ACSM Working Group Joint Core Group Meeting

15 October 2008 - Paris, France



The two Core Groups of the ACSM Working Group (Global Advocacy and ACSM at Country Level) will hold their annual meeting in Paris, prior to the 39th Union World Union Conference on Lunch Health. There will be a joint Core Group plenary in the morning to discuss the future of the ACSM Working Group, followed by separate Core Group meetings to discuss direction and priority action plans for the respective Sub Groups in 2009.

Draft agendas

ACSM Working Group joint Core Group meeting draft agenda

ACSM at Country Level Core Group meeting draft agenda

Advocacy Core Group meeting draft agenda

Venue

L'Hôtel du Ministère
31, rue de Surène - 75008 Paris
Tél.: +33 (0)1 42 66 21 43
http://www.ministerehotel.com/us/page4.html

Official meeting notes

Note from ACSM Country Level Core Group Meeting

Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization Working Group Meets in Cape Town

5-6 November 2007 - Cape Town, South Africa

The Stop TB Partnership's Working Group on Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization held its first full meeting since the Working Group's launch in 2005. The two-day meeting, which was held prior to the Union World Conference on Lung Health, was attended by close to 100 participants, including members of the Working Group as well as other interested parties.

More information

Annual meeting of the Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization Subgroup at Country Level

27-29 September 2006
Milan, Italy.

This is a very important meeting of the Subgroup as we begin to implement the 10 Year Strategic Framework for Action and look towards establishing an integrated mechanism to roll out technical assistance and supporting countries and regions in the development and implementation of their ACSM strategies.

The subgroup meeting will be held in collaboration with a meeting of the Task Force on Community Involvement in TB Control created at last year Subgroup meeting.

2nd Meeting of the Subgroup on Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization at Country Level

27-29 September 2006
Marriot Hotel
Milan Italy

Meeting held in conjunction with a meeting of the Task Force on Community Involvement in TB Control

List of participants

FINAL AGENDA

Chair: Dr Roberto Tapia-Conyer
Secretary: TBD

Wednesday, 27 September

Meeting to start upon the conclusion of the Task Force on Community Involvement in TB Control Meeting.

14:00-14:30 - Session 1: Opening ceremonies and introductions.
Welcome: Dr Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Vice-Minister of Health, Mexico Dr Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary, Stop TB Partnership
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14:30-15:30 - Session 2: Progress towards achieving the 10-Year ACSM Strategic Framework at Country Level: reflections of the present and an outlook to the future.
Presentation 1: Overview of the ACSM Working Group
(P. Sommerfeld/T. Pennas)
Discussion and formulation of recommendations

15:30-15:45 - Coffee Break

15:45-16:45 - Session 3: Implementing component 5 of the Stop TB Strategy: the WHO policy guidance to NTPs on civil society and patient-affected communities.
Presentation 1: Outline of pending guideline (H. Getahun)
Discussion and formation of recommendations.
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16:45-17:15 - Session 4: Integration of Community Care, the International Standards and the Patients' Charter for Tuberculosis into ACSM.
Presentation 1: Overview of progress (C. Gordon)

18:30 - Reception

Thursday, 28 September

9:00-9:30 - Session 5: Report from the Task Force on the International Standards for TB Care.
Presentation 1: Report from the Task Force (F. du Melle)
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9:30-10:45 - Session 6: Community-Based TB Care Guidelines: A CBTC Task Force report to the ACSM-SG.
Presentation 1: Review of Task Force findings (G. Gargioni)
Discussion and formulation of policy recommendations
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10:45-11:00 - Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 - Session 7: From DOTS to the Stop TB Strategy: Revising TB Guidelines to include ACSM.
Discussion: WHO will be updating a series of guidelines to incorporate elements of the new Stop TB Strategy (for example: WHO's TB Handbook, Program review guidelines, etc). What ACSM elements should be included in these new guidelines? What are the ACSM-SG recommendations?
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12:30-13:30 - Lunch Break

13:30-15:30 - Session 8: From Proposal to Implementation - Converting
GFATM/ACSM grants into viable programs.
Presentation 1: Status report on GFATM/ACSM funding (T. Pennas)
Presentation 2: Status Report on ACSM at Country Level (T. Siraa)
Presentation 3: Challenges to implementation: A country perspective (TBD)
Discussion: Formation of recommendations and policy guidance
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15:30-15:45 - Coffee Break

15:45-18:30 - Session 9: Monitoring and Evaluation for ACSM.
Presentation 1: Communication and Social Mobilization Indictors (TBD)
Discussion: How to take forward the standardization of ACSM indicators?
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18:30 - End of Session

Friday, 29 September

9:00-9:30 - Review of decisions and recommendations from Day 1 and 2.

9:30-10:30 - Session 10: Sustaining the gains and accelerating ACSM expansion to achieve Framework targets.
Discussion: How will component 5 of the Stop TB Strategy be modelled within the context of the Framework? What are the priorities in ACSM technical support? Is the ACSM-SG on the correct path towards advancing the integration of ACSM into the Stop TB Strategy?
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10:30-10:45 - Coffee Break

10:45-11:30 - Session 11: Communicating Extreme Drug Resistance (XDR).
Presentation 1: (W. Walton)
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12:30-13:30 - Lunch Break

13:30-15:30 - Session 12: Governance.
1) Elections of core group members
2) Budgeting and finance
3) Agenda items for future meetings
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15:30 - Meeting adjournment

Closing Reception.