Enhanced Private Sector Engagement for Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Reporting through an Intermediary Agency in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Vo, Luan Nguyen Quang, Codlin, Andrew James, Huynh, Huy Ba, Mai, Thuy Doan To, Forse, Rachel Jeanette, Truong, Vinh Van, Dang, Ha Minh Thi, Nguyen, Bang Duc, Nguyen, Lan Huu, Nguyen, Tuan Dinh, Nguyen, Hoa Binh, Nguyen, Nhung Viet, Caws, Maxine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9109-350X, Lonnroth, Knut and Creswell, Jacob (2020) 'Enhanced Private Sector Engagement for Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Reporting through an Intermediary Agency in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam'. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 5, Issue 3, p. 143.

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Abstract

Under-detection and -reporting in the private sector constitute a major barrier in Viet Nam’s fight to end tuberculosis (TB). Effective private-sector engagement requires innovative approaches. We established an intermediary agency that incentivized private providers in two districts of Ho Chi Minh City to refer persons with presumptive TB and share data of unreported TB treatment from July 2017 to March 2019. We subsidized chest x-ray screening and Xpert MTB/RIF testing, and supported test logistics, recording, and reporting. Among 393 participating private providers, 32.1% (126/393) referred at least one symptomatic person, and 3.6% (14/393) reported TB patients treated in their practice. In total, the study identified 1203 people with TB through private provider engagement. Of these, 7.6% (91/1203) were referred for treatment in government facilities. The referrals led to a post-intervention increase of +8.5% in All Forms TB notifications in the intervention districts. The remaining 92.4% (1112/1203) of identified people with TB elected private-sector treatment and were not notified to the NTP. Had this private TB treatment been included in official notifications, the increase in All Forms TB notifications would have been +68.3%. Our evaluation showed that an intermediary agency model can potentially engage private providers in Viet Nam to notify many people with TB who are not being captured by the current system. This could have a substantial impact on transparency into disease burden and contribute significantly to the progress towards ending TB.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WF Respiratory System > Tuberculosis > WF 200 Tuberculosis (General) WF Respiratory System > Tuberculosis > WF 220 Diagnosis. Prognosis WF Respiratory System > Tuberculosis > WF 225 Mass chest X-ray
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030143
Depositing User:	Marie Hatton
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2020 12:01
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2020 12:01
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/16148

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