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Table 1.1 Project Activities by Country and Component
KENYA TANZANIA UGANDA
COMPONENT 1: SPECIALIZED DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
TB Laboratory Network/Central Public Health Laboratory Network
Construction of a Bio-safety level (BSL-3) National TB Reference Laboratory CDC X X
Construction of new Central Public Health Laboratory integrated with TB Reference
Laboratory (Tanzania) or rehabilitation (Kenya)
X X CDC
Acquisition of equipment, supplies and reagents to complement grant financing from
UNITAID
X X X
Introduction of standardized operating procedures and quality assurance systems across X X X
participating labs
HR strengthening in technical and managerial areas X X X
Establishment of intranet with web-and video interface across participating countries X X X
Establishment of standardized, integrated electronic data management system X X X
Provision of TA to facilitate investigations of disease outbreaks in collaboration with public X X X
health labs in neighbouring countries
Support for operating costs
Networking Satellite Diagnostic and Treatment Centres
X X X
Construction/renovation of satellite diagnostic and treatment centres X
Equipment and supplies for both general lab strengthening and to enable these labs to
conduct liquid culture and drug sensitivity testing using molecular testing
X X
Development and introduction of standardized quality assurance systems, including
supervision
X X X
Capacity building and supporting regional staff exchange programs X
Development of communication systems and telemedicine capacity across participating
sites to share expertise and consult in case of complex cases
X X X
Provision of second line TB drugs in support of MDR-TB, in case other funds are not
X X
available
COMPONENT 2: REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES
Provision of infrastructure, technical, and administrative support for multi-disease X X X
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