EXPAND-TB is a UNITAID

Unitaid

UNITAID is an international facility for the purchase of drugs against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. It was founded in September 2006 on the initiative of Brazil and France, and is to a great part financed by so called innovative development financing mechanisms, namely a solidarity levy on...

-funded project launched in 2009, which aims to increase access to tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...

 (TB) diagnostic tests in 27 endemic countries.

The overall goal of the project is to narrow the huge diagnostic gap in multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis

Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis

Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis is defined as TB that is resistant at least to isoniazid and rifampicin , the two most powerful first-line anti-TB drugs...

 (MDR-TB) control by expanding and accelerating access to new and rapid diagnostic technologies within appropriate laboratory services, accompanied by the necessary technology transfer, and ensuring these new technologies are properly integrated within TB control programmes.

Main Partners

• UNITAID
  Unitaid
  UNITAID is an international facility for the purchase of drugs against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. It was founded in September 2006 on the initiative of Brazil and France, and is to a great part financed by so called innovative development financing mechanisms, namely a solidarity levy on...
  
  
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
  Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
  FIND 501 is a non-profit foundation that develops and implements new diagnostic tests for infectious and neglected diseases in developing countries...
  
  
• Stop TB Partnership
  Stop TB Partnership
  The Stop TB Partnership was established in 2000 to eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem. Its 1000 partner organizations include international, nongovernmental and governmental organizations and patient groups...
  
   Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI)
• Stop TB Partnership
  Stop TB Partnership
  The Stop TB Partnership was established in 2000 to eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem. Its 1000 partner organizations include international, nongovernmental and governmental organizations and patient groups...
  
  Global Drug Facility (GDF)