Petra Heitkamp

Petra Heitkamp

Petra Heitkamp is a community manager/director at the McGill International TB Centre, managing the TBPPM Learning Network, an online community engaging private health providers in tuberculosis care and prevention. She has 25 years of experience in international health and worked at the Stop TB Partnership and WHO based in India and Indonesia. She was involved in forging partnerships and creating advocacy strategies among stakeholders from global agencies to grassroots tribal leaders.

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Opinion: Engaging the private sector is vital to ending TB

Opinion: Engaging the private sector is vital to ending TB

almost 3 years ago // Talking TB: Produced in Partnership

National tuberculosis programs have a strong public sector focus, but a majority of patients initially seek care in the private sector. Better public-private engagement will improve monitoring, detection, and outcomes.