Although global efforts have averted an estimated 54 million tuberculosis (TB) deaths since 2000, TB remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease. In Mozambique, the burden of TB is high – there are an estimated 163,000 TB cases each year, less than half of which are found, diagnosed and treated. A majority of the country’s population lives in rural areas, which makes access to health clinics extremely difficult.
Since 2014, FHI 360 and the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation have been using a community-based approach to TB care and treatment through the Challenge TB project in Mozambique. Challenge TB is a multicountry project funded by the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID). Through an approach known as CB-DOTS (community-based directly‐observed treatment, short course), community health workers, or activistas, are bringing TB services directly to the homes of those with and at risk for infection.
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