CHINA

PI - Xiaolin Wei

NCTP - National Centre for TB Prevention and Control

China has a high disease burden of Tuberculosis, with nearly 4.5 million people living with active TB. 80% of the TB cases come from Rural areas. Since 2005 COMDIS has worked in close collaboration with the National Centre for TB prevention and Control (NCTP).

Project Title	Start Date	Planned End Date
Incentives for TB patients & providers project evaluation Shangxi province China	April 2006	June 2007
TB sputum collection/microscopy centres evaluation, with the NTP China	July 2007	December 2008
TB case management deskguide training in Shandong province

Shandong

Located in east China and the Lower Yellow River, Shandong Province has the second largest population in China. Home to Confucius and Mencius, here is one of the cradles of Chinese ancient culture

Shandong University

The Center for Health Management and Policy, Shandong University is one of the leading institutions in China on research and training of health economics, health management and health policy.

Project Title	Start Date	Planned End Date
Public private partnership, hospitals-TB dispensaries-in China	April 2008	June 2009
Evaluating the impact of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on TB control in rural China	April 2010	March 2011

 

Shandong Chest Hospital

Shandong Chest hospital specializes in the prevention and treatment of TB, lung diseases and cardiovascular diseases. Shandong provincial TB centre for prevention and control is located at the hospital.

Project Title	Start Date	Planned End Date
TB DOT cohort study in China	April 2006	September 2008
TB care quality improvement study in Shandong	April 2006	March 2007
TB contact tracing Fidelis pilot project evaluation Shandong	April 2008	December 2008
TB sputum collection/microscopy centres evaluation Shandong

 

Shandong CDC

Shandong CDC, abbreviated for Shandong Provincial Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, is a new research collaborator with COMDIS. The collaboration started in 2009 when there was an A/H1N1 outbreak in China.

Project Title	Start Date	Planned End Date
Developing the community response guide for A'H1N1 in Shandong Province, China	2009	2009

 

Shanghai

Shanghai serves as the base of the COMDIS China research group. Shanghai is the largest and richest city of China, however it has witnessed a steady increase of migrant TB patients, and thus COMDIS studies have focussed on this vulnerable population group.

Shanghai Changning District CDC

Shanghai serves as the base of the COMDIS China research group. Shanghai is the largest and richest city of China, however it has witnessed a steady increase of migrant TB patients, and thus COMDIS studies have focused on this vulnerable population group.

 

Project Title	Start Date	Planned End Date
TB care incentives-enablers to complete treatment by rural migrants in Shanghai study	July 2007	July 2009

 

Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention

Project Title	Start Date	Planned End Date
Health economic evaluation of the Comdis and Global Fund approaches in providing financial aid to migrant TB patients in Shanghai	April 2009	May 2010

 

Zhejiang

Zhejiang province is located in the east of China and has been a research site for our national PPM evaluation since 2008.

Project Title	Start Date	Planned End Date
TB designated hospitals PPP model study in Zhejiang province	April 2009	March 2011

 

Guangxi Provincial CDC

Guangxi is located in the South-west of China, with 40% of the population belonging to the Zhuang ethnic-group. Guangxi CDC was the first Chinese collaborator with Nuffield on TB control. Prof. John Walley has been awarded with the Golden Embroidery Ball by Guangxi Foreign Expert Bureau for his outstanding contribution to Guangxi public health.

Project Title	Start Date	Planned End Date
Township hospital intermediate diagnostic centres TB in Guangxi	October 2006	September 2008
TB case management training across Guangxi province