COMMIT- AFRICA PROJECT
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COMMIT- AFRICA PROJECT
The Community Mental Health Integration with Tuberculosis care in Africa (COMMIT-Africa) is a three-year (2024 -2026) regional TB/Mental Health (MH) project being implemented across four countries, namely; Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa. In Zimbabwe it is being implemented by the Ministry of Health & Child Care’s (MOHCC) National TB & Leprosy Control Programme (NTP) and the Department of Mental Health, in collaboration with the Union Zimbabwe Trust. The project is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through a Cooperative Agreement with the Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) of Uganda.
Other implementing partners in the region include, the TB -HIV Investigative Network (THINK) of South Africa and Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital (KIDH) of Tanzania. The four countries were selected on account of high TB and TB/HIV burden, sub-optimal TB treatment outcomes; relatively higher per capita consumption of alcohol and huge policy-implementation gaps for integrated TB/MH care.
The goal of the project is to develop evidence-based and culturally acceptable tools for integration of mental health into TB services in the African region, establishing the feasibility and acceptability of using such tools within national frameworks of health-care delivery. Specifically, the project will develop a comprehensive framework for integrated TB/MH care that can be adapted and scaled up within different countries in the region; technical guidelines and monitoring tools/indicators for integrated TB/MH services.
