The Stop TB Partnership Announcement - 28 September 2017
To End TB, Networks of People Affected by TB Must be Driving the Response
Stop TB Partnership, IFRC, National RCRC Societies and Regional TB Community Networks of people affected by TB, are Partnering in a New Effort to Strengthen Community-led TB Advocacy Efforts
28 September 2017 - The Stop TB Partnership, International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and regional TB/HIV community advocacy networks share a vision of a world where everyone, including those most vulnerable and marginalized can access healthcare. This includes access to tuberculosis and HIV testing, treatment, care and support. Together, we will work to strengthen regional advocacy efforts to hasten the end of TB and HIV epidemics and to build connections between community advocates, national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, and other key actors.
The IFRC has significant experience in community mobilization and has the capacity to address health challenges and build resilience of affected communities humanitarian situations. Stop TB Partnership’s mission is to serve every person who is vulnerable to TB and HIV by ensuring that high-quality diagnosis, treatment and care is available to all who need it. Together, IFRC, Stop TB Partnership and its partners focus on building regional networks of TB advocates, develop key population guides and a data framework.
Engaging, building capacities, empowering and mobilizing people affected by TB and HIV at the global, regional and national levels is a key component of community leadership in the TB response. Stop TB along with Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) with support from USAID and the Global Fund has responded to calls from affected communities and civil society to facilitate the establishment and strengthening of community advocacy networks at the regional level. To date, regional networks have been formed in Asia-Pacific (ACT Asia-Pacific), Eastern Europe Central Asia (TB People), Anglophone Africa (ACT) and Latin America (REDTBLAC).
This initiative will work with local Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to increase the capacity and address the priorities of each of these networks. In addition, this initiative will look to increase the coordination among francophone African advocates in the broader African context and to establish a community advocacy network in the Middle East.
Building on already established community networks, this initiative aims to:
Build capacity of advocates in coordinated strategy development and implementation.
Build awareness among Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers on how to contribute to the paradigm shift that is required to end TB and HIV epidemics.
Build partnerships between Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies and members of regional TB/HIV community networks, and joint commitments to advance issues of communities, rights and gender (CRG), community monitoring for social accountability, integration of health systems and universal health coverage, strategic planning and political engagement that can contribute to the sustainability of national and regional TB and HIV responses and
Advance advocacy priorities for TB Advocates to pursue nationally, regionally and globally.
If we are to end TB and HIV, affected communities must be at the forefront of all aspects of the response. Interventions must be human right-based, gender transformative and people-centred. Building on established regional in Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe Central Asia, English-speaking Africa and Latin America, this partnership between the Stop TB Partnership, IFRC, National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and regional TB community platforms is the next step in empowering advocates, allies and partners to work together toward a world without TB and HIV.
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