The USAID-funded Tuberculosis Indefinite Quantity Contract (TB IQC) project, led by the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) with partner, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), has been working to improve TB case detection throughout Tanzania since April 2011. Prior to TB IQC’s interventions, residents from Mbuguni, Nduruma, and Oldontosambu rarely sought TB testing [...]
Tagged as:
Arusha City,
community,
community mobilization training,
diagnostics,
health workers,
Irnei Myemba,
laboratories,
Mbuguni,
Nduruma,
Oldontosambu,
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH),
referral,
screening,
Tanzania,
traditional healer,
tuberculosis (TB),
Tuberculosis Indefinite Quantity Contract (TB-IQC)
Rates of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis have more than tripled in clinics in the Arusha and Meru Districts of Tanzania, thanks to a pilot project that developed new tools for diagnosis and TB education. The USAID-funded Tuberculosis Indefinite Quantity Contract (TB IQC) project, led by the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) with partner, [...]
Tagged as:
diagnostics,
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH),
Tanzania,
TB,
TB & HIV,
tuberculosis,
Tuberculosis Indefinite Quantity Contract (TB-IQC),
USAID
“Makasi” is a seven-year-old orphan from Losikito village in Arusha, Tanzania. Makasi is HIV positive and, although he takes his antiretroviral medication as prescribed, last year Masaki became very ill. Noticing his deteriorating health, Masaki’s grandmother took him to see a pastor, who treated Makasi with herbal medicine. When he returned home from his appointment [...]
Tagged as:
Arusha,
diagnostics,
HIV,
job aids,
malnutrition,
MSH,
National TB and Leprosy Program,
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH),
standard operating procedures,
Tanzania,
Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare,
TB,
tuberculosis,
Tuberculosis Indefinite Quantity Contract (TB-IQC),
USAID
