Tuberculosis Advocacy Successes Lucy Chesire 9 th February 2011

1. Tuberculosis Advocacy Successes Lucy Chesire 9th February 2011 Africa Health Conference –Ethoipia

2. Outline of my Presentation • Overview of the ACTION Project • Objectives of the ACTION Project • Key Global Opportunities • Achievements • Importance of Political Advocacy

3. What is ACTION? The Advocacy to Control Tuberculosis Internationally (ACTION) project is an international partnership of advocates working to mobilize resources to treat and prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB), a global disease that kills one person every 20 seconds.

4. ACTION Staff

5. Objectives: ACTION Phase 1 • Develop an advocacy framework to increase financial resources for global TB control efforts from four donor countries — Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. • develop an advocacy framework to overcome key policy constraints for TB control in three HBCs — India, Indonesia and Kenya — by 2008

6. Objectives: ACTION Phase 2 • Mobilize at least $2 Billion in new resources for TB by 2012 by: • Building on advocacy successes to increase bilateral and multilateral funding commitments for TB control • Strengthening TB within underlying policy frameworks • Expanding ACTION’s best practices to France • Achieve at least a 50% increase in resources available for TB control in India and Kenya from both internal and external sources by 2012 • Include TB as a priority for the GFATM • Achieve at least $150 million from new TB financing by the World Bank

7. GOAL: To ensure the flow of resources toward achieving the Global Plan 2015 targets and universal access to TB treatment. Donor-HBC Country Synergies Objective 2: HBCs Increase funding for national TB and TB-HIV efforts by 50%. Objective 1:Donor Countries Mobilize at least $2 Billion in new resources through advocacy efforts. ACTION Activities Chart Objective 3:Global Campaigns Increase TB as a priority for GFATM and achieve at least $150 million in new WB financing for TB. HBC Country Synergies Donor Country Synergies US Canada Japan Kenya India UK France Activity 1: Policy Research and Resource Tracking Activity 2: Implementation of Advocacy Activities Activity 3: Strategy Planning, Coordination, and Evaluation RESULTS Educational Fund, August 2007, Confidential

8. Achievements of the ACTION Project • Helped mobilize approximately US 1 Billion in new resources for global TB control to date • Launch of bilateral TB funding initiatives in Canada- TB REACH 127 Million Usd –over 5 years • Increases in GFATM funding for TB Control • New $66 million World Bank TB labs initiative in East Africa • Expansion of ACTION Project to France – Target of ensuring an EU Strategy on TB • TB-HIV policies launched in India and expanded in Kenya • Launch of first ever UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on TB

9. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria ACTION’s Top Priorities: Driving a bold resource mobilization agenda for the GFATM Improving TB and TB-HIV prioritization • The GFATM is the largest external funder for TB programs, yet TB still relatively small proportion of GFATM grants • Round 8 was the largest funding round (3X previous rounds) • GFATM faces a $4-5 billion funding shortfall—options are restricting demand or more aggressive resource mobilization • ACTION helped orchestrate Board TB/TB-HIV decision point; • Provision of TA for round 10 proposal development; and secretariat/board proactive support • ACTION helping lead multi-country coalition and roles on GF board

10. Political Advocacy: Former UN SG and Special Envoy to Stop TB

11. Political AdvocacyEngaging World Leaders