myanmar and 37
clusters in Lower Myanmar; 50 clusters in
urban and 20 clusters from rural areas. Each cluster consists of at least 710
people of above aged 15. The survey will be finished in 1st quarter of 2010
and data entry, analysis and reports are expected at end of year 2010. Now 49
clusters have been completed. The Steering Committee for TB Prevalence Survey
(2009-2010) was chaired by Dr. Saw Lwin, Deputy Director General (Disease
Control) with the stakeholders as members for collaboration, monitoring and
regular sharing of information.
A joint monitoring visit by the representatives of WHO,
NTP, UNOPS and PSI had been organized to the 49th cluster site of National TB
Prevalence Survey conducted at Indu village, Dedaye township, Ayeyarwaddy
Division, on 14 December 2009. The
supervisory team observed the operational process in system and remarked the
survey with validity and reliability high.
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