Department for HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections
The WHO Department leads the global effort to end the epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), ensuring that every person has equitable access to highest-quality people-centred scientific evidence and services, regardless of who they are or where they live.
TB finance, economic evaluation & surveys
Overview
Our team assists countries to collect, evaluate and introduce economic evaluation and spending monitoring for Tuberculosis to support progressive realization of the End TB targets and Universal Health Coverage.
Goal
To provide national TB programmes and partners with technical guidance, tools and assistance to produce robust economic evidence in support for strategic decision making.
Objectives /
Our work
- To manage the global monitoring and reporting of financing for tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis and treatment, as part of annual rounds of tuberculosis data collection from Member States and WHO's annual Global Tuberculosis Report;
- To guide and support the design, implementation, analysis and reporting of national surveys (patient costs or provider costs)
- To support cost and cost-effectiveness studies related to tuberculosis interventions
- To support the development of guidance and tools to budget national strategic plans for tuberculosis.
- To develop and maintain a global network of internal and external expertise and capacity related to tuberculosis economics and financing, and related sharing of new knowledge and evidence