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Title: Afghanistan STOP TB Partnership


1
AfghanistanSTOP TB Partnership
  • Professor Obaidullah Obaid,
  • Chair, Stop TB Coordinating Board
  • 24th 2009 Rio De Janeiro

2
Feeling the need
  • Afghanistan TB Partners Forum, 38TH Union
    Conference on 18-22 October 2008 in Paris, France

3
Follow up of Paris event
  • Initiative by WHO Afghanistan
  • Consultation with Excellency Minister of Public
    Health and National TB Control Program
  • Seeking guidance of both in identifying the
    potential members of the Board
  • Guideline received from Regional partnership
    office in EMRO

4
Objectives
  • Sustained political Commitment to Fight TB in
    Afghanistan
  • Resource mobilization
  • Policy guidelines to NTP/MoPH

5
Meeting of the Core Team
  • 2nd meeting of the group
  • Meeting chaired by Excellency Deputy Minister/
  • Stop TB Coordinating Board Representative/EMRO
  • - The documentation (TORs) of the group was
    discussed and approved

6
Outcome of the meeting
  • Member finalized according to the constituencies
  • Chair/Vice Chair elected through transparent
    process
  • WHO was asked to host the secretariat and be the
    Executive Secretary. Temporarily
  • Funding from Canadian international Development
    Agency secured through WHO

7
Good will Ambassador selected
Taekwondo athlete Rohullah Nikpa made history
when won bronze during the Beijing Olympics 2008,
the first medal in Afghanistans Olympic history.
8
Meeting of the Chair and the Executive Secretary
with RD
  • Briefing RD on the progress
  • Requesting continued support from WHO

9
Official launching of the partnership
10
Preparations for the WTBD
11
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12
Thank You Very Much
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