Bangladesh, June 26 -- Health ministry, USAID ink deal on it
Health and Family Welfare Ministry and USAID inked on Tuesday a new Statement of Partnership (SP) to reduce the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Bangladesh by 2022 through increasing case detection and treatment of all forms of the disease.
"USAID Bangladesh will strongly collaborate with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in their mission of searching, preventing, and treating all undetected forms of TB cases," said a press release.
The partnership between the health ministry and USAID marks the latest example of USAID's new model of partnership, the "Global Accelerator to End Tuberculosis," which aims to catalyse investments and aid countries across the world and meet the...