This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Document 92001E001494
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1494/01 by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission. The threat of tuberculosis.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1494/01 by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission. The threat of tuberculosis.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1494/01 by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission. The threat of tuberculosis.
Úř. věst. C 350E, 11.12.2001, p. 169–170
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
- Date of document:
- 18/05/2001; Den přenosu
- Date of dispatch:
- 18/05/2001
- Date of reply:
- 28/06/2001; Písemná odpověď
- Author:
- Evropský parlament, Not available
- Form:
- Písemný dotaz
- Addressee:
- Evropská komise
- Parliamentary term:
- páté volební období
- Political group:
- Skupina Evropské liberální, demokratické a reformní strany
- Link
- Link
- Link
- Select all documents mentioning this document
- Link
- EUROVOC descriptor:
92001E1494
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1494/01 by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission. The threat of tuberculosis.
Official Journal 350 E , 11/12/2001 P. 0169 - 0170
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1494/01 by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission (18 May 2001) Subject: The threat of tuberculosis Through its programme of aid to combat poverty diseases in developing countries, what resources are being or are to be devoted to combating tuberculosis through the DOTS strategy (Directly Observed Treatment Short-course), which it is claimed can have a success rate of 99 per cent? Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission (28 June 2001) It is very difficult to indicate a specific sum of Community allocations to DOTS. Most Community health funds support actions to improve the organisation, management and performance of national health systems including tuberculosis (TB) control programmes. Increasingly such funds are provided as sectoral or budget support rather than as project support for disease specific programmes. Much of this support will also benefit national TB control initiatives. The accelerated Programme for Action against TB, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and malaria(1), in the context of poverty reduction sets out a comprehensive approach through interventions impacting on each of the three major communicable diseases. These aim to increase the impact of existing effective interventions and, as far as TB is concerned, including DOTS. Nevertheless, and despite the progress that has been registered since 1995, additional efforts are necessary in order to promote the wide-spread use of DOTS; the potential of this cheap and effective strategy to reduce TB morbidity and mortality has not yet been realised in all settings and this is also due to technical problems and to the complexity of treatment approaches. The Commission will prioritise within the total development co-operation budget, Health, AIDS and Population (HAP) interventions over the next five years. In terms of commitments, HAP interventions in 2000 represented 8 % of the development budget (approximately 800 million) and will be steadily increased as delivery capacity improves. Part of the increased support will target the actions identified in the accelerated Programme for Action, which include actions targeting Tuberculosis and DOTS. The Commission is now developing detailed workplans and will further examine, with World Health Organisation (WHO) in particular and other donors concerned, opportunities to accelerate and scale up resource flows to needy countries to confront tuberculosis and the other major communicable diseases. (1) COM(2001) 96 final.
