This sounds very worthwhile – I’m glad you’re working on this!
We will initially establish a proof of concept in one region, working closely with the government TB program.
It wasn’t clear to me from the post whether you’re planning to do an impact evaluation of an existing government TB programme, or to trial a new kind of screening and preventive treatment programme in partnership with a government (which wouldn’t otherwise do it without you).
We will then aim to scale nationally, with funding from the Global Fund, and expand to other countries.
Have I understood correctly that the Global Fund wouldn’t be willing to fund the proof-of-concept and pilot programmes itself?
It wasn’t clear to me from the post whether you’re planning to do an impact evaluation of an existing government TB programme, or to trial a new kind of screening and preventive treatment programme in partnership with a government (which wouldn’t otherwise do it without you).
Apologies it wasn’t clear!
Our current plan is the latter: to start a new program (in partnership with the government).
Programs like this do exist in many countries and many regions but we are hoping to show that a certain program can work well in a particular context where it hasn’t been tried before.
Our program may well have elements that are not yet widespread e.g. particular drug regimens, dignostic tools or methods of program delivery (such as through schools or using mobile vans)
Have I understood correctly that the Global Fund wouldn’t be willing to fund the proof-of-concept and pilot programmes itself?
Yes you have understood correctly that we don’t expect to get Global Fund money going towards these early stages.
The Global Fund works on a 3 year cycles and provides money for a country’s national TB program over that period.
We’re hoping to introduce a new program that we don’t expect a government / national TB program to already have funding for from the Global Fund. Though, in time, we hope that it will become part of the national TB program activities.
This sounds very worthwhile – I’m glad you’re working on this!
It wasn’t clear to me from the post whether you’re planning to do an impact evaluation of an existing government TB programme, or to trial a new kind of screening and preventive treatment programme in partnership with a government (which wouldn’t otherwise do it without you).
Have I understood correctly that the Global Fund wouldn’t be willing to fund the proof-of-concept and pilot programmes itself?
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for your comment!
Apologies it wasn’t clear!
Our current plan is the latter: to start a new program (in partnership with the government).
Programs like this do exist in many countries and many regions but we are hoping to show that a certain program can work well in a particular context where it hasn’t been tried before.
Our program may well have elements that are not yet widespread e.g. particular drug regimens, dignostic tools or methods of program delivery (such as through schools or using mobile vans)
Yes you have understood correctly that we don’t expect to get Global Fund money going towards these early stages.
The Global Fund works on a 3 year cycles and provides money for a country’s national TB program over that period.
We’re hoping to introduce a new program that we don’t expect a government / national TB program to already have funding for from the Global Fund. Though, in time, we hope that it will become part of the national TB program activities.
Hope that answers your questions!