PROJECT OVERVIEW

The overall objective is to reduce TB burden in Kosovo (decreasing the notification rate from 45/100,000 in 2016 to 36/100,000 in 2018)

Specific Objectives

SO1: Ensure equitable access to high-quality diagnosis, treatment, care and prevention that is integrated and patient-centered, with a focus on vulnerable population, including children, ethnic minorities and the prison population;

SO2: Strengthen health support system and use community systems to enable needs-based sustainable and integrated interventions for key populations most affected by the TB epidemic.

Core Project Activities:

1. Expand and enhance high-quality DOTS;
2. Address TB/HIV, MDR-TB and other challenges;
3. Contribute to health system strengthening;
4. Engage all health care providers in tuberculosis care;
5. Empower people with TB and communities through improving their knowledge and awareness about disease.