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Strengthening TB and AIDS Response – Eastern Region (STAR-E) is a five-year USAID-funded project being implemented by MSH, along with its partners: Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC), National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda (NACWOLA), Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), Resources for Policy Exchange (RPX), and Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH).

The goal of the STAR-E project is to empower the communities in Eastern Uganda to respond effectively to the challenges posed by the HIV & AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) epidemics by:

• preventing new infections of HIV and TB,
• treating, caring, and supporting those infected and affected by HIV and TB, and
• mitigating the health and social impacts of the HIV and TB epidemics. 

Working closely with the Ministry of Health of Uganda and through District Health Management Teams, District Councils, health facilities, and communities, the project's general objective is to increase access to, coverage of, and utilization of quality comprehensive HIV/TB prevention, care, and treatment services within district health facilities and their respective communities. 

The project works in 9 districts (Busia, Butaleja, Budaka, Pallisa, Bududa, Kapchorwa, Bukwo, Sironko, and Mbale) covering a total population of just over 2.2 million. 

A second component of the STAR-E project is the Lot Quality Assurance Survey (LQAS), which focuses on promoting use of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling methodology at National and District levels and amongst USAID funded implementing partners supporting social services. 

More information, specifically about LQAS.