Technology, Research, Education and Technical Assistance for Tuberculosis (TREAT TB)

$203.32M USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Country	India
Start Date	Dec 25, 2011
End Date	Sep 09, 2014
Duration	989 days
Number of Grantees	180
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`187359-76`

Grant Description

Technology, Research, Education and Technical Assistance for Tuberculosis (TREAT TB) is a cooperative agreement with the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), also known as The Union.

TREAT TB focuses on field evaluations of diagnostic techniques for TB, clinical trials and operations research to improve patient management, treatment efficacy, disease prevention, and infection control measures for TB and MDR TB.

TREAT TB also provides for field support to address key TB and TB/HIV issues through operational research to improve the national TB programs performance.