The Stop TB Partnership’s Coordinating Board approved US$ 17 million to support 42 projects in TB REACH’s 6th call for proposals. 42% of the grants are from Africa, 35% from Asia, 7% in Eastern Europe/Central Asia, 5% in Latin America and 10% comprise multi-country grants. These grants will fund cutting-edge interventions in TB case finding and care and will improve diagnosis, treatment and support for people with TB.
This selection process was one of the most competitive process ever - over 570 applications requesting over US$ 220 million were reviewed and just 42 (7%) projects were selected for funding.
Projects funded under Wave 6 will support near-field communication technology to improve medical record tracking, introduction of new preventive treatment regimens in multiple countries, and a number of private sector engagement strategies in Africa, where they have been scarce so far. Selected grantees are expected to introduce interventions aimed at identifying early hearing loss and life-threatening arrhythmias in drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) patients and facilitate a timely switch to new drugs. TB REACH will also support activities in Zero TB Cities across Asia and Africa, and the expanded use of digital technologies to improve adherence to TB treatment.
List of all Wave 6 projects by country and organization
| Country | Grantee Organization | Requested Budget |
| Bangladesh | IRD Global Limited | $ 386’679 |
| Bangladesh | icddr,b | $ 300’000 |
| Burkina Faso | Fondazione Centro San Raffaele | $ 118’720 |
| Cameroon | The Bamenda Center for Health Promotion and Research | $ 647’093 |
| China | Governing Council of the University of Toronto | $ 368’259 |
| Eswatini | Baylor College of Medicine | $ 391’880 |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian Kale Heywot Church Development Commission | $ 288’004 |
| Ethiopia | Management Sciences for Health, Inc. | $ 920’016 |
| Ghana | Aurum Institute Ghana | $ 978’500 |
| Haiti | Health through Walls, Inc. | $ 399’484 |
| India | PATH | $ 399’250 |
| India | IUATLD | $ 399’993 |
| India | TB Alert India | $ 399’992 |
| Kenya | National Tuberculosis Leprosy and Lung Disease Program (NTLD-P) | $ 399’299 |
| Kyrgyzstan | “The Red Crescent National Society of the Kyrgyz Republic” Public Association | $ 257’902 |
| Liberia | National Leprosy and TB Control Program Liberia | $ 393’463 |
| Malawi | Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc | $ 399’934 |
| Marshall Islands | The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | $ 400’000 |
| Mozambique | Health Alliance International | $ 400’000 |
| Nepal | Sahayog Samittee Nepal | $ 95’420 |
| Nigeria | Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) | $ 398’910 |
| Nigeria | Koninklijke Nederlandse Centrale Vereniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose | $ 1’000’000 |
| Pakistan | DOPASI ORGANIZATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | $ 399’996 |
| Pakistan | Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics | $ 335’780 |
| Pakistan | The Indus Hospital | $ 199’890 |
| Peru | Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru | $ 499’984 |
| Philippines | Hermano (San) Miguel Febres Cordero Medical Education Foundation (De La Salle-Health Sciences Institute), Inc. | $ 232’788 |
| Philippines | ACCESS Health International Inc. | $ 397’974 |
| Philippines | Koninklijke Nederlandse Centrale Vereniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose | $ 295’967 |
| Republic of Moldova | Center for Health Policies and Studies | $ 423’250 |
| South Africa | AQUITY INNOVATIONS NPC | $ 400’000 |
| South Africa | The Aurum Institute | $ 399’090 |
| Thailand | American Refugee Committee | $ 399’440 |
| Uganda | The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | $ 365’977 |
| Ukraine | PATH | $ 399’740 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Christian Social Services Commission | $ 399’910 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | The Good Samaritan Foundation (KCMC)/Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute | $ 392’222 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Koninklijke Nederlandse Centrale Vereniging tot Bestrijding der Tuberculose | $ 326’321 |
| Viet Nam | CTY TNHH IRD VN | $ 398’500 |
| Multiple Countries | Health Advocacy Innovations | $ 150’000 |
| Multiple Countries | International Council of Nurses | $ 147’500 |
| Multiple Countries | Health Limited | $ 239’571 |
| Total | $ 16’546’698 |
Wave 6 Scale Up Projects
The Stop TB Partnership’s Coordinating Board approved continue support of eight successful Wave 6 projects through TB REACH’s ‘Transition to Scale Up’ Grants Framework that funds innovative approaches to fight TB. In Wave 6, TB REACH awarded 42 projects in over 30 different countries. The projects underwent a rigorous monitoring and evaluation process to determine their impact on finding and treating the missing people with TB. After a year of implementation, the projects were offered a chance to apply for scale up funds. Subsequently, eight projects were selected that demonstrated a population-level impact and a capability of scaling up of their innovative approaches, for a total fund value of around USD 6 million.
List of Wave 6 projects who received additional funding by country and organization
| Country | Grantee Organization | Requested Budget |
| Bangladesh | IRD Global Limited | $ 820’567 |
| India | TB Alert India | $ 687’607 |
| Nepal | Sahayog Samittee Nepal | $ 238’120 |
| Nigeria | Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) | $ 792’841 |
| Pakistan | DOPASI ORGANIZATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | $ 511’412 |
| Philippines | ACCESS Health International Inc. | $ 477’525 |
| South Africa | AQUITY INNOVATIONS NPC | $ 817’690 |
| Uganda | The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | $ 916’116 |
| Viet Nam | CTY TNHH IRD VN | $ 700’000 |
| Total | $ 5’961’878 |
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