Accelerate 1
Accelerate Tuberculosis Elimination and Program Resilience Activity.
Accelerate 1’s core partner and their expertise
The Accelerate TB Elimination and Program Resilience Activity (ACCELERATE) support South Africa’s efforts to achieve TB elimination through early detection, appropriate treatment and care, and prevention among vulnerable populations, particularly those infected with drug susceptible TB (DS-TB), drug resistant TB (DR-TB), or TB/HIV co-infection.
ACCELERATE 1 implemented by The Aurum Institute in Gauteng (Tshwane and Sedibeng districts), KwaZulu-Natal (Uthukela and Amajuba districts), and the Eastern Cape (Nelson Mandela Bay, Joe Gqabi, Sarah Baartman).
It commenced on September 1, 2023, and was scheduled to end on August 31, 2028
ACCELERATE is the flagship USAID/SA TB project which comprises two separate activities.
ACCELERATE 1
ACCELERATE 1 targets technical support and interventions at the national level, the provincial level and in high TB burden districts.
ACCELERATE 2
ACCELERATE 2 targets technical support and interventions at the provincial level and in lower TB burden districts.
Accelerate 1’s four main objectives
Improve diagnosis of TB
Increase treatment coverage and success
Reduce TB transmission and prevent development of TB disease
Sustain TB response systems
The Aurum ACCELERATE Implementation Model
Aurum and community partner mothers2mothers (m2m) have designed the following implementation model that offers five unique capabilities in accelerating TB elimination:
Efforts will focus on strengthening site level delivery through data use, capacity building in the use of innovation and evidence-based best practice, community DSD and QI.
01
Data Visualisation, Translations, Dashboards
Forecasting, prioritising, target setting, phased roll out of new interventions and M&E of the TB ACCELERATE 1 program.
02
QI Methodology
Build a culture of continuous improvement across multidisciplinary teams at all tiers of HS.
Formalising, digitising and standardizing for efficiency.
Formalising, digitising and standardizing for efficiency.
03
Capacity Building
Low dose high frequency; focused trainings. Including didactic, webinars, mentoring, on site, digital, videobased training/ capacity building.
Cement sustainability.
04
Community, Facility Roving Team Model
Focus on TA and targeted DSD at HI facilities.
M2m established community model for contact tracing and delivery.
Mobile screening to find cases in the community.
M2m established community model for contact tracing and delivery.
Mobile screening to find cases in the community.
05
Community, Facility Roving Team Model
Develop and guide rapid scale up of innovations, facilitated by Aurum’s support to TB Think Tank.
Evidence-based implementation and continuous improvements catalyzed through Aurum’s science/research programs.
