The Stop TB Partnership’s Coordinating Board approved US$ 17 million to support 42 projects in TB REACH’s 6th call for proposals. 42% of the grants are from Africa, 35% from Asia, 7% in Eastern Europe/Central Asia, 5% in Latin America and 10% comprise multi-country grants. These grants will fund cutting-edge interventions in TB case finding and care and will improve diagnosis, treatment and support for people with TB.

This selection process was one of the most competitive process ever - over 570 applications requesting over US$ 220 million were reviewed and just 42 (7%) projects were selected for funding.

Projects funded under Wave 6 will support near-field communication technology to improve medical record tracking, introduction of new preventive treatment regimens in multiple countries, and a number of private sector engagement strategies in Africa, where they have been scarce so far. Selected grantees are expected to introduce interventions aimed at identifying early hearing loss and life-threatening arrhythmias in drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) patients and facilitate a timely switch to new drugs. TB REACH will also support activities in Zero TB Cities across Asia and Africa, and the expanded use of digital technologies to improve adherence to TB treatment.

List of all Wave 6 projects by country and organization

Country  Grantee Organization  Requested Budget
Bangladesh IRD Global Limited $ 386’679
Bangladesh icddr,b $ 300’000
Burkina Faso Fondazione Centro San Raffaele $ 118’720
Cameroon The Bamenda Center for Health Promotion and Research $ 647’093
China Governing Council of the University of Toronto $ 368’259
Eswatini Baylor College of Medicine $ 391’880
Ethiopia Ethiopian Kale Heywot Church Development Commission $ 288’004
Ethiopia Management Sciences for Health, Inc. $ 920’016
Ghana Aurum Institute Ghana $ 978’500
Haiti Health through Walls, Inc. $ 399’484
India PATH $ 399’250
India IUATLD $ 399’993
India TB Alert India $ 399’992
Kenya National Tuberculosis Leprosy and Lung Disease Program (NTLD-P) $ 399’299
Kyrgyzstan “The Red Crescent National Society of the Kyrgyz Republic” Public Association $ 257’902
Liberia National Leprosy and TB Control Program Liberia $ 393’463
Malawi Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc $ 399’934
Marshall Islands The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco $ 400’000
Mozambique Health Alliance International $ 400’000
Nepal Sahayog Samittee Nepal $ 95’420
Nigeria Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) $ 398’910
Nigeria Koninklijke Nederlandse Centrale Vereniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose $ 1’000’000
Pakistan DOPASI ORGANIZATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT $ 399’996
Pakistan Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics $ 335’780
Pakistan The Indus Hospital $ 199’890
Peru Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru $ 499’984
Philippines Hermano (San) Miguel Febres Cordero Medical Education Foundation (De La Salle-Health Sciences Institute), Inc. $ 232’788
Philippines ACCESS Health International Inc. $ 397’974
Philippines Koninklijke Nederlandse Centrale Vereniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose $ 295’967
Republic of Moldova Center for Health Policies and Studies $ 423’250
South Africa AQUITY INNOVATIONS NPC $ 400’000
South Africa The Aurum Institute $ 399’090
Thailand American Refugee Committee $ 399’440
Uganda The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco $ 365’977
Ukraine PATH  $ 399’740
United Republic of Tanzania Christian Social Services Commission $ 399’910
United Republic of Tanzania The Good Samaritan Foundation (KCMC)/Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute $ 392’222
United Republic of Tanzania Koninklijke Nederlandse Centrale Vereniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose $ 326’321
Viet Nam CTY TNHH IRD VN $ 398’500
Multiple Countries Health Advocacy Innovations $ 150’000
Multiple Countries International Council of Nurses $ 147’500
Multiple Countries Health Limited $ 239’571
  Total $ 16’546’698

 

Wave 6 Scale Up Projects

The Stop TB Partnership’s Coordinating Board approved continue support of eight successful Wave 6 projects through TB REACH’s ‘Transition to Scale Up’ Grants Framework that funds innovative approaches to fight TB. In Wave 6, TB REACH awarded 42 projects in over 30 different countries. The projects underwent a rigorous monitoring and evaluation process to determine their impact on finding and treating the missing people with TB. After a year of implementation, the projects were offered a chance to apply for scale up funds. Subsequently, eight projects were selected that demonstrated a population-level impact and a capability of scaling up of their innovative approaches, for a total fund value of around USD 6 million.

List of Wave 6 projects who received additional funding by country and organization

Country  Grantee Organization  Requested Budget
Bangladesh IRD Global Limited $ 820’567
India TB Alert India $ 687’607
Nepal Sahayog Samittee Nepal $ 238’120
Nigeria Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) $ 792’841
Pakistan DOPASI ORGANIZATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT $ 511’412
Philippines ACCESS Health International Inc. $ 477’525
South Africa AQUITY INNOVATIONS NPC $ 817’690
Uganda The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco $ 916’116
Viet Nam CTY TNHH IRD VN $ 700’000
  Total $ 5’961’878

 

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