Overview

The five year TRACK Tuberculosis (TRACK-TB) project was established in 2013 to support the Government of Uganda’s efforts to reduce the burden of TB. The project improved MDR-TB management as well as urban- and community-based TB treatment strategies based on the World Health Organization’s directly observed treatment, short course (DOTS) model. At the project’s end, we had:

• Enhanced the leadership and technical capacity of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme to plan, monitor, and implement TB control activities 
• Implemented an effective urban DOTS model for Kampala
• Established a quality program for the management of MDR-TB
• Improved mechanisms for partner coordination for the implementation of DOTS, TB/HIV, and MDR-TB interventions