Community engagement is essential to building trust, increasing awareness, improving access to services, and ensuring that care is responsive to the needs of people affected by TB. At REACH, we work closely with TB survivors and affected communities, recognising their lived experience as a powerful driver of change. As peer supporters and advocates, TB survivors play a critical role in bridging the gap between health systems and communities by encouraging early care-seeking, supporting treatment adherence, reducing stigma, and strengthening community ownership of the TB response.

Establish and enhance community-driven initiatives that elevate demand for DR-TB
Supported by: UNITAID and led by Stop TB Partnership
Implemented in: Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan
Project period: August 2025 - June 2027

Implementing innovative, community-centred approaches for generating dialogue and awareness to address TB stigma
Supported by: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Implemented in: Bihar, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu
Project period: January 2026 - December 2028

Promoting equitable access to TB through early detection, linkages with high-quality free treatment, and public-private partnerships
Supported by: HCL Foundation
Implemented in: Tamil Nadu
Project period: April 2025 - March 2027

Building a culture of accountability within the TB response in India by leveraging community action for TB elimination
Supported by: USAID
Implemented in: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Tamil Nadu
Project period: October 2019 - September 2024

Scaling up community-led action for TB to energise efforts for TB elimination
Supported by: The Global Fund through FIND
Implemented in: 10 States and 80 districts of India
Project period: April 2021 - March 2024

Strengthen adoption of CRGS principles for equitable access to TB services
Supported by: The Stop TB Partnership through the Challenge Facility for Civil Society mechanism (Round 12)
Implemented in: Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Chhattisgarh
Project period: January 2024 – February 2025

Facilitating Person-centred Care for People with Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
Supported by: The Stop TB Partnership through a TB REACH Wave 9 grant
Implemented in: Bihar
Project period: January 2022 and September 2024

Empowered TB-affected communities, healthcare providers, and youth
Supported by: The Stop TB Partnership through the Challenge Facility for Civil Society mechanism (Round 10)
Implemented in: Pan-India
Project period: December 2021 – September 2023

Strengthening TB Mukt Vahini, Bihar’s survivor-led network, to provide person-centred care to people with TB
Supported by: The Stop TB Partnership through the Challenge Facility for Civil Society mechanism (Round 9)
Implemented in: Bihar
Project period: June 2020 - December 2021

A women-led intervention to spearhead TB case detection, prevention and care in Tamil Nadu
Supported by: The Stop TB Partnership through a TB REACH Wave 7 grant
Implemented in: Four districts of Tamil Nadu
Project period: January 2020 - December 2021

Catalysing a multi-sectoral, community-led and collaborative response to TB
Supported by: USAID
Implemented in: Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh
Project period: February 2016 - January 2020

Accelerating access to quality TB services for vulnerable and marginalised populations
Supported by: The Global Fund through The Union
Implemented in: Tamil Nadu
Project period: April 2010 - March 2021
Resource Group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health or REACH is an India-based non-profit organisation founded in 1998-99 in Chennai. REACH has evolved over the last 25+ years to become a key partner and leader in the fight against TB in India, working closely with the TB programme and engaging various stakeholders including the private sector, affected communities, industries and the media, among others. REACH’s mandate is to work towards achieving equitable health for all, with a focus on tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases.