How many people with TB access TB care

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Brief History
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TB Poverty Current Core Group Membership

• Felix Salaniponi
• Karen Bissell
• Karam Shah
• Peter Gondrie
• Diana Weil
• Bertie Squire
• Mushtaque Chowdhury
• Valerie Diaz

Bertha Nhlema Vishnu Kaminemi Abdul
Ghazala Maarten Van Cleef Knut Lonnroth Rachael
Thomson Faruq Ahmed
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The Seven STOP TB Working Groups provide a
focus for coordinated action. Each of the Working
Groups have independent governance mechanisms,
but are working under the umbrella of the Stop TB
Partnership
TB Poverty
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Objectives of Sub-Group / Network for Action on
TB Poverty

• To assist with mainstreaming pro-poor approaches
  in implementation of TB control
• To foster research to inform operations and
  policy on TB and Poverty
• To advocate for pro-poor approaches in TB control
• To initiate and maintain effective linkages with
  other pro-poor initiatives

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TB Poverty Are We Doing Enough? Objectives

• Reach a common understanding of the concept of
  poverty (including measurement and indicators)
• Reflect on the Global Plan to STOP-TB does it
  address poverty enough? (including the expanded
  DOTS strategy)
• Reflect on experience from the field including
  voices from affected people
• Map out a way forward for addressing poverty in
  TB control

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To assist with mainstreaming pro-poor approaches

• 1. Establish the profile of poor and vulnerable
  groups
• 2. Assess the barriers to accessing TB services
  faced by the poor and vulnerable
• 3. Take action to overcome barriers to access
• 4. Work with situations and population groups
  requiring special consideration
• 5. Harness resources for pro-poor TB services
• 6. Assess the pro-poor performance of TB control
  and the impact of pro-poor measures by

WHO/HTM/TB/2005.352 May 2005
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To foster research to inform operations and policy
NB in China This figure is 12-40, but
perception Is 46 - 160
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To advocate for pro-poor approaches in TB Control

• Inclusion of poverty in-
• GP2
• See section 4.3 Box 5 in Part 1
• See specific targets in DEWG strategic plan
• 2010 capacity to monitor extent to which poor
  are included
• 2015 capacity to demonstrate contribution made
  to poverty alleviation
• International Standard of Care
• 36th Union Annual Conference-
• TB Poverty Symposium (21st Oct)
• Plenary by Helene Gayle (20th Oct)

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To initiate and maintain effective linkages with
other pro-poor initiatives

• Joint work between Sub-Group Secretariat and
  EQUINET (Regional Network for Equity in Health in
  east and southern Africa)
• PPM
• Laboratory sub-group