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The Challenge Facility for Civil Society
The Stop TB Partnership Secretariat has established a Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS). This Facility will provide financial support to small groups of civil society organizations such as NGOs, self-help groups and women's groups seeking to make the collective voice of the TB community heard. It is targeted at civil society groups operating at the grass roots level and seeking to shape policy-making at local and national levels by giving a voice to people living with TB and those involved in their care. Their activities are expected to increase awareness among the policy makers to enhance the resources allocated to TB control and improve access by the public, particularly the poorest sections of society to available public health infrastructure, especially that for TB. The pilot stage of the CFCS begins on World TB Day 2007 and will have duration of one year with a total budget of US$200,000. Proposals are invited from civil society organizations. The deadline for receipt of completed proposals including all supporting documents is 22 May at 23:59 GMT. Proposals received will be sent to a selection committee made up of representatives from NGOs from developed and developing countries, the community affected by TB, NTP managers, and the WHO Stop TB Department. This committee will evaluate the bids received by the Secretariat and select the winners. The winning proposals will collectively represent the top ranked proposals until the limit of US$200,000 is reached. All the winners will be announced on the web site in the first week of August 2007. A grant in the range of US$5,000 to US$20,000 will be awarded to the winners who would also agree to provide a one-page report to the Stop TB Partnership Secretariat on the outcome of their activities, together with a short statement of funds received and spent. Once the concept for this new mechanism has been proven and operating procedures refined, new rounds of the Facility, each for duration of one year, will be held, subject to the availability of funds. The Challenge Facility will be launched on World TB Day 2007. An assessment of the performance of the Facility will be undertaken after the pilot round of one year has been completed. |
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INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: Italian health authorities trace flights of American with rare form of tuberculosisAfrican Nations Should Allocate Enough Funds, Implement Policies To Meet MDGs, Including Goals To Combat AIDS, TB, Malaria, Advocates Say[Apr-16-2007]African countries should allocate sufficient funds and implement appropriate policies to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, which include targets to reduce HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, advocates said last week, Inter Press Service reports. Representatives from 143 member organizations of the African Civil Society Coalition on HIV/AIDS and Allies at the summit of African Union health ministers in Johannesburg, South Africa, urged African governments to set aside 15% of their national budgets for health care, as well as engage civil society and ministers to mobilize resources to combat TB. Countries also should aim during the next 10 years to bridge the funding gap for TB control of almost $11 billion, the coalition said. "We cannot meet the MDGs at this pace," Regis Mtutu of the Treatment Action Campaign said, adding, "We need to double up our efforts through some extraordinary work, particularly in the areas of HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria." The coalition presented a petition with the recommendations to the A.U. commission for health (Nduru, Inter Press Service, 3/12). "TB patients: Some don’t... some do, Some won’t... some will"The Lancet (www.thelancet.com)We read with interest the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC) published in the November, 2006 issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases (1). Focusing primarily on essential activities that all practitioners - public and private- should endorse regarding the management of patients diagnosed with suspected or confirmed tuberculosis, the ISTC brings to the forefront the responsibilities of all providers in delivering quality care to their patients. However, of equal interest is the recent publication of The Patients Charter for Tuberculosis Care (2) which addresses the rights and responsibilities of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis and which was developed in tandem with the ISTC. ...
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Today Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, called for a collective response to MDR and XDR-TB