How TB Alert Monitors its projects

There are a number of ways that TB Alert projects are monitored and evaluated to make sure that our money is well spent.

Written reports: All projects record treatment success and failure rates using World Health Organisation criteria. These data with written interpretation as well financial accounts are submitted to TB Alert at least twice a year, where they are reviewed by the Project Committee.

Local accountability: Projects are in regular contact with local government TB Programmes. Government staff are responsible for ensuring that all TB projects in their area run according to their government's  Tuberculosis Control Program’s guidelines. 

TB Alert local staff : TB Alert has an Asia Representative, Mr Tilak Chauhan, and a Programme Officer, Mr Arun Kumar who visit projects to assess progress.
In Southern Africa, our representative is Mr Winstone Zulu.

Exactly what our staff look at depends on the project’s objectives but they may be evaluating case finding, treatment success, how well a programme is working with government counterparts, training or health education and patient support. These visits provide valuable opportunities for improving the programme

International visits: Visits are from those with experience in TB control programmes internationally. These may be Trustees, Project Committee members, staff or others with an interest in TB Alert’s work. These visits allow experiences and best practice to be shared and provide further opportunities for monitoring and evaluation.