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Community involvement in scaling up TB/HIV activities

Community involvement in scaling up TB/HIV activities. Achievements. Cambodia “TB volunteers” – community-based NGO volunteers involved in decentralized DOT for 50% of country; now also involved in TB/HIV Link TB clients to HIV testing Screen PLHIV for TB

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Community involvement in scaling up TB/HIV activities

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  1. Community involvement in scaling up TB/HIV activities

  2. Achievements • Cambodia “TB volunteers” – community-based NGO volunteers involved in decentralized DOT for 50% of country; now also involved in TB/HIV • Link TB clients to HIV testing • Screen PLHIV for TB • Impact: Improved HIV testing of TB patients • India & Bangladesh – PLHIV networks involved in ICF and communication • Educate PLHA on TB • Perform ICF in a variety of settings • Support referrals

  3. Achievements continue • Vietnam – NGO home-based care for HIV includes family education/sensitization on TB and linkage to TB services. • India – involvement of Targeted Intervention NGOs in TBHIV services for High-Risk Groups (CSW, IDU, MSM) • Services: ICF, referral of TB suspects, DOTS • Other successful examples cited • Zambia: Community members staff “TB desks” in HIV clinics, and “HIV desks” in TB clinics • South Africa: TAC involved in advocacy, e.g. TB diagnostics

  4. Constraints & challenges • Culture clash – historical medical approach to TB control lacked major role for community • Not used to partnerships with civil society, client community • Underlying lack of patient empowerment • Resources few (No demand/ no supply) • Donor driven – and they are not steering in this direction • Evaluation frameworks favor medical interventions over HR and meeting-intensive community involvement • Missing clear standardized M&E framework for monitoring ACSM activities & quantifying impact for performance-based funding mechanisms • Community with limited access to high-level discussions

  5. Constraints & challenges • Literacy around TB limited • TB as preventable, rather than inevitable • TB IC as patients / health care worker safety • Effect of stigma • Limited capacity • National: technical support for planning, developing partnerships and proposals • Sub-national: limited capacity for multi-lateral initiatives & partnerships with local organizations • Community: NGO/CBO/PLHIV network has limited capacity to expand activities and campaigns; very limited networks of TB survivors • Community networks (local lay health workers – e.g. ASHA, village health worker) often not utilized for either disease

  6. Opportunities • Leverage extensive HIV community involvement for TB • Grow community involvement for TB and use this to also support TB/HIV activities

  7. Way forward • NTP, NAP and partners • Promote clients empowerment (NTP)(eg Clients charter) • Sensitize of lay workers, PLHIV groups, HRG groups, labor/workplace community groups. • Promote treatment/TB-HIV literacy among community • Include TB in NGO/CBO activities for most-affected populations • Document and disseminate successes • Engage untapped networks of lay health workers for both diseases

  8. Way forward • Technical partners • Support capacity NTP/NAP – programs to engage civil society (sub-national) • Develop national consultants to support planning and partnerships • Advocating with donors to support community involvement • Develop M&E framework for community involvement that donors agree on • Develop evidence on risk of TB, infection control to community • PLHIV groups • Promote treatment/TB-HIV literacy • Include TB in all advocacy agenda.

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