2016: Good practices in strengthening health systems for the prevention and care of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis

In response to the burden of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB), the Consolidated Action Plan to Prevent and Combat M/XDR-TB in the WHO European Region, 2011–2015, was prepared for all 53 Member States and endorsed at the sixty-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. In order to improve the transfer of knowledge and experience among countries and to improve the health system approach, the WHO Regional Office for Europe has been collecting and disseminating good examples of the prevention, control and care of TB and M/XDR-TB in the Region. In this second compendium, 45 examples of good practices in strengthening health systems for the prevention and care of TB and drug-resistant TB are presented from 21 countries, including 14 countries of high priority for MDR-TB and countries with high and low incidences of TB. This compendium complements the final report of implementation of the Consolidated Action Plan 2011–2015 and can be used to scale up effective interventions in line with the new TB Action Plan for the WHO European Region 2016–2020. It is intended as a resource for stakeholders at all levels of health systems.