A total of 192 applications were received with a total estimated budget of US$ 126 million. Following the screening by the Secretariat, the review performed by the Proposal Review Committee (PRC) and the approval by the Stop TB Partnership’s Board the following proposals were approved for funding.
30 TB REACH funded projects (valued at USD 18.2 million) were implemented in 19 countries from 2010 to 2012. The projects offered great diversity regarding their innovative approaches and the various key populations they served in the locally different epidemiological and resource contexts. The portfolio of projects included:
- Active case finding in households of smear positive patients among vulnerable groups with limited access to TB services in Afghanistan
- Organizing mobile screening camps for improved TB case detection in Benin
- Using Health Extension Workers to improve access to TB diagnosis and treatment for women and children in Ethiopia
- Enhancing early TB case detection among urban slum dwellers and HIV-positive in Kenya
- Establishing a private sector TB clinic social franchise and expanding TB outreach among most-at-risk populations in Lao PDR
- Combining community- and health-center based screening in hard-to-reach and mountainous areas in Lesotho
- Community-based active case finding in groups with previously little/no access to TB health services in Somalia
- Contact investigation among children, women, and elderly in smear-positive households in Yemen
- Establishing systematic and sustainable routine screening in prisons in Zambia
TB REACH: Successful Applicants to the First Round of Funding
|
Name of Applicant |
Country |
Total Budget (US$)* |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
1. |
National TB Control Program, Ministry of Public Health |
Afghanistan |
626,796 |
|
2. |
Programme National Tuberculose du Burkina Faso |
Burkina Faso |
445,758 |
|
3. |
International Medical Corps UK |
Kenya |
966,780 |
|
4. |
Anti Tuberculosis Association Afghanistan Program |
Afghanistan |
541,346 |
|
5. |
Programme National contre la Tuberculose du Benin |
Benin |
524,441 |
|
6. |
Inter Aide |
Ethiopia |
156,490 |
|
7. |
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
Ethiopia |
689,163 |
|
8. |
Kenya Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis and Lung disease (KAPTLD) |
Kenya |
994,806 |
|
9. |
National Tuberculosis Control Program Pakistan |
Pakistan |
1,000,000 |
|
10. |
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) - Mbeya Medical Research Programme |
Tanzania |
509,048 |
|
11. |
BRAC Uganda |
Uganda |
231,049 |
|
12. |
Catholic Relief Services |
DR Congo |
870,105 |
|
13. |
Programme National de Lutte contre la Tuberculose RD Congo - Province de l’Equateur |
DR Congo |
964,673 |
|
14. |
Programme National de Lutte contre la Tuberculose RD Congo - Province du Kasai Occidental |
DR Congo |
604,928 |
|
15. |
Programme National de Lutte contre la Tuberculose RD Congo - Katanga Province du Katanga |
DR Congo |
538,108 |
|
16. |
International Organization for Migration |
Lao PDR |
297,460 |
|
17. |
Population Services International (PSI) |
Lao PDR |
468,308 |
|
18. |
FIND |
Lesotho |
379,788 |
|
19. |
Family Health International |
Nepal |
772,035 |
|
20. |
Catholic Relief Service |
Nigeria |
1,000,000 |
|
21. |
Bridge Consultants Foundation & Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases |
Pakistan |
151,180 |
|
22. |
Punjab Provincial TB Control Program |
Pakistan |
500,000 |
|
23. |
The Indus Hospital (TB Control Program) |
Pakistan |
511,199 |
|
24. |
World Vision Canada |
Rwanda |
402,500 |
|
25. |
World Vision Somalia |
Somalia |
760,000 |
|
26. |
Epidemiological Laboratory (EpiLab) |
Sudan |
746,673 |
|
27. |
AMREF Canada in partnership with AMREF Uganda |
Uganda |
999,980 |
|
28. |
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and Sana’a University |
Yemen |
287,621 |
|
29. |
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) |
Zambia |
1,000,000 |
|
30. |
Harare City Health Department |
Zimbabwe |
507,635 |
* Funding is subject to acceptable responses to the clarifications sought by the PRC; the results of the baseline validation; agreement with TB REACH secretariat on the budget, procurement plan and payment modality; and subsequent clearance of WHO of the Grant Agreement Letter governing this Grant.
** Category A: Recommended for funding immediately; Category B: Recommended for funding provided that adjustments and clarifications are met within a limited time frame