Liens transversaux de livre pour Annex 1. Budgetary considerations for implementing a new diagnostic test
Successful implementation of the plan will require financial and human resource commitments from the ministry of health (MoH) or national tuberculosis (TB) programme (NTP), with possible support from implementing partners. Consider integrating TB testing on existing multidisease platforms in locations where integrated testing is feasible, to share costs across disease programmes. A budget should be developed to address activities in collaboration with key partners, using the considerations outlined below. Technical assistance may be needed.
HR: human resources; PT: proficiency testing; QA: quality assurance; SOP: standard operating procedure; TWG: technical workinggroup.