The overall objective of the project to effectively combat TB and HIV is to reduce the burden of TB and HIV in Kyrgyzstan by providing universal access to timely and quality diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, introduction of HIV prevention measures, evidence-based, focused primarily on key affected populations, providing treatment, care and support to PLHIV, the creation of an enabling environment and ensure sustainability of programs. Principles and priorities the project is consistent with the international politics, the leadership of who and UNAIDS, and it is integrated in the National programme to combat tuberculosis for 2015-2017 and the Program for the control of HIV / AIDS for 2012-2016 It is combined with the strategy of the Global Fund for HIV and TB, and investment framework for EECA 2014-2017.

The project built on lessons learned during the implementation of previous Global Fund grants and on the basis of existing capacity fully to forward it for the decision of programmatic and financial gaps. The project for the effective control of TB and HIV is an integral element of the National TB Programme and Programmes to control HIV /AIDS, and involves governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Strategy:

Objective 1: to ensure universal access to timely and quality diagnosis and treatment of all forms of tuberculosis including M / XDR-TB

Objective 2 – implement HIV prevention activities, evidence-based and focus primarily on key affected populations and provide treatment, care and support to people living with HIV

Goal 3 – creating favourable conditions and ensuring the sustainability of the programs

Task force

• All TB and MDR-TB patients (children and adults)
• Medical Staff
• The total population
• People living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS
• People who use drugs
• Sex workers
• Men who have sex with men
• The prisoners in the prisons
• Infants, children and pregnant women (by preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to child

Planned activities

• Improving case-finding and universal coverage of diagnosis and treatment of Dr-TB
• Strengthening of the laboratory network of TB
• Improving internal control in TB and PHC
• To implement care to patients with TB at community level
• The implementation of the provision of TB care to the population
• Expansion of adherence to treatment of tuberculosis
• The expansion of diagnostic capacity of TB among children
• Improving the coordination of programs to combat tuberculosis and responsibilities medical staff
• Support and extension programmes for needle and syringe exchange and opioid substitution therapy as part of programs for PWID and their partners
• Support and expand the behavioral change programmes for sex workers and their partners
• To facilitate behaviour change programmes for MSM
• Support and expand the behavioral change programmes for prisoners
• The increased testing for HIV and viral hepatitis and counseling key affected populations
• To provide universal antiretroviral therapy and monitoring
• To ensure the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV
• To provide counselling and psycho-social assistance programmes for care and support for PLHIV
• The creation of favourable conditions for targeted, evidence-based interventions
• To ensure the functioning of the regular reporting, including second generation surveillance
• Strengthening and engagement of communities in combating disease and providing legal services to key affected populations
• To improve the management of the National TB Programme and Programmes to control HIV /AIDS
• Building the capacity of national structures