Strengthening Tuberculosis Control in Moldova Project

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In 2003, AIHA launched a four-year Strengthening Tuberculosis Control in Moldova project with funding from the American people through a cooperative agreement with USAID. This project is assisting the government of Moldova in preventing and controlling the TB epidemic by improving overall TB case management capacity.

The project has adopted a four-pronged approach to combating Moldova’s tuberculosis epidemic, working to improve the nation’s laboratory capacity to diagnose TB and multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB); enhance the TB detection, treatment, and follow-up skills of primary care physicians and nurses; improve the national surveillance system for tracking and managing TB and MDR-TB; and increase public awareness about symptoms and treatment to promote early detection, especially among vulnerable groups.

Strategic partners working in conjunction with AIHA on this project include the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; the State Centre of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases of Latvia; Moldova’s Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Internal Affairs; the Moldovan National Reference Laboratory and TB Institute; and the State Medical and Pharmaceutical University “Nicolae Testemitanu.”

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