Afghanistan STOP TB Partnership

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AfghanistanSTOP TB Partnership

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

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Feeling the need

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

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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

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Objectives

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

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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

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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

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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.
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Meeting of the Chair and the Executive Secretary
with RD

• Briefing RD on the progress
• Requesting continued support from WHO

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Official launching of the partnership
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Preparations for the WTBD
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Thank You Very Much