KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation - an overview

Vision and Mission
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
Role in the Netherlands
International role
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation areas of activity
Over a hundred years of experience
Our partners
Funding and income
Fundraising

Vision and Mission

Our vison: A World free of Tuberculosis.

Our mission: the global elimination of tuberculosis through the development and implementation of effective, efficient and sustainable tuberculosis control strategies.

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is a national and international center of expertise for TB control and a medical development organization. The organization is committed to reducing tuberculosis in the Netherlands and worldwide, in around forty countries. It does so by means of policy development, technical assistance, advisory services, training programs, capacity building, as well as epidemiological and operational research.

About KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation's Core Values and Strategic Plans

Role in the Netherlands

For the national fight against TB, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation has the role of:

coordinator
center of expertise
advocate

International role

As a medical development organization, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation:

is at the forefront of TB control and policy development
is committed to reducing tuberculosis worldwide
partner in development of the “DOTS” method and the Stop TB strategy
provides advice to National TB control Programs to attain “Quality DOTS“ in collaboration with long-standing partners in around forty countries

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation areas of activity

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is active in the following areas:

Policy development – optimal TB control and guideline development
Country TB program support – generalist program management support, planning, monitoring & evaluation and technical assistance and specialized support in the field of TB/HIV and Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and prison TB control
Human Resource Development – HR policy, curriculum development and training courses
Research – operational and epidemiological research, and research capacity building
Social mobilization and advocacy – in the Netherlands, and at country level

More on the work of KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation in TB control worldwide

Over a hundred years of experience

Established in 1903 as an umbrella organization for TB control in the Netherlands, we have been fighting tuberculosis for more than a century. We develop effective, efficient and sustainable strategies for combating tuberculosis and disseminate these in the Netherlands and throughout the world.

The Hague is the home base of KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation. In the Netherlands, tuberculosis has been reduced from a widespread to a rare, contained disease that responds well to treatment. There are now about 1.100 cases a year in the Netherlands. It is necessary to remain alert in order to recognize new cases on time, treat them well and identify infections.

At an international level, tuberculosis is still a wide-spread disease in some regions.
This is unnecessary as a treatment is available that can cure tuberculosis and control the disease effectively and with limited costs, also in countries with a limited medical infrastructure. KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation was jointly responsible for developing this method (DOTS) and is still involved on a daily basis with making this method as effective and efficient as possible. The foundation has dedicated itself to implementing this method in developing countries. This is accomplished by supporting the local public health authorities and medical staff with advice and assistance.

Together with our partners, we are involved in over 40 countries with the objective of eliminating tuberculosis by the year 2050.

Our partners

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation always works in collaboration with a network of partners.

In the Netherlands:

the Center for Infectious Disease (CIb) and the National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM)
the Committee for Practical Tuberculosis Control (CPT)
the National Association of Municipal Public Health Services (GGD Netherlands) and local and regional municipal public health services
medical professional associations

Internationally:

around 40 national TB control programs aimed at combating tuberculosis in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America
Stop TB Partnership, WHO, Union and Centers for Disease Control (USA)
donors: USAID, CIDA, DGIS, World Bank and the EU
TBCAP partners: The American Thoracic Society (ATS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Family Health International (FHI), International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Japanese Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA), KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation (KNCV), Management Sciences for Health (MSH), World Health Organization (WHO)

Funding and income

Activities in the Netherlands are funded by:

Stichting Loterijacties Volksgezondheid (SLV)
the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) and CIb
private sources of funding.

International activities are funded by:

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DGIS
the United States Agency for International Development USAID
the Canadian International Development Agency CIDA
Dr. C. de Langen Stichting voor Mondiale Tuberculosebestrijding (SMT)
other members of KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
World Health Organization WHO, World bank, the EU and others
private sources of funding
corporate sources of funding (Achmea)

Fundraising

Private sources of income are vitally important to KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation.

If we want to fulfill our mission in the Netherlands and on a worldwide basis – and there is a great deal to do – money is needed for both in-country support and for innovation of know-how. We also need loyal supporters in order to be eligible for institutional subsidies.

Your financial support is always welcome.

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