TBHIV Working Group

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TB/HIV Working Group

• Working Groups Collaboration to Raise and Enhance
  Awareness of TB/HIV
• Colleen Daniels
• Technical Officer
• TB/HIV Advocacy Communications
• WHO
• November 5, 2007

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TB/HIV Working Group

• Advocacy and Communication Objectives
• Enhance visibility of TB/HIV and infection
  control, among HIV/AIDS stakeholders, in
  particular, civil society and community groups
• Enhance TB/HIV and infection control
  communication
• Mainstream TB/HIV and infection control into HIV
  campaigns

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TB/HIV Working Group

• Ensure the key messages on TB/HIV are being
  disseminated to civil society and others.
• Promote ways that civil society can be involved
  in raising awareness and calling for change. -
  UNGASS and UNAIDS PCB
• Disseminate best practice and success stories so
  countries can learn from each other. Promote
  information sharing between WG members, between
  the WGs and the Secretariat

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TB/HIV Working Group

• Work with civil community groups, TB/HIV activist
  groups, broader civil society to ensure they are
  informed and work toward scaling up
  implementation of the 12 collaborative
  activities.
• Ensure that civil society has relevant, timely
  information to contribute to international
  decision-making processes and international
  events such as UNGASS, UNAIDS PCB, IAS Mexico,
  the Stop TB Partnership regional dialogues, World
  AIDS and World TB Days.
• Identify organizations and individuals who can
  facilitate the involvement of national public
  health and medical associations in raising the
  awareness and issues around TB/HIV.
• Ensure that key messages are being disseminated
  at events such as UNGASS, IAS Mexico, World AIDS
  Day through as many different types of media as
  is feasible.

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TB/HIV Working Group

• Key Events
• World AIDS Day 2007 and 2008
• World TB Day 2008
• UNAIDS PCB - 2008
• UNGASS - 2008

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TB/HIV Working Group

• Key Events
• IAS Mexico - 2008
• Work with civil society to send in TB/HIV session
  requests to community, leadership and scientific
  tracks. Work with the Stop TB Partnership and
  community group partners to get place in the
  Global Village
• - set of workshops (skills building, finding
  solutions to challenges, best practices and good
  models already in place, research needs and
  building capacity for civil society to respond)

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TB/HIV Working Group
Email tbhiv_at_who.int