On our way in the fight against tuberculosis, Partners In Health (SES) has been implementing capacity building actions aimed at civil society through our Advocacy and Community Outreach Unit. One of them is the RINDE - TB project, which seeks to promote advocacy actions in civil society and communities affected by tuberculosis (TB) through training and monitoring of multisectoral accountability on TB in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Recently, we developed a virtual training aimed at civil society representatives and TB survivors in the region, as well as people interested in this issue, called SERIES OF WEBINARS: “Socialization of concepts and tools for civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean, towards the United Nations High Level Meeting 2023”.
This two-session virtual training allowed to present the basic concepts and tools available on multisectoral accountability to accelerate progress towards the End of Tuberculosis, in the framework of the second High Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the fight against TB to be held in New York, United States, next September 22.
The sessions were developed through the SES Center for Global Health platform and addressed the following points:
WEBINAR 1: Launch of “The Accountability Report Card of Those Affected by TB - Communities and Civil Society: Priorities for Closing the Deadly Gap”
The webinar presented an update of the Stop TB Partnership’s “A Deadly Gap” white paper, the first version of which was published in 2020. This second accountability report presents progress made on the fight against TB, with successes and shortcomings. It also issues six Calls to Action to demand social justice and generate a transformative response to TB, a preventable and curable disease that requires economic and political priority from a human rights perspective.
The Calls to Action are:
- To close the gaps in TB prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care by reaching all people with TB.
- Make the TB response equitable, gender-sensitive, rights-based and stigma-free, with TB-affected communities and civil society at the center by 2025.
- Accelerate the development, implementation and access to essential new tools to end TB.
- Invest the funds needed to end TB.
- Prioritize TB in pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPRP), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and universal health coverage (UHC).
https://youtu.be/RxHu6uddtbY?si=umO150afrz9iKLlz
WEBINAR 2: Accountability and Available Tools
The second webinar presented basic concepts on accountability and the importance of civil society participation, building on the notion that accelerating progress towards the end of TB requires a strengthened accountability mechanism.
The multisectoral accountability framework (referred to as the RCF-TB) was released by WHO in 2019 for adoption at country, regional and global levels. It seeks to accelerate progress toward meeting the targets and milestones of the Sustainable Development Goals and the End TB Strategy.
In that regard, it incorporates a baseline assessment checklist that has key elements to identify progress or critical areas to be pushed forward, such as the number of End TB commitments and targets formalized through laws or decrees in each country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnNfNxRi-Po
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More information about RINDE - TB
The RINDE - TB project is implemented by Socios En Salud in partnership with the TB Coalition of the Americas and OBSERVA TB, with funding from the Stop TB Partnership/UNOPS through its Challenge Facility for Civil Society Round 11.
Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) is a Stop TB Partnership grant mechanism aimed at civil society organizations and people affected by TB to transform the TB response with a human rights, gender equity, people-centered and accountable approach.
The RINDE - TB project acknowledges the support of Stop TB Partnership/UNOPS, USAID and Global Fund to Fight AIDS/HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria.