Integrated approach for triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis is highly effective and cost-effective: an economic evaluation.

Background: The Regional Framework for Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, Hepatitis B (HBV) and Syphilis in Asia and the Pacific 2018-30 was endorsed by the Regional Committee of WHO Western Pacific in October 2017, proposing an integrated and coordinated approach to achieve elimination in an efficient, coordinated and sustainable manner. This study aims to assess the population impacts and cost-effectiveness of this integrated approach in the Cambodian context.

Methods: Based on existing frameworks for the EMTCT for each individual infection, an integrated framework that combines infection prevention procedures with routine antenatal care was constructed.

Time to unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcome, Cambodia, China, and Viet Nam.

Objective: To determine the frequency and characteristics of patients with unsuccessful tuberculosis (TB) treatment.

Methods: Random selection of TB case registers among all treatment units in Cambodia, two provinces in China, and Viet Nam. The data of two calendar years were analyzed to assess unsuccessful outcomes and their time of occurrence.

Human resource requirements for quality-assured electronic data capture of the tuberculosis case register.

Background: The tuberculosis case register is the data source for the reports submitted by basic management units to the national tuberculosis program. Our objective was to measure the data entry time required to complete and double-enter one record, and to estimate the time for the correction of errors in the captured information from tuberculosis case registers in Cambodia and Viet Nam. This should assist in quantifying the additional requirements in human resources for national programs moving towards electronic recording and reporting.

Characteristics of tuberculosis patients at intake in Cambodia, two provinces in China, and Viet Nam.

Background: The tuberculosis register is a critical data source for the information system of national tuberculosis control programs. From the information in the tuberculosis case register, it is possible to extend the standard analysis of age and sex characteristics among sputum smear-positive cases to all tuberculosis case categories. National tuberculosis programs might utilize such information to identify problems related to referral and access to diagnosis and treatment.

Completeness and consistency in recording information in the tuberculosis case register, Cambodia, China and Viet Nam.

Setting: Tuberculosis (TB) case registers in Cambodia, two provinces in China and in Viet Nam.

Objective: To determine completeness and consistency of information for quarterly reports on case finding and treatment outcome.

Methods: A representative sample of TB case registers was selected in Cambodia, in two provinces in China and in Viet Nam.