Programs

In 2020, STEPS Tanzania and MKUTA entered into a 5-year renewable every twelve months’ service agreement on community TB care for people using drugs in Dar es salaam (Ubungo and Kinondoni municipalities) where STEPS Tanzania implements harm reduction NSP services.

The overall goal is to identify tuberculosis suspects among drug users especially people who injecting drugs, link them to care and trace their contacts as well as provide psychosocial and adherence support to anti TB therapy prior to enrollment into MAT services.

Project interventions includes the recruitments, health education, case detection, linkage to health facilities for appropriate services and support of community outreach tuberculosis services to people using drugs.

Project Objectives were to: -

1. Strengthen STEPS Tanzania Capacity in TB related Interventions among People Who Use/inject Drugs.
2. Train and supervise Peer educators and Outreach workers to Conduct TB screening and sputum sample collection to all presumptive PWUD.
3. Coordinate and Facilitate referrals and linking to treatment for those tested Positive and link them to care and treatment.
4. Treatment support for homeless Drug users and ensure treatment adherence.
5. Work with District TB Coordinators and DOT Nurses to ensure TB Cases from Drug users is captured into electronic reports system (ETL).
6. Ensure COVID-19 interventions are mainstreamed into TB intervention during the implementation of approved STEPS Tanzania activity work plan.