Strengthening Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS response in the Southwestern region of Uganda (STAR-SW)

$71.3M USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Country	Uganda
Start Date	Nov 20, 2011
End Date	Dec 11, 2015
Duration	1,482 days
Number of Grantees	120
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`192791-76`

Grant Description

The STAR-SW project works to increase utilization of, access to, and coverage of quality comprehensive HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) services in 184 health facilities in the 13 districts in South Western Uganda.

EGPAF aims to integrate cost-effective, family-based HIV/AIDS care and treatment services and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs into health care facilities through a multidisciplinary program of training, infrastructure development, and technical support.

To enhance the sustainability of services, EGPAF promotes local district ownership of all activities; all work planning and roll-out of new services are led by the District Ministry of Health, and mentoring and supervising includes the District Health Team as the provider of support.