EXPAND-TB, short for Expanding Access to New Diagnostics for Tuberculosis, is a project funded by UNITAID that was launched in 2009 to increase access to tuberculosis diagnostic tests, particularly for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, across 27 tuberculosis-endemic countries. Its main partners include the World Health Organization, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, and the Stop TB Partnership's Global Laboratory Initiative and Global Drug Facility, and its work includes transferring diagnostic technology to national tuberculosis control programs and integrating new tests into their operations.
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Sponsoring Body Health GoalNarrowing the diagnostic gap in multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis control by expanding and accelerating access to new, rapid diagnostic technologies. 1 Geographic Scope27 tuberculosis-endemic countries 1 Program status (class) Sources
1. Wikipedia: EXPAND-TB
WikipediaLead paragraph (launch year)
EXPAND-TB (Expanding Access to New Diagnostics for TB) is a UNITAID-funded project launched in 2009, which aims to increase access to tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic tests in 27 endemic countries.
Lead paragraph (country count)
which aims to increase access to tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic tests in 27 endemic countries.
Lead paragraph (funder)
EXPAND-TB (Expanding Access to New Diagnostics for TB) is a UNITAID-funded project launched in 2009.
Second paragraph, project goal
The overall goal of the project is to narrow the huge diagnostic gap in multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (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.
- Wikipedia 'EXPAND-TB': 'is a UNITAID-funded project launched in 2009, which aims to increase access'; checked 2026-09-27.
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