Deadline: 17-Jan-24
The Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH Initiative has launched its Wave 11 call for proposals focused on innovative approaches to integrate TB service delivery with lung health at the primary and community level of the health systems.
TB REACH Wave 11 is supported by Global Affairs Canada following the announcement of additional funding from The Government of Canada during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York.
Theme and Objectives
- All wave 11 proposals must demonstrate how their interventions will contribute to the following:
- improve detection and care for people with TB.
- promote people-centred integrated service delivery (ISD) for TB & lung health closest to the point of need.
- include gender-responsive interventions for people with or affected by TB.
- aim for sustainability by engaging with government, Global Fund, and other partners.
Funding Information
- For Wave 11 up to USD 550,000 can be requested for a grant.
- Projects should ensure that detection, treatment, and care for non-TB morbidities are covered, preferably by linking to existing public facilities or private facilities or through in-kind or partner support.
Project Timeframe
- Projects will typically last for 18 months. This includes:
- Up to 3 months of planning and start up.
- 12 months of implementation activities; and
- A 3-month buffer period which can be used to continue activities (a built in no cost extension) or to close-out project activities and support reporting, documentation, and results dissemination
Wave 11 Funding Considerations
- Innovative ISD approaches for Integrated service delivery for TB and lung health
- Wave 11 interventions should include feasible and innovative models of care that support ISD for TB and other lung health conditions as close as possible to the initial point of care. TB REACH Wave 11 projects will aim to improve TB services by strengthening the PHC pillars1 at the community and primary care level. Applicants should consider interventions at the first point of contact, including community-based service delivery points and PHC clinics where people seek TB care. Interventions that aim to strengthen diagnostic capacities including tests and other diagnostic solutions down to the community or primary facilities are encouraged.
- Gender responsive TB interventions
- Gender plays a crucial role in TB epidemiology, exposure to risk factors, how people seek and engage with care, and consequently their treatment outcomes. Wave 11 TB REACH projects will be required to examine epidemiological and societal aspects of TB disease and the arising gender-related inequalities. TB REACH applications should describe the influence of gender on access to TB services in their context, and how the proposed interventions will address gender-specific challenges to ensure accessible and acceptable care. Proposals should demonstrate how the interventions will proactively address societal norms and explore other intersecting risk factors e.g., age, ethnicity, sexuality, occupation etc. to identify and reach the most vulnerable groups.
- Empowering women and girls
- In many settings women, are more vulnerable to social and economic inequalities and are more likely to have less education, access to employment and with lower incomes. TB REACH projects through a previous call (Wave 7) supported by Global Affairs Canada worked with community organizations to successfully bring focus to women’s empowerment.
- Engaging relevant partners for sustainability
- TB REACH projects are short in duration but rely on intense data collection efforts and M&E to document results. These results should inform the national response to TB. Additionally, TB REACH projects operate within existing health systems and will require support from the local authorities to be effective. To facilitate coordinated care within primary care for TB and lung health, projects should engage with the National TB Programs (NTP), other Ministry of health (MOH) departments, professional societies of chest physicians, asthma units, and others. TB REACH supported projects should not replace existing services but rather seek to complement or strengthen the linkages to such institutions (both public and private).
Eligible Countries
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi ,Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Cote d’ Ivoire, Comoros, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Gabon, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshalls Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Moldova, Nauru, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab republic, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible countries should fulfill one or more of the following criteria:
- Be classified as a low-income or lower-middle-income economy by the World Bank Source
- Have an estimated national incidence rate above 100 people with TB per 100,000 population
- Be included in WHO high TB, TB/HIV, and/or multidrug-resistant (MDR-TB) burden country lists.
- Eligible Entities
- To be eligible as primary recipient (PR) of TB REACH funds, an applicant must be a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization or institution with a demonstrated presence delivering services in the country of application.
- A strong preference will be given to local, non-governmental organizations and institutions applying as PRs.
- Governmental organizations, including TB programs (at national/ regional level), are encouraged to be included as a sub-recipient (SR) for the application where appropriate.
- International non- governmental organizations should demonstrate local capacity and presence in-country to carry out service delivery interventions, and the ability to sustain and scale successful interventions.
- Multi-country applications are accepted.
- Applicants may submit multiple applications for funding, however a maximum of one application per PR, per country will be awarded.
For more information, visit Stop TB Partnership.