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Perspective on TB/HIV community mobilization in Nigeria: contribution as member of the TB/HIV Core Group. Obatunde Oladapo [email protected] skype: obatunde65 Being a presentation at the 14 th Meeting of the TB/HIV Core Group of the WHO Stop TB Partnership, - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Perspective on TB/HIV community mobilization in
Nigeria: contribution as member of the TB/HIV Core
GroupObatunde Oladapo
[email protected]: obatunde65
Being a presentation at the 14th Meeting of the TB/HIV Core Group of the WHO Stop TB Partnership,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 11 – 12, 2008
About PLAN The Positive Life Association of Nigeria
(PLAN) is a leading non-governmental PLHIV organization based in Ibadan, Nigeria
PLAN is one of the founding member organizations of the Treatment Action Movement (TAM), the Nigerian coalition of activists and advocates for access to treatment related to HIV, TB and other related diseases.
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Overview of presentation The TORs of Community
Representatives in the Core Groups of the WHO Stop TB Partnership.
Activities since being elected into the TB/HIV Working Group
Challenges Recommendations
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Community Reps TORs•To participate in the WG activities and communicate community priorities to the WG/CB•To communicate WG/CB priorities to a broader community and build support for them•To conduct trainings or other activities to strengthen the capacity within their communities to increase their awareness about impact of TB.
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Activities… The Rapid Response Fund of Nigeria’s
World Bank-assisted HIV/AIDS Project was accessed for linking TB and HIV/AIDS related services in 2 Local Government Areas of Oyo State.
ITPC project on mobilizing PLHIV and Communities .
Study on challenges in TB diagnosis in Health Institutions in Ibadan, Nigeria
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Activities … The 2 Nigerian Community Reps on the
STBP Core Groups played prominent roles towards the establishment of the Nigerian Stop TB Partnership.
Efforts are on to ensure the launching of the Partnership in Nigeria.
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Conferences attended and publications/presentations
Mobilizing PLHIV and communities engagement in TB and HIV/AIDS-related treatment literacy in Oyo State, Nigeria (AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference, Abstract no. WEPE0097)
Linking HIV/AIDS services with 3 tuberculosis treatment centres in Ibadan North East Local Government Area, Nigeria (AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference, Abstract no. WEPE0091)
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Conferences attended and publications/presentations
Study on Challenges in TB Diagnostics in Secondary and Local Government Health Institutions in Ibadan, Nigeria (abstract at the MSF 1-day Symposium on TB Field Diagnostics, Cape Town, November 7, 2007, 38th Union Conference, 2007
Third Open Forum on Key Issues in Tuberculosis (TB) Drug Development, New Delhi, India, May 4 – 6, 2008
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Challenges Funding constraints for activities of communities
working on TB/HIV Unstable and unfavorable political climate
– Bureaucracy– Change of guards at the NTP resulting in
truncating processes and interventions Inadequate visibility of persons affected by TB
– Stigma– Low capacity of affected persons and
communities. Inadequate focus on TB in HIV circles Very low CS participation in the National TB
response
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Recommendations Employing innovative strategies for
– Mobilizing CBOs for greater involvement in TB/HIV activities
– Building communities capacity to respond to TB/HIV activities
Creating a friendly political climate by– Overcoming bureaucracy (Simplifying protocols,
advocacy, follow-up) CFCS needs to be expanded/increased to ensure
that the impact is felt more in the communities.
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Recommendations Need for empowering affected persons and
communities to respond through– Provision of funding for trainings and other activities to
strengthen the capacity within communities – Support for community representatives to increase
awareness about impact of TB in communities Need to make TB issues more “attractive” to
the HIV civil society community. Need for global coalition of activists and
community on TB
Saturday, April 22, 2023
We are all in it together!
Thanks for listening!