Description de l'offre
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (“EGPAF” or “Foundation”), a non-profit organization, is the world leader in the fight to eliminate pediatric AIDS. Our mission is to end pediatric AIDS through groundbreaking research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. For more information, please visit http://www.pedaids.org. Alongside our work to fight HIV in children, the Foundation has been actively implementing activities to fight pediatric tuberculosis – first as a co-infection to HIV, and since 2018 as a standalone approach within the (below described) CaP TB project. Introduction EGPAF is seeking applications from legally registered civil society organizations (CSO) and/or community-based organizations (CBO) to facilitate community-led advocacy and demand creation for national tuberculosis (TB) policy reforms for the implementation and scale up of pediatric TB care, including screening, diagnostic, adherence support, treatment of active TB and TB preventive therapy. Catalytic small grants will be made available through the support of the CaP TB project to help create an enabling policy and regulatory environment to support the work of the CaP TB project and improve pediatric TB management as a whole. Background About CAP TB (Catalyzing Pediatric Tuberculosis Innovation): CAP TB is a four-year project funded by UNITAID and is being implemented by EGPAF in 10 countries including Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and India. The CAP TB project helps save children’s lives by introducing and using innovative models of care, diagnostics and drugs for pediatric TB. More information from CAP TB can be found here: https://www.pedaids.org/resource/catalyzing-pediatric-tuberculosis-innovations-cap-tb- implementation-integration-new-tb-care-treatment-models/ CAP TB aims to: Ensure the rapid uptake of innovative approaches and changes in international and national guidelines and recommendations to better manage pediatric TB from diagnostic to treatment and prevention. Strengthen the knowledge and capacity of health-care workers and community health volunteers. Increase the community knowledge …