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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Tanzania TB Community Network |
| Street 1: | Themi, Nanenane |
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| City: | Arusha |
| Province: | Arusha |
| Post Code: | 6187 |
| Country: | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Phone: | +255 739 210598 |
| Organization Email: | ttcn@ttcn.or.tz |
| Web Site: | http://www.ttcn.or.tz |
| Other Online Presence: | facebook: ttcntanzania, Twitter: TTCN_Tanzania, Instagram: ttcn_tanzania |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | None |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| If yes, please enter your registration number: | 00NGO/R/0614 |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| TTCN is a network of CS, TB survivors and affected communities established in 2017 with the role of promoting networking, coordination, information sharing, learning and dialogue among CS and TB communities. TTCN aims to support improvement of health and wellbeing of communities through coordination, capacity building and promotion of innovative leadership among members to effectively contribute to ending TB in Tanzania. The network thrives to strengthen the engagement and innovation of civil society and TB affected communities to deliver quality TB interventions, create an enabling environment and set up effective and innovative civil society and community groups engagement mechanisms with policy and decision makers in order to promote access to quality, equitable and affordable TB services, also scale up civil society and community groups collective learning and information sharing and exchange for community joint action. |
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| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: | Yes |
Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Civil Society and Community Engagement Delivery of health services and care Engaging political leaders and ensuring inclusive leadership Funding, including innovative and optimized approach to funding TB Care Research and Development Technical Assistance Working on Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Working on Key Populations related to TB |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in TB control provision |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Resource mobilization |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| Since 2017 TTCN has been able to mobilize over 50% CS, TB Survivors and affected communities every year to share experiences, discuss challenges they face which has improved collaboration between Government through National TB Program and Local Government Authorities. In partnership with Amref Health Africa Tanzania a national dialogue for CS and TB affected communities to share experiences and exchange knowledge on the implementation of community based TB interventions was conducted. CS and TB-affected communities in Tanzania are now well coordinated than before leading to increased engagement and representation of TB affected communities, TB survivors and civil societies in the various national and international platforms. In 2021 TTCN engaged and trained media, judicial, and law enforcement officers on CRG issues. Up to 33 officials were identified and trained on TB and human rights. Oriented on the biomedical, social, and economic aspects of the TB epidemic in the country, sensitized on the relationship between TB, human rights and the law, with a focus on national and international laws and policies. Deliberate strategies for effective engagement in the TB response were discussed in including re-conduct the Legal Environmental Assessment to assess what has changed since 2017 and come up with a measure to address the challenges that still exist. In 2022 TTCN in partnership with NTLP conducted a meeting with Tanzania Parliamentary TB Caucus to support TB response by advocating for leadership commitments to increase domestic resources for TB. The MPs through the Caucus chair committed to, urge the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health to prioritize and dedicate adequate funding towards TB, ensure there is social protection for our TB patients (work with ministries of social services and other government arms, donors, CSOs), work with CS and communities both at national and in their constituencies to raise awareness about TB and campaign against stigma and discrimination, advocacy for increased funding. Through this advocacy for the first time the Ministry of Health in June 2022 announced the allocation of 14.6 billion Tanzania shillings (about USD 7.05 million) specifically for TB for the 2022/2023 financial year allocation something which has never happened before. TTCN, MKUTA and Family Welfare Foundation through the CFCS project partnered and developed OneImpact TBKiganjani as a community led monitoring tool for TB. The tool was first piloted in Morogoro and Kigoma and then spread to other regions in the country. OneImpact TBKiganjani has since been used by trained Community Health Workers (CHWs) to collect Data from TB patients for advocacy. In March 2023 TTCN as network of CS and communities was part of the Mid-Term Review (MTR) team for Community rights and gender thematic area field team in Mwanza and Dar Es Salam. TTCN has been further involved in developing NSP Operational Plan that includes recommendations from the MTR. As Stop TB Partnership has accepted to support a consultant to review the National Costed CRG Action Plan, Ahead of the UNHLM in September 2023, TTCN was part of the UNHLM Multstakeholder meeting New York to represent CS and TB affected communities. After the hearing TTCN has organized series of zoom and physical meetings in partnership with Stop TB Partnership Tanzania to mobilize stakeholders to discuss the country progress and preparations or the UNHLM. TTCN is a standing member of the Ministry of Health’s Community TB Technical Working Group (TWG). Its main function is to strengthen community TB care in Tanzania by providing strategic and technical guidance for National TB and Leprosy Program (NTLP). Over the years TTCN has actively engaged in the review and the preparation of NTLP annual plans. This involvement includes ensuring that critical aspects pertaining to civil society organizations and TB affected communities are identified and in alignment with National Strategic Plan and are addressed accordingly in the planning process. |
