ES4: MOBILIZE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP TO IDENTIFY AND SOLVE HEALTH

PROBLEM

CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT

The Global Plan recommends a variety of ways in which communities should be more deeply
engaged in the various aspects of the TB response.
The National TB Control Programme (NTP) is managed by a central team at the National Center
for Disease Prevention and Control of the Department of Health. This team develops policies and
plans and provides technical guidance to regional and provincial/city-level NTP management
teams, overseeing the implementation of the programme at the municipal and barangay levels
based on NTP policies and standards.

METHODOLOGY

Data submitted to the central NTP team were consolidated and summarized. Descriptive
statistics were used to analyse the data. As case finding and treatment outcome data for drug-
resistant TB are not fully integrated into the system, they are not included in this report. Data for
pulmonary TB (PTB) cases previously treated were disaggregated by case classification starting
only in 2008 and are only reported for 2008 to 2011.

IDENTIFICATION OF SYSTEM PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS

Partnering with academic community: Academic experts have always played an essential role in
the global TB response, from conducting research and educating the next generations of leaders,
to influencing technical guidelines and providing sources of expert advice to government
officials and policymakers.

Partnering with Private Healthcare System: People in many countries prefer private sector health
care because of its ease of access and the perception of higher quality. In a number of countries
in Asia, a substantial proportion of people with symptoms of TB, including the poor, seek care
first at private clinics. A priority then is to ensure that the TB care provided in the private health
sector is actually of high quality.

Partnering with Labor Unions: NTPs should work with labor unions to create and enforce
workplace provisions that reduce the risk of exposure to TB and provide access to care and
support for those affected by TB, including for TB prevention.

COALITION DEVELOPMENT
Since the UN Political Declaration was endorsed by heads of state, members of parliament
(MPs) around the world have mobilized to take the outcomes of the declaration back to national
parliaments for implementation.
Parliamentarians are holding governments accountable through the creation of national TB
caucuses, which are independent networks of MPs within the countries. These caucuses are a
powerful channel through which to raise awareness on TB and consequently on the UNHLM
targets.
FORMAL AND INFORMAL PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT

Partnering with industry outside the health sector: is needed in the fight to end TB in two ways:
by ensuring their workplaces follow best practices for preventing TB transmission and for
providing TB care and support to staff and their families, and by undertaking CSR activities. TB
predominantly affects people in their most productive years, and certain industries in particular
(e.g., mining, health care) have rates of TB transmission that are significantly higher than
average. Industries and businesses, especially those that are labour-intensive, need to adopt non-
discriminatory recruitment and retention policies, promote infection-free and safe workplaces,
and provide staff and their families with good-quality, affordable TB diagnostic, treatment and
notification services. NTPs and TB organizations can partner with businesses to provide staff
training and to assist in the development of workplace TB programmes, establishing links
between those programmes and the health system