Formative activities | Attendees | Number performed | Number of participantsa | Notes/details |
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A. Analysis of evidence | CRESIPT project research team and international collaborators from Imperial College London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and John Hopkins School of Public Health | 3 | 28 | Analysis and publication of ISIAT project results in 2011 [39] WHO-commissioned systematic review of conditional cash transfer schemes’ impact on TB control in 2011 [20] plus updated review in 2014 |
B. Expert consultation | Peruvian National TB program chiefs | 10 | 8 | Steering meetings with regional and national TB Program coordinators |
JUNTOS (www.juntos.gob.pe) (Peruvian conditional cash transfer program)b | 1 | 5 | Discussed logistics and minimal impact evaluation of conditional cash transfers for health and education to female heads of rural households [5] | |
WHO Stop-TB partnership | 3 | 5 | Ongoing meetings and site visits | |
World Bank | 2 | 3 | Ongoing meetings with senior World Bank economists especially relating to cost-effectiveness considerations | |
C. Symposia and conferences | International multi-sectoral researchers (including World and Pan-American Health Organisation members) | 3 | 30 | “Social protection interventions for TB control”, UK, 2012 [19] WHO led policy consultation on social protection for TB in Brazil, 2013 [16] TB Union World Lung Health conference in France, 2013 |
D. Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) | CRESIPT multidisciplinary team | 9 | 10 | www.ifhad.org FGDs with the CRESIPT field team research personnel |
Ex-TB patient civil society “LUPORFAT” | 4 | 13 | Registered “Junta Directiva” (board of directors) of ex-TB patient community representatives “Lucha Por Familias Afectadas Por TBC” www.prisma.org Structured interviews and FGDs | |
Key NGO Stakeholders | 4 | 5 | ||
CRESIPT project participants | 19 | 20 | Including participatory community meetings and training of facilitators | |
Peruvian National TB program health post staff | 18 | 12 | Multi-disciplinary teams: co-ordinators, doctors, nurses and technicians | |
Banks | 6 | 5 | Account executives and social inclusion department representatives | |
E. Field team meetings | CRESIPT multidisciplinary team | 34 | 11 | Covered operational field logistics and acceptance of the intervention |
F. Steering committee | CRESIPT multidisciplinary team & international Collaborators | 19 | 6 | Twice monthly committee review of published literature (including systematic review) and discussion of financial, methodological and statistical design issues and potential intervention improvements |
TOTAL | NA | 135 | NA | NA |