TBTEAM Meetings
Meeting on National TB Strategic and Technical Assistance Planning
Luxor, Egypt | 11-14 December 2011
The objectives of the meeting on national strategic planning (NSP) for TB control for the Eastern Mediterranean were i) to describe and discuss each of the five key components of the NSP as well as the consistency among these components, ii) to highlight and discuss the utilization of the WHO Budgeting and Costing Tool in the development of the budget plan, iii) to explain the TBTEAM instruments to establish a technical assistance plan, iv) to review and discuss the NSPs’ outlines of the participating countries and v) to initiate a momentum for the development, revision and improvement of the NSPs for TB control. The meeting took place in Luxor, Egypt on 11 to 13 December 2011 and was attended by 18 participants representing nine countries: Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria and Tunisia. The meeting was facilitated by staff from EMRO/STB Unit and WHO/STB-HQ. The participants were informed, at the opening session, on the new transitional funding mechanism of the Global Fund (GF) and its inherent requirements. As all the participating countries, except Libya, are implementing GF grants from previous rounds, they were urged to seriously consider the reprogramming of the activities planned for the phase 2 of their grants. The first day of the meeting was devoted to reviewing and discussing each of the components that needs to be included in a NSP, namely: the national strategic core plan, the budget plan, the monitoring and evaluation plan, the operational plan and the technical assistance plan. A specific session was devoted to the utilization of the WHO Budgeting and Costing Tool in planning.
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Regional Workshop on TB Control Planning, Implementation and Monitoring
Jakarta, Indonesia | 29-31 May 2012
The focus of the workshop was to support countries in their strategic planning, so that they continue receiving funding from global fund (through phase 2 renewals) and to prepare the process for potential applications to the future funding opportunities from the GF. The meeting was attended by participants from all 11 member countries of the South East Asian region, several partners working in the region, representatives of the global fund and WHO staff from the regional and country offices. Updates were made on the implementation of MDR-TB response, TB/HIV and introduction of new lab diagnostics in the region. Representatives from the GF presented the changes in the GF Secretariat structure and functions and the potential scenarios for the future funding opportunities. It was highlighted that funding gaps well defined and linked to robust national strategic TB plans will be essential for any future release of funding through the GF. Participants then went through the various exercises and group work on the framework necessary for the development of robust national strategic TB plans including operational and technical assistance plans, M&E plans and comprehensive budget plans including well defined gaps.
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ANNUAL TBTEAM MEETING - 2012
Geneva, Switzerland | 20 - 21 June 2012
The Global Fund is one of the most important sources of external funding for national TB control programmes. The strategy of the Global Fund is undergoing a transition that involves rethinking the grant renewals process. It is essential that TB programmes have access to relevant technical assistance to move through this process and secure the necessary financial resources. Given the recent economic crisis and thus, the changes in funding opportunities, TBTEAM has been increasing its collaboration role with partners, and specifically with the Global Fund to assist in providing the best technical assistance at country level.
The Annual TBTEAM Meeting was organized by the World Health Organization under the auspices of the Stop TB Partnership on 20 and 21 June 2012. A total of 86 participants participated from 38 countries sharing their best practices and providing valuable discussion on the impact technical assistance has not only on Global Fund grants, but on all activities related to the National TB programme. Ways to further analyse the TBTEAM database and harmonize it with other sources, such as the Global Fund were also discussed in length. Discussants also contributed to the importance on having sound and comprehensive national TB strategic plans, building country capacity and therefore be able to use their own resources for provision of technical assistance rather than be reliant on the Global Fund especially in light of the recent changes in funding mechanisms.
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Regional Workshop On National Strategic Planning for Tuberculosis Control for the European Region
Chisinau, Moldova | 8-11 October 2012
This workshop focussed on identifying and discussing the key principles in order to establish an appropriate NSP. Specifically the meeting objectives included: 1) description and explanation of the key components of the NSP; 2) discussing the content of each component of the NSP and how to ensure the consistency within the NSP; 3) appropriately use the WHO budgeting and costing tool in the development of the budget plan and the TBTEAM tools to establish a technical assistance plan; 4) reviewing the existing NSPs of the participating countries following the principles highlighted above and 5) initiating the improvement of country’s NSPs. Additionally the workshop was used in order to present and discuss the TB strategic investment framework within the context of the Global Fund new funding model, as well as discuss phase 2 renewal processes and opportunities. The Global Fund also facilitated a discussion on the challenges of and opportunities for PMDT scale up in countries of the region.
Furthermore, WHO HQ took the opportunity to have NTP and country representatives from the high priority European countries to present the initial proposal for the post-2015 strategy and targets for care and control of TB and discussions revolved on the way forward. The majority of participants were agreeable to the framework and provided supplementary comments to take into consideration during the draft of the new document.
The participating countries were Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan and were represented by the NTP manager and the relevant professional(s) involved in NSP development including Global Fund, KNCV, TB CARE and the Pan American regional office.
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Regional Workshop on National Strategic Planning for Tuberculosis control for the African region
Nairobi, Kenya | 15-18 October 2012
The workshop took place in Nairobi, Kenya and was attended by approximately 70 participants from 27 African countries: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The participants included representatives of the national TB programme, WHO national profiessions officers for TB control and the TBCARE officers who are based in 10 participating countries. Specifically the meeting objectives of the workshops included: 1) description and explanation of the key components of the NSP including consistency throughout; 2) explain the methodology in developing robust NSPs, 3) to provide knowledge and skills participants on a methodology through simulation exercises and 4) to initiate a momentum for the development, revision or improvement of NSPs for TB control, especially in the light of the new Global Fund scheme of releasing funding. The workshop guided countries through the process of developing sound National Strategic Plans for TB control in order to strengthen NTP management and prepare for resource mobilization (funding and technical assistance). Presentations were made on the overall purpose and methodology of strategic planning, the TB planning and budgeting tool, TBTEAM coordination of technical assistance for GF grant implementation and support to NTPs TBCARE support to NTPs and the GF new funding model and strategic investment framework.
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