What kind of technical assistance can be provided by the Country and Community Support for Impact (CCS4i) team?
- Capacity building of local community organizations and people affected by TB partners, and provide funding opportunities through the Challenge Facility for Civil Society, to identify and overcome barriers to access quality TB services, to work with National TB Programs and engage key stakeholders, prioritize strong and active partnerships with local community organizations and and people affected by TB actors in the TB response, conduct advocacy and to create demand for new and innovative services
- Support countries in conducting assessments of stigma and barriers to accessing quality TB services as part of program reviews using quantitative, qualitative and participatory techniques and to find solutions to reduce stigma and increase access.
- Provide support in developing community-led monitoring (of the TB response) interventions to improve the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of TB care and support services, and to hold different TB care and support service providers to account
- Guide countries to develop effective community engagement and stigma action plans to ensure implementation of the recommendations emanating from assessments of barriers to access to increase efficiency and accountability within the TB response
- Support country level Stop TB Partnership platforms to strengthen their governance, organizational capacity and convening power to engage key stakeholders (including celebrities and media), advocate for UNHLM targets and mobilize resources across different state and non-state actors
- Support integration of interventions to overcome stigma and increase access into National TB Strategic Plans and TGF financed programs
Who can get technical assistance?
Stop TB Partnership can provide support to any country.
How to request technical assistance?
Requests can be made through ta@stoptb.org
