NTP Partners
NTP Partners
Following is a brief on partners and their valuable contributions for successful implementation of the NTP in Nepal.
1. The Global Fund
The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases.
Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has become the main source of finance for programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, with approved funding of US$ 15.6 billion for more than 572 programs in 140 countries. It provides a quarter of all international financing for AIDS globally, two-thirds for tuberculosis and three quarters for malaria.
Global Fund financing is enabling countries to strengthen health systems by, for example, making improvements to infrastructure and providing training to those who deliver services. The Global Fund remains committed to working in partnership to scale up the fight against the diseases and to realize its vision – a world free of the burden of AIDS, TB and malaria.
The GF has been funding to fight against Tuberculosis (TB), Malaria and HIV/AIDS in Nepal through its rounds 2, 4 and 7. For preventing, treating and controlling of TB, the fund has been providing through its rounds 4 and 7 to the Ministry of Health and Population as Principle Recipient. The approved grant for TB is $ 14,484,746 (Round 4 &7). The grant is managing by National Tuberculosis Centre (NTC) and the government and five Sub-Recipients are implementing the activities in the districts.
The Ministry of Health and Population, National Tuberculosis Centre (NTC) has developed the National Strategy Plan (NSP) of Tuberculosis for 2010-2015 and it has been submitting to the GF for funding. The GF, Technical Review Panel (TRP) has approved NSP and in country review team visited to the Nepal and collected other needed information for strengthening the NSP. For more information, please visit to www.theglobalfund.org
2. The Norwegian Health and Lung Patient Organisation (LHL)
Norwegian Heart- and Lung Patient Organisation (LHL) was originally founded to assist tuberculosis patients (1943 – 1956) in Norway. The LHL is a nationwide interest organization of people with heart and lung diseases. LHL carries out socio-political and lobbying work while waging the fight against tuberculosis in nine countries. LHL conducts rehabilitation, self-help support measures, information and introductory courses for patients, as well as study, fund-raising and information activities.
In Nepal, the Norwegian Association of Heart and Lung Patients (LHL) has been supporting the NTP through the provision of funds for conducting training, supervision, monitoring, evaluation (annual in-debt review), quality control, advocacy, communication and social mobilization and research activities sine 1995.
Furthermore, tuberculosis patients in Nepal often suffer from reduced physical capacity after the long duration of treatment. Many were used to hard physical work previously, which they will never be able to take up again. Therefore, to assist patients in getting some income during treatment period as well as creating new income generating activities for the future, LHL would like to contribute to skill training workshops for income generating activities for MDR - TB patients. This proposed pilot project will be implemented in partnerships with LHL, National Tuberculosis Centre (NTC) and Nepal Anti-Tuberculosis Association (NATA) Biratnagar. For detail, please visit to www.lhl.no
3. The World Health Organization (WHO)
The WHO is facilitating a continuous support in TB Control Programme of Nepal by providing technical support, staff training, and research activities such as: surveillance of multi-drug resistance and HIV-TB co-infection. WHO protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. For more detail, please visit to the www.who.int/tb/en/index.html
4. The SAARC TB and HIV/AIDS Centre (STC)
The STC located in the NTC building has organized several regional training courses in Nepal over the last five years. The STC has been providing technical assistance and close cooperation to the NTP in DOTS expansion. The STC has played a vital role in NTP activities like producing skilled manpower etc. For more details, please visit to the www.saarctb.com.np
5. The Britain Nepal Medical Trust (BNMT)
The BNMT has established in 1967 in the United Kingdom as charitable organisation. It is continuously serving to the Nepal since then and recognised as pioneer organisation for TB control in Nepal. The organisation is supporting to implement NTP activities with the provision of training, supervision and quality control of the region and also supporting the Human Resource for the National Tuberculosis Centre. With the aim of strengthening BNMT programme management further for effective and efficient implementation of GFATM funded TB programme in the EDR and in other regions as per the TB GFATM Round – 7 funding agreement with the NTC (PR). The Britain Nepal Medical Trust (BNMT), having its long history of working in Nepal in TB in EDR, it became a sub-recipient to support the NTP GFTAM Round-4 since May 2006. The BNMT has proved its capacity to perform as per GF agreement. For more details, please visit to www.britainnepalmedicaltrust.org.uk
6. The International Nepal Fellowship (INF)
The International Nepal Fellowship's TLP (Tuberculosis Leprosy Programme ) supported National Tuberculosis Control Programme in the Mid-west Region of Nepal providing the facility for training, supervision, community orientation and logistic supply. Apart from that, TLP had also four referral clinics in Nepalgunj, Ghorahi, Surkhet and Jumla. At present they INF is supporting DOTS PLUS Clinic. For more details, please visit to www.inf.org
7. The Health Research and Social Development Forum (HERD)
Health Research and Social Development Forum provides support for TB research activities and provides technical support for planning and implementation of various activities of NTP. It also assists NTP with development of funding protocols and support for TB HIV collaboration and partnership development with both public and private health providers. For more details, please visit to www.herd.org.np/client/index.php
8. The German Nepal TB Project (GENETUP)
The German Nepal TB Project (GENETUP) supported TB control activities in Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Sarlahi and Mahottari and still in Kathmandu. The IUATLD is conducting one arm of multi-centre trial, evaluating different regimens of DOTS in Nepal. As a DOTS Plus sub center, GENTEUP is also running DOTS Plus reference laboratory.
9. Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR)
Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR)is a non-profit, non-religious NGO which was established in 1967 as a private initiative initiative initially supporting leprosy control activities in Tanzania and Nepal. NLR in order to raise finds & provide technical support to the leprosy control activities in Nepal started in 1985. Since then this project continuous support in east. In 1991 this project was extended to Far-west Region.
The project had an opportunity to assist the Nepal Government in TB/Leprosy control activities in this region. Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in Nepal. NLR assisted the National Tuberculosis Program in undertaking a joint TB/Leprosy initiative. The National Tuberculosis Program implemented DOTS as a treatment strategy since 1996. DOTS are implemented in all nine districts of the region.
10. Nepal Anti-Tuberculosis Association (NATA)
Nepal Anti- Tuberculosis Association was established in 1953 initiated by a small group of ten social workers with a view to raising public awareness against tuberculoses and adopting preventive and curative measures towards the control of the disease. Ten years after the establishment the association was inaugurated on 29th November 1964. This very day has been taken as the Inspiration Day for the control of tuberculosis in Nepal and the day has been observed as National Tuberculosis Control Day ever since.
The association is affiliated to International Union against Tuberculoses and Ling Disease (IUATLD) and Social Welfare Council (SWC) Nepal. It has its district branches in different parts of Nepal and has been carrying out its activities in co-operation with various national and international organizations and agencies. The association organized national conferences in 1978 and 1980 in Kathmandu and in Biratnagar respectively with the joint collaboration of Nepal Government (MOHP) and world Health Organization with a view to improving the degree of planning and the resulting efficacy of new anti-tuberculoses programmes. It successfully organized the international conference of 14th IUATLD eastern Regional Conference from 25th -29th November in 1985 and 22nd conference from 22nd -25th September 2003 and got the opportunity to introduce its activities to the participants from different countries.
The association worked together with Nepal Government during the implementation of Tuberculosis project which Started in 1965. Fourteen years after, Nepal government set up National Tuberculoses Center in 1989 and lunched a new development plan for the National Tuberculoses programme with some changes from previous policies and practices. With these changes, Directly Observed treatment, Short course (DOTS)was introduced with a vision to cover each of the 75 districts of the country. In all these great efforts made by the Government, the association has been playing an active role to the best of its capacity by expanding its preventive activities and by making its curative service more effective according to Nepal Government's new policies and practices thought the mobilization of its district branches and volunteers.
11. Japan-Nepal Health & Tuberculosis Research Association (JANTRA)
Japan-Nepal Health and Tuberculosis Research Association (JANTRA) is a non-profitable, public service oriented and non-governmental organization. This organization has been established with full initiatives of International Tuberculosis experts from Research Institute of Tuberculosis/ Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (RIT/JATA). The purpose of establishing this organization is to run various community development activities, health and specifically to work closely with National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) Nepal.
JANTRA is affiliated with Research Institute of Tuberculosis/Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (RIT/JATA) Japan. All the required financial and technical support to establish and conduct the activities is being provided by RIT/JATA.