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Advocacy activities of the Advocacy activities of the National TB Program (NTP) National TB Program (NTP)

Jaime Y. Lagahid, MD, MPH

Director III, Infectious Disease Office National Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Department of Health

• Official communication handle of the NTP

Official communication handle of the NTP

• DOH

DOH’ ’s s re re-

• energized fight against TB

energized fight against TB

• Collaborative effort among DOH and

Collaborative effort among DOH and

Local Government Units ( Local Government Units (LGUs LGUs) ) Philippine Coalition Against TB (PhilCAT) Philippine Coalition Against TB (PhilCAT) Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ( Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ( PhilHealth PhilHealth) ) Comprehensive and Unified Policy for TB Control Comprehensive and Unified Policy for TB Control

• Government and private agencies

Government and private agencies Donor agencies Donor agencies – – JICA, WHO, USAID, GFATM, WVDFI JICA, WHO, USAID, GFATM, WVDFI

• Refers to a special group dedicated to take care TB

Refers to a special group dedicated to take care TB symptomatics symptomatics and TB patients and TB patients

• Initially, includes the health workers in the

Initially, includes the health workers in the Barangay Barangay Health Stations and the Rural Health Units Health Stations and the Rural Health Units

• With

With TB network

TB network,

, EVERYONE EVERYONE in the community who in the community who wish to help in the wish to help in the administration administration and and financing financing of DOTS

• f DOTS

will be involved will be involved

• EVERYONE

EVERYONE refers to family and relatives of the TB refers to family and relatives of the TB patient, church organizations, civic organizations, NGOs, patient, church organizations, civic organizations, NGOs, schools, companies and corporations schools, companies and corporations

Information regarding TB network are disseminated through Information regarding TB network are disseminated through

Print ads, Radio & TV commercials Print ads, Radio & TV commercials as endorsed by as endorsed by the Secretary of Health the Secretary of Health

Public-Private Mix DOTS Installation Package involves Advocacy

• Preparatory visit
• Central Planning Workshop
• Initial publicity
• DOTS advocacy symposium
• DOTS Training
• Meeting for signing of the Memorandum
• f Understanding
• Launching

Advocacy Symposium

Speakers Participants

Trainings

Training on NTP-MOP for DOTS Provider Basic Microscopy Training DOTS Training for Referring Physicians

Celebration of the World TB day (March Celebration of the World TB day (March 13, 2005) 13, 2005)

• Distribution of WHO Information Kits, Fact

Distribution of WHO Information Kits, Fact sheets sheets

• Testimonies from cured TB patients

Testimonies from cured TB patients

• Distribution of other IEC materials like T

Distribution of other IEC materials like T-

• shirts,

shirts, pamphlets, posters, flyers, caps, vests, pamphlets, posters, flyers, caps, vests, brochures, hand bands, pins, sun visors and etc. brochures, hand bands, pins, sun visors and etc.

• Promotion and production of the DOTS Jingle for

Promotion and production of the DOTS Jingle for all NTP activities at the national, regional and all NTP activities at the national, regional and municipal levels municipal levels

• Recognition of Outstanding DOTS

Recognition of Outstanding DOTS Implementors Implementors in the public and private in the public and private sector sector Triad of Triad of

• outstanding DOTS facility
• utstanding DOTS facility
• outstanding treatment partner
• utstanding treatment partner
• cured TB patient

cured TB patient

Celebration of the National TB Day Celebration of the National TB Day (August 19, 2005) (August 19, 2005)

Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis Annual Convention

• Three days duration
• Convenes the public and private sectors to

inform them of the initiatives of the government and of the coalition

– Public-Private Mix DOTS – Community-based DOTS – TB Out-patient Benefit Package

• Conducted in coordination with DOH,

Medical societies and the private sector

Global Fund Social Mobilization on Tuberculosis Project

• Advocacy and social mobilization efforts

Advocacy and social mobilization efforts led to the development of task forces in led to the development of task forces in selected selected barangays barangays. .

Task Forces

• Task forces are multi

Task forces are multi-

• sectoral

sectoral groups groups formed to empower the community to formed to empower the community to participate in the TB program participate in the TB program

• Multi

Multi-

• sectoral

sectoral groups are composed of the groups are composed of the volunteer health workers, retired volunteer health workers, retired government employees, cured TB government employees, cured TB patients, etc patients, etc

Functions of the Task Force Members

• Act as treatment partners

Act as treatment partners

• Increase the awareness of the community

Increase the awareness of the community regarding TB to improve health seeking regarding TB to improve health seeking behavior of TB behavior of TB symptomatics symptomatics

• Advocate to the Local Government

Advocate to the Local Government Executives for resources Executives for resources

1.

• 1. Inclusion of the Health Promotion Component

Inclusion of the Health Promotion Component in the revised 2005 Manual of Procedures in the revised 2005 Manual of Procedures 2.

• 2. Lectures and advocacy of NTP

Lectures and advocacy of NTP-

• DOTS to private

DOTS to private companies companies 3.

• 3. Revision and Creation of IEC materials through

Revision and Creation of IEC materials through the support of the Philippine Business for Social the support of the Philippine Business for Social Progress as supported by the TIPS Project Progress as supported by the TIPS Project -

• USAID

USAID

Other Advocacy activities in the Other Advocacy activities in the DOH for the NTP DOH for the NTP

Plan of Activities for 2006 Plan of Activities for 2006

1.

• 1. Training of Health Education and Promotion

Training of Health Education and Promotion Officers on Advocacy and Communications for Officers on Advocacy and Communications for NTP NTP

• 2. Formation of volunteer groups (TB
• 2. Formation of volunteer groups (TB-
• DOTS

DOTS Advocates & Student Advocates & Student-

• Employees Group)

Employees Group)

• 3. Inventory and updating of
• 3. Inventory and updating of IECs

IECs

• 4. Creation and promotion of appropriate IEC
• 4. Creation and promotion of appropriate IEC

materials to specific target groups like children, materials to specific target groups like children, adults, MDRTB, general public, PPMD units, adults, MDRTB, general public, PPMD units, etc. etc.

Partners in Advocacy Partners in Advocacy

GFATM GDF

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