The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is pioneering a project that will save children’s lives by introducing and using innovative diagnostics, drugs, and models of care for pediatric TB. The Unitaid-funded CaP TB project will run from October 2017 to September 2021 in nine sub-Saharan African countries (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe) and India.
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A cough monitor having a review meeting with a mother at ndhiwa Subcounty hospital.EGPAF worked in partnership with ministry of health Homabay county to implement CaP TB (Catalyzing Pediatric TB). CaP TB sought to reduce childhood illness and deaths due to TB in Homabay and Turkana counties by developing, implementing and documenting innovative models of care and catalyzing their wide-scale implementation to improve case detection and treatment.
Journal Articles
Innovations to improve identification of TB and SARS-CoV-2 infections in sub-Saharan Africa
Published July 2026
This supplement highlights research on integrated COVID-19 and tuberculosis services to improve diagnosis, care, and health system resilience in Cameroon and Kenya.
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Topics:
Research,
Tuberculosis (TB)
Countries:
Global
Issue Briefs
Common Ground for Global Health Policy Brief: Pediatric HIV
Published June 2026
Overview Children* are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic yet are consistently deprioritized and underserved compared to other affected populations. UNAIDS’ global treatment targets call for 95% of people living with HIV to know their status; 95% of people who know their status to be on treatment; and 95% of people on treatment to sustain […]
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Topics:
Advocacy,
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Global
Resource
Evidence for sustainable parenting and cash transfer programmes in Tanzania
Published June 2026
In Tanzania’s Dodoma region, EGPAF partnered on Kizazi Kijacho — meaning “Next Generation” in Swahili — a large-scale randomized controlled trial testing whether parenting support, cash transfers, or both could improve early childhood development outcomes across more than 3,100 families. The findings have direct implications for how governments design scalable, affordable ECD programs. Parenting support […]
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Topics:
Children,
Maternal and Child Health
Countries:
Tanzania