U.S.-based international health care organization Project HOPE, in partnership with Population Services International, has been tapped by the U.S. Agency for International Development to combat tuberculosis in Central Asia.
Project HOPE won the five-year $24.3 million contract to implement the Central Asian Republics Regional TB Program. The five-year program, which has been slated to start this month, aims to improve tuberculosis treatment and diagnosis among vulnerable populations in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It also intends to mitigate the negative impact of the disease and prevent multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from spreading in the region.
The project, which was bid out through full and open competition procedures, has seven focal objectives: