Efficiencies for Clinical HIV/AIDS Outcomes (ECHO)

(Mozambique): USAID/Mozambique proposes a set of TB activities that align with the national strategic vision and support the Global Accelerator targets of treating 40 million people by 2022. ECHO will increase demand for quality TB services by implementing household TB screening, monitor referrals for symptomatic individuals, provide treatment support through home visits, and host TB screening health fairs, thus serving as a major actor in the national TB response. Historically, USAID's efforts in these areas have contributed to 15-25% of the national TB case notifications, achieved treatment success rates above 90%, improved contact tracing, and increased provision of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) for child contacts of confirmed TB patients. To address poor IPT completion rates, the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) recently approved multi-month dispensing of IPT. With FY19 funds, ECHO will implement this critical intervention using patient- and family-centered approaches that facilitate more effective monitoring of patient outcomes. GRM has already initiated some small-scale research-oriented activities to consider 3HP (an IPT alternative) and ECHO remains

Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-72065619C00008 (2019). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.