USAID TB joint assessment team report.

The main objective of the teams visit was "to prepare a proposal for a USAID/Santo Domingo two-year strategy to mitigate TB in the Dominican Republic”. The purpose of the teams visit was to assist USAID/SD in the review of the new TB activity with the following expected outcomes: (1) Recommendations to strengthen various components of the TB control program including policy development or reform case detection by smear microscopy lab capacity and quality control drug availability monitoring and information systems and directly observed treatment (DOT); (2) Recommendations regarding geographic focus of USAID supported programs; (3) Estimation of the quantities of medications required for TB treatment; (4) Estimation of the resources needed to accomplish the objective; (5) Provisional monitoring plan including results and indicators. (excerpt)