Global Fund Public Private Mix Tb Project
Listing Details
Project Acronym
GF-PPM
Tags
Thematic Area
Duration
yrs
Commenced
January 2021
Funding Organization
Global Fund
Project Type
Type of Funding
- Indirect-Sub-grantee
Total Grant
Lead IP
IHVN
Consortium Members (IPs)
IHVN
Caritas Nigeria
Caritas Nigeria
Local Partners
Specific Partners Involved
PMVs
Focal Person
Dr Jude Ilozumba
Project Goal
1. To increase the TB PPM coverage from 2.5% in 2017 to 31% in 2020 and the PPM contribution to the National TB case notification from 11% in 2017 to 35% in 2020
2. To increase the DST coverage from 34% in 2017 to 70% by 2020
2. To increase the DST coverage from 34% in 2017 to 70% by 2020
Implementation Strategy
The project is designed in a Hub and Spoke Model where the FBO health facilities in the 20 States are the Hubs that support the Spoke community formal and informal health services providers including – 1) Community Pharmacies, 2) Patent Medicine Vendors, 3) Traditional Birth Attendants, 4) Prayer Houses and 5) Traditional Medicine healers.
PPM TB project targets the general public for TB screening, identification of TB suspects, Sputum samples collection from TB suspects for laboratory analysis using Gene Xpert technology, treatment and follow – up of TB infected cases.
The FBO health facilities are supported to engage in community outreaches to identify TB suspects for diagnosis, treatment and follow – up.
Components/Activities
TB Screening
Case-identification
Sample Collection
Laboratory Analysis
Treatment and Follow-up
Community Outreaches
Current Achievements
- The project is currently in the second year
- Project is up and running in the 20 partner States with the facilities mapping/assessment, services providers’ trainings and engagement of the field staff concluded
- Currently supporting 431 Faith – based health facilities in 20 States to increase the private health sector participation in Tb case identification and treatment.
- 4,127 formal and informal community health providers (patent medicine vendors, community pharmacies, traditional birth attendants etc. – to identify and refer Tb suspects for lab (Gene Xpert) diagnosis and treatment for the positives.
- Actual services provision commenced in the third quarter of the 1st year with 6,247 Tb cases already notified in the 20 States
- Provided PPEs to the field and facilities staff to ensure ongoing services provision under the COVID 19 pandemic
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Description
The PPM TB project is two – year grant from the Global Fund (GF) to support Faith - Based Health Facilities in 20 States of Nigeria to increase Tb Case Finding.The Global Fund Public-Private-Mix Tuberculosis (PPM-TB) Project, is a 2-year project in which Caritas Nigeria is sub-recipient to the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN). This project supports faith-based health facilities across 20 states of the federation, to expand PPM coverage and increase the Private Sector contribution to increase National TB case Finding, Notification, Care and management.
Caritas Nigeria’s focus is on strengthening the capacities of 412 faith-based health facilities linked to 4,120 formal and informal health services providers (PMVs, CPs, TBAs and Prayer Houses) in the Hubs and Spokes Model across 20 of the 36 states in Nigeria to increase TB case identification and notification. These states are as follows; Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Ondo, Ogun, Osun
