Past News and Events
Rehabilitation programs for MDRTB patients in Iran
Submitted by the Iranian Stop TB Committee, Iran - August 2010
The Massih Daneshvari Hospital in collaboration with the Iranian Stop TB Committee has organized various rehabilitation programs for MDR TB Patients who were hospitalized for a long period in this hospital. These kinds of activities help patient to cope with the long treatment and to maintain their physical, emotional and psychological ability. For more information, click here [.pdf].
TB Patients Empowerment in Pakistan
Submitted by National TB Control Program, Pakistan - July 2010
The National TB Control Program in Pakistan has designed a Patient Empowerment Program with the objective to establish TB Patients' Groups in four provinces. To start, on 1 July 2010, 10 TB patients (men and women, cured and under treatment) from the Punjab province participated in a one day orientation meeting at Provincial TB Control Programme Lahore to understand and manage TB in a better way. Among other achievements, the group recognized the importance of the Patient Charter and outlined the next steps for its implementation. For more information, click here [.pdf].
Stop TB Partnership Pakistan engages the media as formal partner in fight against TB
Submitted by National TB Control Program, Pakistan - Feb. 2010
Recognizing the important role the media plays in disseminating key TB messages and in influencing policy-makers, the national stop TB partnership in Pakistan has forged an strategic alliance with the country's key media agencies.
The Partnership signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TV channels, a medical journal and a media production and event management company and has laid out each partners' roles in a plan of action. For more information, click here [.pdf].
Nuestra Casa (Our House) exhibit brings on-the-ground reality to global arena
Submitted by Project Concern International - Jan. 2010
Nuestra Casa (Our House in Spanish) is a three-dimensional house built as a movable exhibition to reflects the life and stories of people affected by TB living in the US-Mexican border. The exhibition replicates their dwelling and surroundings and conveys their messages of reality and hope. The exhibition was created by Damien Schumann, famous for "The Shack" - which was a replica of a typical low-income South African dwelling made to raise awareness of TB/HIV.
The project, supported by Project Concern International (PCI) and the US-Mexico Border Health Association, with collaboration from the Mexico National TB Programme was recently exhibited at the World Union Conference on Lung Health in Cancun.
- More about Nuestra Casa [.pdf]
- Reactions to the exhibition from Union Conference participants [.pdf]
A new TB brand and national partnership in Pakistan
Submitted by National TB Control Programme, Pakistan -- Nov. 2009
Included in this update from the ACSM Unit of Pakistan's National TB Control Programme:
- A new TB brand is launched to promote Public-Private partnership.
- The Pakistan Stop TB Partnership is established to bring together national, provincial & international stakeholders at one platform.
- A national TB Ambassador is appointed.
Click here for more information [.pdf].
Folk play to increase TB awareness in Bihar, India
Submitted by ADRA-India -- Nov. 2009
ADRA-India in collaboration with national and district authorities organized a series of folk media shows to raise TB awareness in hard-to-reach areas with low case detection and high defaulter rates. The folk plays were effective entertainment education aimed at giving information on how TB is spread, the importance of completing treatment and the right and responsibility of TB patients.
Click here for more information [.pdf].
ACSM at Union Conference, Europe Region
27-30 May 2009 - Dubrovnik, CroatiaSubmitted by PATH
Advocacy, communication and social mobilization (ACSM) for TB control was featured at the 5th Congress of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Europe Region, at a Symposium organized by PATH. Entitled "Overcoming barriers to TB control in the European region: the role of ACSM", the Symposium aimed at exploring some of the challenges and innovative ACSM solutions that countries and organizations in Europe have developed to improve TB programme performance.
Presentations made during the Symposium addressed some of the important non-technical challenges to TB control in the Region as well as how ACSM interventions can contribute to overcoming TB control barriers. Discussions were held about stigma and discrimination in the health-care system and community and effective ways to combat it.
Presentations from the Symposium
ACSM: your ally in TB prevention and care efforts [.pdf]
Amie Bishop, Senior Program Advisor, Eastern Europe, PATH
Sustaining civil society involvement in a post-Global Fund context: lessons from Estonia [.pdf]
Latsin Alijev, Board member, Project Coordinator, Estonian Network PLWHIV, Estonia
TB/HIV policy monitoring and advocacy from a community perspective [.pdf]
Tamari Trapaidze, MD, Project Coordinator, Welfare Foundation, Georgia
Stigma and discrimination in health care facilities and how to combat it [.pdf]
Dmytro Sherembey, Head of the Department of Communication, Policy and Advocacy, All-Ukrainian Network of PLHA, Ukraine
Strengthening interpersonal communication and counselling skills as a means of reducing treatment default [.pdf]
Svitlana Okromeshko, Program Officer, PATH, USA
Natasha Zaika, MD, Program Officer, PATH, Ukraine
Building partnerships among medical institutions, NGOs, local administrations, and patients in reaching TB control objectives [.pdf]
Oleksanrd Akhtyrskyi, MD, PhD, General Director, Specialized Territorial Medical Association "Phthisiology", Ukraine
Advocacy, communication and social mobilization training in Cambodia
Submitted by PATH -- May 2009
With support from USAID and PATH, the National Tuberculosis Control Programme in Cambodia launched a series of ACSM workshops in May, with more planned in June and July. Workshops aimed at deepening participants' understanding of ACSM and how ACSM can be used to support TB activities. Click here for more information [.pdf].
High-level meeting with Ministry of Health and Professional Organizations
Submitted by PATH -- May 2009
The National Tuberculosis Control Programme in Cambodia held a high-level meeting on TB Public-Private Mix (PPM) DOTS entitled "Involving Professional Organizations in TB Control" on 11 May. Objectives of the meeting included exploring opportunities for coordination, collaboration, and synergies among partners and to define a role the Cambodia Medical Association and the Cambodia Medical Chamber can play in TB PPM. Click here for more information [.pdf].
