Tuesday, September 08, 2015 Perspective on TB/HIV community mobilization in Nigeria: contribution as member of the TB/HIV Core Group Obatunde Oladapo [email protected].

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Perspective on TB/HIV community mobilization in

Nigeria: contribution as member of the TB/HIV Core

GroupObatunde Oladapo

[email protected]: obatunde65

Being a presentation at the 14th Meeting of the TB/HIV Core Group of the WHO Stop TB Partnership,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 11 – 12, 2008

About PLAN

The Positive Life Association of Nigeria (PLAN) is a leading non-governmental PLHIV organization based in Ibadan, Nigeria

PLAN is one of the founding member organizations of the Treatment Action Movement (TAM), the Nigerian coalition of activists and advocates for access to treatment related to HIV, TB and other related diseases.



Overview of presentation

The TORs of Community Representatives in the Core Groups of the WHO Stop TB Partnership.

Activities since being elected into the TB/HIV Working Group

Challenges Recommendations


Community Reps TORs•To participate in the WG activities and communicate community priorities to the WG/CB•To communicate WG/CB priorities to a broader community and build support for them•To conduct trainings or other activities to strengthen the capacity within their communities to increase their awareness about impact of TB.


Activities… The Rapid Response Fund of Nigeria’s

World Bank-assisted HIV/AIDS Project was accessed for linking TB and HIV/AIDS related services in 2 Local Government Areas of Oyo State.

ITPC project on mobilizing PLHIV and Communities .

Study on challenges in TB diagnosis in Health Institutions in Ibadan, Nigeria


Activities …

The 2 Nigerian Community Reps on the STBP Core Groups played prominent roles towards the establishment of the Nigerian Stop TB Partnership.

Efforts are on to ensure the launching of the Partnership in Nigeria.


Conferences attended and publications/presentations

Mobilizing PLHIV and communities engagement in TB and HIV/AIDS-related treatment literacy in Oyo State, Nigeria (AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference, Abstract no. WEPE0097)

Linking HIV/AIDS services with 3 tuberculosis treatment centres in Ibadan North East Local Government Area, Nigeria (AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference, Abstract no. WEPE0091)


Conferences attended and publications/presentations

Study on Challenges in TB Diagnostics in Secondary and Local Government Health Institutions in Ibadan, Nigeria (abstract at the MSF 1-day Symposium on TB Field Diagnostics, Cape Town, November 7, 2007, 38th Union Conference, 2007

Third Open Forum on Key Issues in Tuberculosis (TB) Drug Development, New Delhi, India, May 4 – 6, 2008


Challenges Funding constraints for activities of communities

working on TB/HIV Unstable and unfavorable political climate

– Bureaucracy– Change of guards at the NTP resulting in

truncating processes and interventions Inadequate visibility of persons affected by TB

– Stigma– Low capacity of affected persons and

communities. Inadequate focus on TB in HIV circles Very low CS participation in the National TB

response


Recommendations Employing innovative strategies for

– Mobilizing CBOs for greater involvement in TB/HIV activities

– Building communities capacity to respond to TB/HIV activities

Creating a friendly political climate by– Overcoming bureaucracy (Simplifying protocols,

advocacy, follow-up)

CFCS needs to be expanded/increased to ensure that the impact is felt more in the communities.


Recommendations Need for empowering affected persons and

communities to respond through– Provision of funding for trainings and other activities to

strengthen the capacity within communities

– Support for community representatives to increase awareness about impact of TB in communities

Need to make TB issues more “attractive” to the HIV civil society community.

Need for global coalition of activists and community on TB


We are all in it together!We are all in it together!

Thanks for listening!

Tuesday, September 08, 2015 Perspective on TB/HIV community mobilization in Nigeria: contribution as member of the TB/HIV Core Group Obatunde Oladapo [email protected].

Documents

nigeria slide

tb diagnostics

tb diagnosis

impact of tb

nigeria aids

nigerian stop tb partnership

nigeria abstract

activities of communities