UNOPS hosts the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Secretariat (STBP) as of 1 January...
UNOPS hosts the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Secretariat (STBP) as of 1 January 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland. The vision of the Stop TB Partnership is to realise 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 person with TB 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.
Founded in 2001, the Stop TB Partnership's mission is to serve every person who is vulnerable to TB and ensure that high-quality treatment is available to all who need it. Stop TB partners include international and technical organisations, government programmes, research and funding agencies, foundations, NGOs, civil society and community groups and the private sector.
Context and overall objective
Each year, millions of people with TB are missed by national health programs because they are not diagnosed, not treated, or not reported. Unless these individuals are reached, we will never end the global TB epidemic. TB REACH addresses this gap in the global TB response by providing funding to test pioneering approaches that reach more people with TB. TB REACH provides funding for projects that increase the number of people diagnosed and treated for TB; reduce the time it takes for people with TB to receive appropriate treatment; improve treatment success rates and revolutionize TB care; roll out innovative diagnostic, case detection, and TB care strategies. The goal of TB REACH is to demonstrate the success and impact of innovative ideas and approaches through investing in approaches that have potential and rigorously evaluating them.
TB REACH was launched in 2010 and is now in its 11th funding wave. It has awarded over 350 grants across 56 countries. These grants, ranging from USD 200,000 to 1 million, support approximately 18 months of project implementation. To date, more than USD 170 million has been provided to partners, focusing on innovative service delivery.
Within the secretariat in Geneva, you will be a part of the TB REACH team. TB REACH has provided grants to several projects globally focusing on TB screening in key populations like people in prisons, migrant population. You will work on documenting TB REACH projects in key populations.