Analysis of 28 TB REACH Wave 1 projects showed that intervention areas delivered an average of 25.9% increase in case detection while some projects have seen increases from 60% to over 100%. Together, Wave 1 projects notified 26.776 additional TB patients to their countries’ National TB Programs (NTPs) (These numbers are adjusted by historical trend). An estimated 13.000 lives were saved thanks to TB REACH investments.
A total of 28 projects spent USD 14.9 million with some reaching additional cases for as low as USD 140. The projects covered a population of almost 90 million people. Average spent annual per capita of population was USD 0.17.