About this Toolkit

This toolkit presents the tools, templates, and steps in establishing local Delivery of TB Services (DOTS) in the service delivery network in support of the tuberculosis (TB) control program. The tools and templates in this toolkit were developed based on the collective experiences of local government partners of the IMPACT Project.

For whom is this toolkit?

This toolkit is intended primarily for NTP staff at the Department of Health (DOH) regional offices who are assigned to provide technical assistance to the provinces and highly urbanized cities (HUCs), and also for DOH Development Management Officers (DMOs) and Provincial/City Health Office NTP team members involved in establishing a DOTS network at the local level.

What does this toolkit contain?

This toolkit consists of two parts.

Part 1 provides an introduction, definition of terms, background information and the rationale for establishing a local DOTS network.

Part 2 describes the step-by-step process in establishing a local DOTS network.

Users of this toolkit may reproduce the tools and templates, including the PowerPoint presentations, provided in this TA package.