Funding Support and Agency:
- Sponsoring funder - USAID
- Supporting Partner - FHI 360
- Technical Partner - National Tubercluosis Program
- Program Implemented by - Pyi Gyi Khin
Project Period:
Objective:
- Overall objective
To sustainably improve access to and quality TB care and prevention services in remote and difficult regions under the National TB Program (NTP) through community based TB care.
- Sub-objectives
- Build linkages with NTP and local stakeholders
- Strengthen community mobilization for TB care and prevention
- Enhance case finding in hard-to-reach areas and support for treatment success
- Ensure sustainable TB care by building linkages and collaboration with all care providers
- Conduct research (Operational/Implementation)
Project briefs:
Pyi Gyi Khin is implementing USAID funded Challenge TB Project: Extending TB services to hard-to-reach areas, starting from May 2017 with community based approach.
The project covers 3 townships of hard-to-reach areas in Chin State, namely Hakha, Falam, and Thantlang, which are not currently supported by other partners. Pyi Gyi Khin will provide services including health education, contact investigation, DOTS supervision, prevention of TB, and patient support in these 3 townships where TB treatment services are hardly accessible, and where the community is not benefitting from support by other TB partners.
PGK work with the local community and local CBOs to find Presumptive TB cases and support confirmed TB patients who will be newly initiated on treatment in 2017 under NTP in Hakha, Falam and Thantlang townships through volunteers. PGK will work in close collaboration with National TB Program, FHI 360 and other partners.
Project activities and Place:
Build linkage with NTP and local stakeholders
- Organize advocacy meeting at state level
- Organize advocacy meeting at the township level
- Organize monthly coordination meeting
- Organize quarterly coordination meeting
Strengthen community mobilization for TB care and prevention
- Conduct Volunteer training
- Conduct Community Health education
- Commemorate World TB Day Activities
Enhance case finding in hard-to-reach areas and support for treatment success
- Implement Presumptive TB referral
- Conduct DOT supervision
- Organize Sputum collection center
- Support TB patients
- Assist township TB team in the township hospital
Ensure sustainable TB care by building linkage and collaboration with all care providers
- Develop Transitional plan with local stakeholders and NTP
- Conduct project closeout meeting
Conduct research (Operational/ Implementation)
- Collaborate with Challenge TB project to conduct research in the project areas