Thursday, May 26, 2022
5/26/2022
Enclosed please find the State of Hawaii application package prepared for the CDC Tuberculosis Elimination and Laboratory Cooperative Agreement. This one-page summary serves to highlight priorities for the Hawaii TB Control Program (HTCP) over the next 5-year period. Hawaii has a vibrant TB Program that is working very hard to meet the demands for quality TB services in the State. For that effort, CDC Tuberculosis Elimination Cooperative Agreement funds greatly assist (but do not supplant) our current efforts in Hawaii to prevent and control TB. This assistance augments State of Hawaii support for TB prevention and control activities; developing our valuable human resources and strengthening Hawaii’s laboratory capacity to ensure that timely and reliable TB laboratory services are available throughout Hawaii. The HTCP has adopted a priority-based approach for program activities and the strategies included in this NOFO. As a low-incidence jurisdiction, the HTCP will accomplish the requirements set forth by CDC, and this plan sets HCTB on a path to satisfy several of the minimum priority activities and strategies set for high-incidence programs as well. Highlighted activities included for this new funding announcement include: • Improving oversight for TB cases managed by our private sector clinicians, • Increasing use of MTB-PCR testing to shorten the time to treatment initiation, • Improving percentage of patients with HIV, timely DST, and WGS, • Convening a Community TB Advisory Committee and completing a TB elimination plan, • Increasing staff understanding of NTIP measures and goals, • Improving the accuracy and completeness of surveillance data, • Completing 4 cohort reviews annually (two at Lanakila, two for the neighboring islands), • Increasing staff understanding of Hawaii’s highest risk groups’ cultures/health beliefs, • Continuing to improve staff training and skills in counseling and case management of patients on TBI treatment, • Implementing targeted TBI treatment program, • Improving rates of treatment initiation and completion for TBI in contacts and B1 immigrants, • Coordinating training and outreach with HIV/STD, Hansens Disease and Hepatitis Programs, • Improving infection control and TBI screening and treatment among Hawaii prisons and homeless shelters, • Continuing healthcare provider training in diagnosis of TB disease and TBI treatment, • Expanding patient education and community education and outreach, • Expanding electronic data bases to improve case management and program evaluation. We are grateful for the many years of partnership with CDC and we appreciate your ongoing collaboration as we advance towards our shared goals of reducing human suffering from TB and achieving our long-term goal of TB elimination in Hawaii.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
