Biography
Kim Lee is a PhD student in Public Health in Cambodia. He has expereicned in managing research projects, such as TB patient cost survey, KAP survey on eye health and menstruation hygiene management. He also has full experience in TB program to cost National Strategic Plan (NSP), TB investment case using SPECTRUM from Avenir, and Community TB budgeting and planning. He also run the subnational TB modelling using SPECTRUM. Kim Lee is also involving in developing the concept note for TB Optima and TB sutainability road map.
Key Impacts
Beyond the cost of free treatment, people with presumptive TB in Cambodia face financial hardship before TB diagnosis
The findings suggest that a significantly high proportion of TB-affected households incur catastrophic healthcare costs before a TB diagnosis was made. The National TB Program should consider strengthening and expanding the preventive activities to improve public knowledge and healthcare-seeking behavior utilizing media channels and local authorities to raise awareness and case detection efforts.
Source: Conference 2024
People with TB challenged with catastrophic healthcare expenses before diagnosis and during treatment in Cambodia
About one-third of TB patients faced catastrophic healthcare costs and other underlying costs. The Ministry of Health (MoH) and National TB Program (NTP) should strengthen implementation of the free treatment policy and expand the preventive efforts to improve public awareness and early case detection through community engagement and media outreach.
Source: Conference 2024