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Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
United Republic of Tanzania |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB Care Delivery: TTCN is a regional network of Civil Societies (CS) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) that provide services in Tanzania. TTCN supports the role of CS and communities in their responses to TB particularly those representing communities most affected by TB. TTCN aims to support improvement of health and wellbeing of communities through coordination, capacity building and promotion of innovative leadership among members to effectively contribute to ending TB in Tanzania. Since 2017 TTCN has been able to mobilize over 50% CS, TB Survivors and affected communities every year to share experiences, discuss challenges they face which has improved collaboration between Government through National TB Program and Local Government Authorities. In partnership with Amref Health Africa Tanzania a national dialogue for CS and TB affected communities to share experiences and exchange knowledge on the implementation of community based TB interventions was conducted. CS and TB-affected communities in Tanzania are now well coordinated than before leading to increased engagement and representation of TB affected communities, TB survivors and civil societies in the various national and international platforms. In 2021 TTCN engaged and trained media, judicial, and law enforcement officers on CRG issues. Up to 33 officials were identified and trained on TB and human rights. Oriented on the biomedical, social, and economic aspects of the TB epidemic in the country, sensitized on the relationship between TB, human rights and the law, with a focus on national and international laws and policies. Deliberate strategies for effective engagement in the TB response were discussed in including re-conduct the Legal Environmental Assessment to assess what has changed since 2017 and come up with a measure to address the challenges that still exist. In 2022 TTCN in partnership with NTLP conducted a meeting with Tanzania Parliamentary TB Caucus to support TB response by advocating for leadership commitments to increase domestic resources for TB. The MPs through the Caucus chair committed to, urge the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health to prioritize and dedicate adequate funding towards TB, ensure there is social protection for our TB patients (work with ministries of social services and other government arms, donors, CSOs), work with CS and communities both at national and in their constituencies to raise awareness about TB and campaign against stigma and discrimination, advocacy for increased funding. Through this advocacy for the first time the Ministry of Health in June 2022 announced the allocation of 14.6 billion Tanzania shillings (about USD 7.05 million) specifically for TB for the 2022/2023 financial year allocation something which has never happened before. TTCN, MKUTA and Family Welfare Foundation through the CFCS project partnered and developed OneImpact TBKiganjani as a community led monitoring tool for TB. The tool was first piloted in Morogoro and Kigoma and then spread to other regions in the country. OneImpact TBKiganjani has since been used by trained Community Health Workers (CHWs) to collect Data from TB patients for advocacy. In March 2023 TTCN as network of CS and communities was part of the Mid-Term Review (MTR) team for Community rights and gender thematic area field team in Mwanza and Dar Es Salam. TTCN has been further involved in developing NSP Operational Plan that includes recommendations from the MTR. As Stop TB Partnership has accepted to support a consultant to review the National Costed CRG Action Plan, Ahead of the UNHLM in September 2023, TTCN was part of the UNHLM Multstakeholder meeting New York to represent CS and TB affected communities. After the hearing TTCN has organized series of zoom and physical meetings in partnership with Stop TB Partnership Tanzania to mobilize stakeholders to discuss the country progress and preparations or the UNHLM. TTCN is a standing member of the Ministry of Health’s Community TB Technical Working Group (TWG). Its main function is to strengthen community TB care in Tanzania by providing strategic and technical guidance for National TB and Leprosy Program (NTLP). Over the years TTCN has actively engaged in the review and the preparation of NTLP annual plans. This involvement includes ensuring that critical aspects pertaining to civil society organizations and TB affected communities are identified and in alignment with National Strategic Plan and are addressed accordingly in the planning process. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | August 21, 2023 |
| Last updated: | April 8, 2025 |