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On 24 March 2011 the Advocacy Partnership launched its TB/MDR-TB Advocacy Tool Kit. This tool kit is the result of years of experience of TB advocacy in the UK and abroad, lessons we have learned from advocacy trainings, and desk-review. The purpose of the toolkit is to complement the advocacy trainings being delivered by the Advocacy Partnership and to be a resource for future in-country trainings. See resources page.
Advocacy Partnership
The Advocacy Partnership is a UK non-governmental organisation with the specific aim of building the capacity of civil society advocates to impact TB and MDR-TB globally, so that greater weight is brought to bear on those decision-makers who have the power to influence change.
The core activity of the Advocacy Partnership is its Building Citizen Advocacy Project. This project designs and produces tailor made, country specific, interactive training sessions, to define advocacy activities, share learning, develop skills and train trainers, to enable the training to be replicated within the participating countries. The ultimate aim of each training is for participants to take skills to others, so generating greater commitment, and ultimately resources, for TB control at local, district and national levels.
Building Citizen Advocacy for TB and MDR-TB has provided advocacy training and support for participants from a number of TB high-burden countries – India, South Africa, Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan.
The project is run by Sheila Davie, formerly Executive Director of RESULTS UK (www.results-uk.org). She also acts as a trainer for the project. Sheila has more than 20 years’ experience of developing and delivering both grassroots and high-level advocacy, including over 10 years working on TB advocacy.
Advocacy in action
People of Tshwane informed of TB
On 22 March 2011, the Thabo Mwale Foundation worked with representatives of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to host a public event to bring awareness of Tuberculosis (TB) to the community. Over 350 gathered in Ga-Rankuwa Sports Ground to hear more about TB, in particular, how simple infection control measures, such as opening widows at home and on public transport, especially in taxis, to allow air to circulate could protect the public from infectious TB and help save lives. The Department, as part of its TB awareness drive, hosted a TB information session for taxi operators, to educate them on the management and prevention measures of TB. More information.
The Advocacy Partnership is an NGO member of the Stop TB Partnership.
The Advocacy Partnership is a member of the UK Coalition to Stop TB.
The Advocacy Partnership is a UK registered charity number 1123877 and company limited by guarantee, number 6410272.
Currently the Advocacy Partnership is supported by a grant from the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership.