Deadline: 17-Jun-2024
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is inviting communities and civil society to learn about experiences and good practices in the region in support and/or provision of services within the framework of the response to tuberculosis.
In September 2023, the second UN high-level meeting on tuberculosis was held. More than 600 high-level representatives from member states, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector participated. The 2018-2022 progress report was reviewed, and commitments contained in the political declaration and adopted on October 5, 2023, under UN resolution A/78/L.4 were made.
These commitments included goals on treatment coverage, preventive treatment, coverage of rapid diagnostic tests, coverage of health and social benefits, financing of essential services, and investment in research and development, including new vaccines.
Accelerating progress in meeting commitments requires political leadership, multi-sector response and the implementation of the multi-sector accountability framework.
A key commitment raised the need to strengthen the participation of civil society and affected communities in the national response to TB.
Likewise, in 2023 the WHO published the “Guidance on community and civil society participation to end tuberculosis”, which was prepared within the framework of the WHO Civil Society Working Group on TB with the objective of promoting community participation in planning, decision-making, and promoting financing for communities’ contribution to the monitoring and implementation of the tuberculosis response.
Aims
- The aim is to identify and publicize the participation of civil society and communities in the different aspects of the response to tuberculosis, for example:
- Community participation in advocacy processes. including community participation in advocacy campaigns for access to medicines, national budget allocations and approval of community care standards.
- Community participation in governance, planning and monitoring of the response.
- Community participation in health promotion and prevention and risk communication about tuberculosis.
- Participation of communities in support services for vulnerable and key populations in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, including actions to improve the outcome of tuberculosis treatment.
- Community participation in the provision of tuberculosis care and treatment services.
Criteria
- Summaries of experiences and good practices in the response to tuberculosis by community organizations and/or civil society in the Americas are invited to submit.
For more information, visit PAHO.