09 Feb Building Regional Capacity on Integrating Community Rights and Gender in TB Programming
[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”2″ up=”20″ down=”20″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”nivo” interval=”3″ images=”2902,2903,2905″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Fourth Regional Capacity Building Forum strengthens the capacity of stakeholders to engage with the Global Fund grant-making processes to advance human rights and gender, 27 – 28 August 2019, Kenya
KELIN, Kenya provided a platform for healthcare workers and law enforcement officers from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia to share their personal and professional experiences on removing legal barriers that affect key and vulnerable populations from accessing health services. The purpose of the forum was to ensure that key national players were aware of the challenges facing the healthcare and law enforcement sectors concerning addressing gaps in HIV, TB, human rights and the law and be enlightened on the existing opportunities to tap into the Global Fund processes and resources. As part of the training, Stop TB Partnership facilitated a module on how countries can roll out of Community Rights and Gender (CRG) assessment tools as well as how countries can elaborate the CRG recommendations into actions that need to be taken prioritizing interventions that are likely to have greater effectiveness and higher impact.
Additionally, stakeholders had the opportunity to discuss recent global developments in the field of HIV & TB as they relate to law enforcement and healthcare workers. They were also supported to develop a holistic and synergized approach to mitigate the impact that HIV and TB have on key populations in their respective countries. Stop TB Partnership urged participants to think about the big picture by linking it to the achievement of the 90:90:90 global targets in ending TB by 2030. This is the first step in the right direction to safeguarding the rights of key populations and people affected by and TB. This, however, must be accompanied by realistic objectives, accurate budgets and sustainable results.
TB-REP 2.0 Regional Workshop on “Practical steps in conducting country assessment of community, rights, gender and stigma dimensions of TB care” 6-8 August 2019, Tbilisi, Georgia
In August 2019 Stop TB Partnership (STP) co-facilitated a CRG orientation regional workshop in collaboration with the Regional EECA Project “Advancing people-centered quality TB care – from the new model of care towards improving DR-TB early detection and treatment outcomes” (TB-REP 2.0), and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. The workshop was attended by participants from Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan representing civil society organizations (CSOs) selected to conduct community, rights, and gender (CRG) assessments in the respective countries. The workshop aimed to familiarize country teams with the STP CRG assessment approach and practical tools that will be used for identification of the key structural barriers for people with TB who are missed or receive delayed care.
Alliance Côte d’Ivoire: Regional Training Workshop on Roll out of Community Rights and Gender (CRG) assessment tools for West and Central Africa countries (Benin, Cameroon and Niger), Abidjan, October 2019
Stop TB Partnership co-facilitated a CRG orientation regional workshop collaboration with Alliance Côte d’Ivoire. The workshop aimed to familiarize country teams with the STP CRG assessment approach and practical tools that will be used for identification of the key structural barriers leading to people with TB who are missed or receive delayed care. The workshop was attended by participants from Benin, Cameroon and Niger represented by National TB Programmes and civil society organizations (CSOs) selected to conduct community, rights, and gender (CRG) assessments in the respective countries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]