Test to Treat Resources

Test to Treat Technical Resources:

Test to Treat, a new USAID initiative for the treatment of those with mild and moderate COVID-19 at risk of severe disease, aims to further strengthen health systems' responses to COVID-19.  Test-to-treat programming prepares health systems, health workers, and communities to make rapid COVID-19 testing broadly accessible for people to get tested as soon as they develop COVID-19 symptoms. It then ensures that those at highest risk of severe illness can access key oral treatment options early in their COVID-19 illness to prevent severe disease and hospitalization. Integrating test-to-treat programming strengthens health systems’ capacities to quickly identify new infections and initiate appropriate treatment in high-risk patients. Treating sick patients while they are still at home and before they get too sick can reduce severe COVID-19 illness and death and reduce the burden on health systems. USAID announced a $20 million investment for piloting Test to Treat programming in twenty lower-and middle-income countries. The ten countries announced today include: Bangladesh, Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, El Salvador, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Senegal. RISE is supporting phased implementation in Bangladesh, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Rwanda. 

RISE will be working with Ministries of Health, civil societies, healthcare workers, and others such as The Global Fund in the ten identified countries to pilot test-to-treat. The best practices and lessons learned from these efforts will help countries develop plans to scale up their programs on a national level, and can be shared with countries around the world, including the United States. The pilots will position countries to act quickly in the case of a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Training resources for Test to Treat:

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