This compendium puts together in electronic format selected technical assistance (TA) packages that support the strategies outlined in the 2017-2022 Philippine Strategic Tuberculosis Elimination Plan Phase 1 (PhilSTEP1). Developed by USAID’s Innovations and Multisectoral Partmerships to Achieve Control of Tuberculosis (IMPACT) project, it consists of TA interventions intended to help advance the progress charted by the Department of Health National Tuberculosis Control Program along three major tasks. These are (i) find all TB cases, (ii) ensure all TB cases are cured, and (iii) secure an enabling environment for quality TB services.

Implemented by LGU partners with IMPACT technical support from 2012 to 2017 across 43 project sites, the TA interventions were shown to yield significant results. To expand the benefits of these initiatives among other LGUs, the compendium provides TA providers like DOH Regional Offices (DOH ROs) and Provincial Health Offices (PHOs) as well as TB service providers with the tools to enhance program performance. Backed by DOH ROs and PHOs, and guided by the step-by-step processes provided in this compendium, other LGUs will hopefully share the gains from applying the following:

1. Find all TB cases and ensure they are cured

• Guidelines in Establishing a DOTS Network
• TB Caravan: A Mobile Case-finding Strategy
• Guidelines in Conducting the Workshop on Strengthening PMDT Case Finding, Case Holding and Referral System

2. Ensure an enabling environment for quality TB services

• Guidelines in Conducting Data Quality Check
• Mentoring Supervisors of Community Health Volunteers in TB Program Implementation
• Guidelines in the Formation and Strengthening of the Multisectoral Coordinating Committee
• Local Health Policy Development: Participatory Evidence-based Legislation for the TB Control Program
• eLearning Course on the NTP Manual of Procedures, 5th edition