h. Develop capacities of BHWs and CHVs on trainings related to case finding such as the BE ALIVE and case holding to ensure the annual targets on the NTP are achieved;
i. Establish a functional Primary Care Provider Network/Health Care Provider Network as mandated by UHC;
j. Ensure the “No Prescription: No Dispensing Policy” in all pharmacies to help mitigate the adverse consequences of self-medication such as the increasing microbial resistance or drug – resistant TB case;
k. Require compliance to the mandatory notification of all public and private health care providers and facilities with corresponding sanctions such as enforcement of penalties and/or revocation of business permits;
l. Ensure compliance to DOH AO 2015 – 0039 – Guidelines on Managing Tuberculosis Control Program during Emergencies and Disasters and to provide support for National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP), emergency/disaster preparedness and response; and
m. Ensure PHIC accreditation of the TBDOTS facilities and filing of PHIC TB DOTS package claims to further support DOTS facilities and health staff involved in the TB program.
Article III
Definition of Terms
Sec. 4. Definition of Terms. For purpose of this Ordinance the following terms shall be understood as follows:
a. Active TB – refers to a person having TB with or without signs and symptoms, with bacteriologic and or radiographic findings consistent with TB disease.
b. Active Case Finding – refers to purposive effort by a health care worker to find TB cases from among presumptive in the community who do not seek consultations relating to TB in a healthy facility.
c. Active Tuberculosis Case Finding – refers to a synonymous with systematic screening for active TB although it normally implies screening that it is implemented outside the health (DOTS) facilities.
d. Case Holding – an activity to treat TB cases through TB treatment regimen and health education.
e. Contact Investigation – refers to a systematic process for identifying people with previously undiagnosed TB among the contacts of an index case. The investigation includes identification of the source case if the index case is a child as well as candidates for preventive treatment.
f. Be Alive – mentoring of the frontline health workers in Enhanced Case Finding and Community-Based Care of TB Patients amidst COVID19DOT – Directly Observed Treatment. An activity where a trained health worker for treatment partner personally observes the patient to take anti-TV medicines every day during the whole course of the treatment of all the TB cases.
g. DOTS – Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course - refers to comprehensive strategy to control TB comprised of (5) components.
h. DOTS Facility – refers to a health care facility, whether public or private that provides TB - DOTS services in accordance with the policies and guidelines of the National TB Control Program (NTP) DOH.
