TB REACH Launches Wave 11 Call for Applications after Global Affairs Canada Provides CAD 25.5 Million in Renewed Funding
The Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH initiative launched the Wave 11 call for applications on 17 November, 2023 at a special event held during the 23rd Union World Conference on Lung Health in Paris.
Wave 11 from TB REACH is focused on innovative and people-centered approaches for integrated services for TB and other diseases at the primary and community levels of health systems. These approaches will aim to provide access to people with TB and other lung conditions, closest to the first point of contact with the health system.
The new call for proposals is open to applicants in more than 90 countries and targets different types of organizations working in high TB burden countries. Applicants can apply for grants worth up to USD 550,000.
The TB REACH Wave 11 call for proposals is focused on innovative approaches to integrate TB service delivery with lung health at the primary and community level of the health systems.
All wave 11 proposals must demonstrate how their interventions will contribute to the following:
- Improve detection and care for people with TB.
- Promote people-centred integrated service delivery (ISD) for TB and lung comorbidities.
- Include gender-responsive interventions for people with or affected by TB.
- Aim for sustainability by engaging with the government, Global Fund, and other partners.
All application details, background documents and links can be found at https://www.stoptb.org/
TB REACH Wave 11 will be a two-stage application process. An independent Proposal Review Committee (PRC) will select a group of Stage 1 applicants in March to be invited to submit a more detailed Stage 2 application. Final funding decisions will be made in June 2024.
TB REACH provides direct funding to in-country partners to deliver innovative care to people with TB. TB REACH has been funded by Global Affairs Canada since its inception in 2010, and has also received generous funding from USAID, the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
TB REACH projects have supported the diagnosis and treatment of more than 2.7 million people with TB in 56 countries globally and helped shape many global and national TB guidelines through evidence generation. Stop TB and Global Fund also work together to take learnings from TB REACH projects to help inform country decisions about larger investments to scale up successful approaches.
JOIN OUR TBPPM Friday Forum, 15 December to learn more about the WAVE 11 TB REACH funding opportunity from Jacob Creswell (lead TB Reach, Stop TB Partnership) and from TB REACH grantees in previous waves.
