20 Apr Joint TB Program Review in Tanzania
[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_single_image image=”2977″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”” css=”.vc_custom_1587339514516{padding-bottom: 32px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Tanzania is implementing a Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program Strategic Plan V 2015-2020 which expires at the end of June 2020. Stop TB Partnership community, rights and gender (CRG) officer provided technical assistance during the program review to assess the extent to which TB CRG related activities within the national TB strategic plan have been implemented and to make recommendations for the program’s strategic direction and CRG focus for the next implementation cycle for TB.
Stop TB CRG participation ensured that findings and recommendations from the CRG assessments, supported by the Strategic Initiative grant, are included into the program review report, which will eventually inform the new National Strategic Plan and Global Fund application processes.
It was learned that there is adequate enabling environment for scale-up of community participation, advocacy and removal of human rights and gender barriers. CRG assessments and operational plan are available to inform human rights and gender strategic interventions in Tanzania.
People with TB and TB/HIV experience socio-economic, legal, and gender barriers to access TB services. It was recommended that Tanzania improves support for participatory community interventions that are people-centered, human-rights-based and gender-transformative. Multisectoral approaches need to be scaled-up to ensure implementation and the provision of adequate resources for effective interventions. Capacity of all key TB response actors must be built regarding human rights, medical ethics and legal literacy.
Stigma and discrimination reduction interventions are needed, as well as community-based monitoring and evaluation of service delivery quality, including stigma, discrimination, confidentiality, privacy and informed consent.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]