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Technical Assistance Service Contract II for Tuberculosis (TASC II-TB) Project

Project Date: 2004–2008


With one of the highest incidence rates of TB in the world, South African TB patients need innovative, effective approaches to improve all aspects of TB service. Photo courtesy of WHO/TBP/Gary Hampton.

As a TASC TB partner, MSH works with the University Research Corporation (URC) to assist the South African National Tuberculosis Program to enhance TB control at the district and municipal levels, while simultaneously strengthening the health system as a whole. Specific areas of focus include:
  • Improving the quality of services;
  • Increasing both access and demand for these services;
  • Improving the management systems that support these integrated TB services; and
  • Enhancing the involvement of the private sector in the continuum of care.
MSH and URC will develop and disseminate new tools that offer innovative, effective approaches to TB in South Africa. MSH brings its expertise in all areas, but in particular to support efforts to improve the capacity of the laboratory network to support case detection and patient monitoring and to strengthen management systems that will support improved collaboration between the TB and HIV & AIDS control programs.