Stop TB Partnership: A Global Social Movement

2. What & Why • What? • A global social movement to Stop TB • Why? • Need for multisectoral approach • New opportunities to work in partnership TB, a disease of society

3. Vision & Mission • Vision: A TB-free world • Mission: • Ensure that every TB patient has access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure • Stop transmission of TB • Reduce the inequitable social and economic toll of TB • Develop and implement new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies to stop TB 10 years since DOTS (1993) : 10 Million patients treated

4. Strategic objectives STRENGTHEN Stop TB Partnership EXPAND DOTS ADAPT MDR-TB / TB-HIV IMPROVE New tools

5. History • Stop TB Initiative (1998) • Amsterdam Declarationto Stop TB(March, 2000) • Ministerial delegations from 20 high-burden countries called for Accelerated Action • World Health Assembly (2000) • endorsed targets • endorsed Global Partnership to Stop TB • Washington Commitment (October 2001) • Urgent action is necessary to meet the 2005 goals • The partners are committed to the goals • Partners agree to: • share responsibility • collaborate within the Partnership framework

6. Initiatives 2002–2003: a focus on the countries • Regional and national partnerships • Social mobilization: Increase community awareness about TB, thus increasing demand for services and DOTS detection • Resource mobilization and political advocacy: Support networks in HBCs to sustain and increase political commitment and resources • TB and poverty: Integrate TB into poverty reduction strategies, especially in HIPC • Partner collaboration: bottom-up and two-way communication Milestones: • Evaluation of the Stop TB Partnership (Oct’03) • 2nd Stop TB Partners Forum (Dec’03)

7. W O R K I N G G R O U P S New TB Diagnostics DOTS-Plus MDR-TB New TB Drugs DOTS expansion TB/HIV 18 months after Amsterdam Global Partners Forum WHO Technical Advisory Group Coordinating Board Partnership Secretariat Global TB Drug Facility New TB Vaccines Task Forces: Advocacy & Communications/Financing

8. 10 44 46 22 73 International Organization Governmental Organization - Donor or Technical NGO or Foundation High-burden country Other Partners • Founding members of the Stop TB Initiative: • American Lung Association • American Thoracic Society • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • International Union Against TB and Lung Disease • Royal Netherlands TB Association (KNCV) • World Health Organization • Now about 300 partners and growing 16 Stop TB institutional partners by type

9. TB/ HIV Working Group • Need • Building and maintaining TB/HIV community • Inter-active communication: share experiences and ideas • Sustainable but independent systems • Suggestions for Way forward • Collaborative workspaces (Internet pages) • Discussion Forum (email-based communication) • Internal communication • Create an Ad-hoc group for TB/HIV Communication • Representative to Comm/Adv meeting, Sept’03 • External communication • Advocacy, Branding, Awareness, Soc. Mob, IEC

10. A commitment to innovation • The Partnership is committed to innovation • Novel information products: resource mobilization directory • Support for innovations across the Partnership: ideas, people, resources… Some ideas for doing things differently • Pairing of HBCs and partners • Up-front guarantees of support if countries will commit to aggressive new methods to coordinate TB/HIV: Financial and technical support • Special grants for innovators in developing new approaches: Streamlined application process and reporting requirements • Franchising DOTS: Free drugs, information system and training • Massive recruitment in building human capacity Mail your ideas to: 2005@stoptb.orgor visit www.stoptb.org