The vision of the Stop TB
Partnership is to realize the goal of elimination of&n...
The vision of the Stop TB
Partnership is to realize the goal of elimination of tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem
and, ultimately, to obtain a world free of TB by ensuring that every TB patient
has access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure; stopping transmission of
TB; reducing the inequitable social and economic toll of TB; and developing and
implementing new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies.
The Stop Partnership is uniquely positioned to support the development and
further implementation by partners of the current and future Global Plan,
acting as a coordinator and catalyst for the range of partners engaged in the
fight against TB.
The Stop TB Partnership’s TB
REACH initiative provides grants to partners in lower-income and/or high TB
burden countries to test innovative and well thought-out, yet unproven
approaches and technologies which aim to:
- Increase
the number of people with TB (TB infection or active TB [drug-sensitive or
-resistant]) who are diagnosed, started on treatment and reported to
National TB Programs (NTPs),
- Decrease
the time it takes someone with TB to receive appropriate treatment, and
- Improve
adherence and treatment success for people started on anti-TB treatment.
TB REACH combines open, but
targeted calls for proposals, fast-track financing and rigorous, external
monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to rapidly produce results. Other donor
agencies and/or national governments can then scale-up the successful
approaches piloted by recipients of TB REACH funding to maximize their own
investments and to accelerate progress in the fight to end TB.
This Technical Officer position
will provide operational management and technical support to organize and
manage a multi-million-dollar grants platform, the TB REACH initiative, and
provides technical assistance to a broad range of implementing partners /
organizations, governments (National TB Programs) around strengthening TB
prevention and care services in line with the Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020. The
main role is to lead the operations and management, ensuring smooth functioning
of the TB REACH initiative, consistent services delivery by the TB REACH
grantees and close liaison with donor agencies to promote the strategic aims of
the Stop TB Partnership’s technical initiatives.