HS4TB Fact Sheet: Bangladesh Country Program

Bangladesh has made significant progress in improving its TB program by successfully leveraging the complementary strengths of the Government of Bangladesh and non-governmental and civil society organizations (NGOs/CSOs). Twenty-six NGOs are working across the country to support the national response in TB case detection, diagnosis, and treatment. However, that non-governmental part of the national TB response has been solely funded by external development partners, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), whose support will decrease as Bangladesh’s economy grows.

With technical support from the USAID HS4TB Project, the National TB Control Program (NTP) with the support of the Health Economics Unit (HEU) in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare are leading an initiative to establish government-led contracting of select TB/health services to NGOs, CSOs and private entities.