Fund for Innovative DOTS Expansion through Local Initiatives to Stop TB (fidelis)
Year(s) : 2009, 2008
Grant Recipient Type : NGO / Nonprofit
Grantor : World Lung Foundation (WLF)
Project goal : To support projects that focus on cost-effective and sustainable tuberculosis (TB) interventions and on people with limited access to modern healthcare services.
Direct Grant : Yes
Fidelis research
Key achievement to date: Researchers have examined 51 TB projects in 18 countries and have applied statistical techniques to the cases detected from each type of TB, identifying the relative merits of several approaches to treatment.