Project HOPE builds linkages with civil society, government authorities, diasporas, health care and businesses to effectively address TB for the benefit of migrants.
For almost 20 years, Project HOPE has implemented infectious disease programs in countries around the world. Its approach? Target the individual needs of a country and its communities. In Kazakhstan, Project HOPE’s approach to TB management and control focuses on addressing its migrant population, bringing TB awareness, screening and support in a series of coordinated campaigns to areas where migrants work.
Migrants are twice as likely to fall prey to Tuberculosis. Intervention brings awareness, screening and support.
Since 1992, Operation Provide Hope , the Department of State, Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia, has delivered more than $5 billion in targeted humanitarian aid to former Soviet states.
Like many women in rural Tajikistan, Hurriya is the wife of a migrant worker.
Two activities being conducted by Project HOPE in Tajikistan were included within the compendium as best practices.