Tuberculosis (TB) Local Organizations Network (LON) Mental Health Asia Program

This award is to implement the tuberculosis (TB) local organizations network (LON) mental health Asia program in Indonesia, Cambodia, and the Philippines, in order to improve TB treatment through a TB and mental health (MH) collaborative model where mental health interventions improve compliance with TB treatment and reduce psychological stress for patients.

This collaborative care model includes a comprehensive package of mental health care for persons receiving TB treatment that includes training and supervision; screening tools for depression, anxiety and alcohol use disorder; evidence-based mental health intervention; monitoring and evaluation; and research.

The program aims to achieve the following objectives: - objective 1: develop and ensure an effective pilot implementation of a comprehensive framework for mh care management integrated into TB service that can be adopted and scaled-up within different countries and levels of health care settings. - objective 2: design an optimal technical framework that includes mental health management methods and techniques based on best available evidence-based practices to improve TB quality of care. - objective 3: acquired evidence to inform national policies and guidelines for implementing and scaling up and implementing mental health care interventions within routine TB practices.