TB RAM Closeout Report

Rationale

Reduction of TB Morbidity among Non-Thai Migrants in Six Border and Adjacent Provinces (TB-RAM) is a community-based TB programme focusing on non-Thai migrants along the border and adjacent provinces of Thailand.  As Thailand continues to be in the WHO 22 High TB burden (and High HIV burden) countries ranking, the needs to address vulnerableand mobile population intensifies where the lack of TB epidemiology and unreliable population data of non-Thai migrants were a norm.

Objectives

TB-RAM has 4 main objectives i) To expend quality TB services to achieve increased case detection and treatment success among non-Thai migrants, ii) To empower non-Thai communities to reduce their TB burden through public awareness, iii) Develop a service delivery system that ensures coordinated TB/HIV care for non-Thai migrants, iv)To increase the capacity of the implementing agencies.  The programme adhered to the National TB Plan and followed NTP strategies on i) TB among marginalised population, ii) ACSM, iii) TB/HIV, iv) Operational Research.