Health Services Support - Completed Works
- 1. Integration of HIV Care and Treatment into Tuberculosis Clinics in Lusaka Zambia (CDC) :Evaluation of patient outcomes in integrated care (2006-2011)
- 2. Scaling Up TB Prevention, Screening, Diagnosis and Care in Zambia: Implementing the WHO 3 I’s in Zambia (TBPlus up)
- 3. ACHIEVE HVTB Project: Capacity Building and Strengthening Implementation of HIV and TB Combination prevention and treatment services in priority
Coverage 377 health facilities in 4 provinces
Funder: US CDC PS001421 TB Service GrantMain activities:
- Training of health staff both HCW and lay workers
- Implementation of systems and support of PITC at TB clinics Screening and management of TB and HIV in HIV care settings
- Support for Monitoring and Evaluation
- Initiatives to improve TB/HIV such as:
- ART provision in TB clinics
- Screening for TB in MCH settings
Laboratory support: quality assurance and diagnostics
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Funder: US CDC and USAID
A 3 year project (2012-15) collaborative project of partner organisations under the coordination of the MOH: WHO, CDC – Zambia, USAID, TB CARE I, ZPCT II, CIDRZ
Objectives:- Increase TB detection through Intensified Case Finding using Xpert MTB/RIF assay in health care and prison facilities and community household case finding
- Improve treatment success rate among TB patients diagnosed in HIV settings by improving DOTS coverage
- Implementation of Isoniazid Preventative Therapy for Persons Living with HIV
- Improve TB Infection Control activities in HIV care and treatment and prison settings
- Improve linkages for ART provision for TB patients diagnosed in HIV settings
Funder: US CDC
geographic location and populations at facility, community, district and provincial levels in the Republic of Zambia under the President’s Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) (2016-2019)