Table 9.

Missed opportunities for building synergies between the NTCP and local health systems

Domains	Missed opportunities
Human resources	Recruitment of additional staff
	Identification of training needs for DHs and health centres staff members
	Organisation of in-service training with the support of regional disease control programmes managers
	Reinforcement of competencies of the district management teams in organizing, monitoring and evaluating tuberculosis control activities
	Implication of district management teams in the supervision of TDTC
Health Information System (HIS)	Standardisation of routine data collection tools for all DHs
	Elaboration of a unique data reporting tools that bundles routine and programmes’ data
	Development of software for managing health data at DH and DHS levels
	Utilisation of the electronic system for data transmission and feedback between DHs, DHS and regional programme coordinations
	Reinforcement of capacities of district management teams and DH staff in the management of HIS for decision-making
Technical capacity	Identification of hospital technical needs and allocation of resources on the basis of hospital needs
	Submission of health system strengthening proposals to the Global Fund against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
Health service delivery	Organization of the referral system
	Development of the collaboration between HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis care at facility level