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| Name: | Center for Health Policies and Studies |
| Street 1: | 99/1 V. Alecsandri str. |
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| City: | Chisinau |
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| Post Code: | MD-2012 |
| Country: | Republic of Moldova |
| Phone: | +373 22 63 43 |
| Organization Email: | office@pas.md |
| Web Site: | http://pas.md |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| 1. Center for Health Policies and Studies (PAS Center) is a dynamic regional organization with highly motivated professionals working in the social and public health sector for many years. The PAS Center successfully implement health programs; build capacity in HIV/AIDS, TB and STIs, hepatitis B and C and other social diseases; develop and conduct communication campaigns; design studies, collect data and provide reporting; develop guidelines and informational materials, ensure printing and distribution. The PAS Center regional activities include people-centered health system transformation in 11 countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The PAS Center is part of social responsibility program through a partnership with the platform E-Sanatate.MD by developing and implementing social utility online products. 2. Since 2007, PAS Center took over initiatives from the American International Health Alliance Inc (AIHA). Since 2003 AIHA carried out a comprehensive program aimed to strengthening TB control in Moldova working together with the Ministry of Health, Global Fund and other key partners. About 80% of AIHA staff formed the PAS Center team to assure sustainability and continuation of program initiatives on TB training and communication. Since 2007, PAS Center is implementing The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (TGF) Grants in Moldova, first as sub-recipient and, starting with 2009 as Principal Recipient for TB grant. Starting with 2016, PAS Center is the Principal Recipient for GF regional grant "TB Regional EECA Project (TB-REP) on Strengthening Health Systems for Effective TB and DR-TB Control". 3. PAS Center successfully implemented, and is currently implementing, TGF grants (Round 8 (2009-2010), SSF grant (2010-2015), NFM grant (2015-2017)), TB REACH Projects (Wave 2 and Wave 4), TGF TB regional grant, different research projects in the area of TB in |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Civil Society and Community Engagement Engaging political leaders and ensuring inclusive leadership Funding, including innovative and optimized approach to funding TB Care Provision of drugs, diagnostics and commodities Research and Development Technical Assistance Working on Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Working on Key Populations related to TB |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in TB control provision |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Information on developments within the TB world |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| PAS Center successfully implemented, and is currently implementing, TGF grants (Round 8 (2009-2010), SSF grant (2010-2015), NFM grant (2015-2017)), TB REACH Projects (Wave 2 and Wave 4), TGF TB regional grant, different research projects in the area of TB in collaboration with University of San-Diego, University of Harvard, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Ltd. All the activities are carried out in line with the National Tuberculosis Control Programme, WHO recommendations and guidelines and Global Plan to End TB. |
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Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Republic of Moldova |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Republic of Moldova Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB Care Delivery: At the country level (Republic of Moldova) 1. Strengthen Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) / information and education for DR-TB prevention in Moldova 2. Support TB Community Centers in Moldova 3. Support NGO small grants’ program for high-risk and hard-to-reach populations affected by TB in Moldova. At the regional level (Eastern Europe and Central Asia), improvement of TB and DR-TB outcomes in the 11 targeted EECA countries through a health systems strengthening approach that leads to the wide adoption of patient centered approaches for the provision of TB and DR-TB prevention, treatment, and care services, though the following activities - •Enable national and regional high level policy dialogue by appointing focal points within central governments’ offices, MOH and other ministries; •Joint high level advocacy missions to countries on health systems strengthening for TB control; •Ad-hoc TB advocacy technical assistance in collaboration with the Stop TB Partnership; •Ensure necessary framework to coordinate top-down advocacy with the bottom-up country efforts; •Monitor and stimulate exchange of advocacy best practices in the region; •Regional conferences on health systems strengthening for TB control; •Develop and conduct flagship course on health systems strengthening for TB control; •Develop medium and longer-term planning methodology for human resources for TB control; •Develop up-to-date patient centered TB care models; •Develop sustainable financing models for TB control; •Develop allocation and provide payment mechanisms for TB care; •Technical consultations on the HSS/TB Country Roadmaps; •Regulatory impact analysis for the HSS/TB Country Roadmaps; •Technical assistance to develop and implement HSS/TB Country Roadmaps; •Promote inter-country collaboration on TB reforms; •Link regional initiatives with the country efforts to develop and implement the roadmaps and ensure appropriate coordination. The 11 targeted countries from EECA region are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Organizations participating in TB-REP include the Moldovan nongovernmental organization PAS Center as the principal recipient, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe as strategic partner, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the European Respiratory Society, the Stop TB Partnership, the TB Europe Coalition and the Alliance for Public Health Ukraine. Drug-Resistant TB: 1. Provision of adherence support for M/XDR patients in Moldova 2. Build capacity for improved TB care delivery in Moldova TB-HIV: Strengthen national capacities for TB/HIV collaboration in Moldova New Diagnostics: Implement Xpert MTB/RIF at district level, in the penitentiary system and AIDS Centers in Moldova Research: Researches on Rapid Tests for Drug Resistance to Detect Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | July 31, 2017 |
| Last updated: | August 7, 2017 |