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Where are we in ACS at Country Level?. Thaddeus Pennas Stop TB Partnership Secretariat. History Meetings / Trainings. HBC Needs Assessment 2002 Cancun Consultation Johannesburg Geneva Working Group Meeting (Feb 05) EURO needs assessment workshop (Jan '05)
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Where are we in ACS at Country Level? Thaddeus Pennas Stop TB Partnership Secretariat
HistoryMeetings / Trainings • HBC Needs Assessment 2002 • Cancun Consultation • Johannesburg • Geneva Working Group Meeting (Feb 05) • EURO needs assessment workshop (Jan '05) • ACS/GFATM training workshop (Cairo '05) • AMRO need assessment workshop (Santa Cruz '05) • Mexico City Sub Group Meeting • Global Plan 2 outline drafted • ACS Sub-Group Workplan drafted
Recommendations Strengthen Stop TB A-C Team Create ACS-WG Improve Capacity Develop ACS Strategy Develop M&E indicators Technical Assistance to HBC's Document Best Practices Engage NTP's Enable patient associations Actions Focal points created and trained ACS-WG formed 10 regional based consultants trained ACS strategy created Draft indicators ready TA structure created Peru, Vietnam and others NTP's engaged—Needs Assessed TBTV, LHL, STB focal point Recommendations for ActionCancun July 2003
Stop TB Partnership Secretariat Advocacy and Communications Team A diagram of interrelated work streams, tools and processes (level 1) Strategic Communication Initiative A/C Working Group: Goal: Communications accepted as an integral part of the DOTS Strategy Development of Communication Pedagogy Goal: Evidence driven ACS workplans targeting sustainable behavioral change at the lowest organizational level designed to achieve measurable results Objective: Development and usage of technically sound, integrated, sustainable and cost effective communication workplans and interventions for ACS Technical Support Monitoring and Evaluation Goal: Formation of country-level communication partnerships/task forces to design guide/implement communication interventions Partnership building/training/ support
Geneva Working Group Meeting Feb. 2005 • Working Group Launched • Sub Group meeting • Review status of ACS country level • Recommended creation of ACS workplan • Input to initial Global Plan 2 outline • Agreement that ACS needs to be better defined.
On the Horizon • EMRO Training Workshop (Pakistan '05) • Publish ACS Guidelines and Frameworks • Global Plan 2 • ACS WG 5 year work plan • SEARO NTP mini workshop (Dec '05) • Technical Assistance for GFATM round 5 grantees and others • AFRO needs assessment workshop (Jan '06) • SEARO need assessment workshop (07) • GFATM round 6 support • ACS country and regional focal points