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  • Highlights from Launch of Regional Community Treatment Observatory

    Highlights from Launch of Regional Community Treatment Observatory

    The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and ITPC West Africa launched the Regional Community Treatment Observatory in West Africa earlier this month, February 8, 2017. The event took place in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, with representatives from all 11 countries to be covered by the new program. See highlights and quotes from key speakers below.

    Need for Community Empowerment Emphasized

    “Civil society is the voice that warns and raises awareness of the real problems of people living with HIV. Everything they’ve done to access treatment, everything they continue to do to ensure there is no stock-out in the medication has to be supported.” – Professor Serges Eholie, Head of Department of Infectious and Tropical Disease Hygiene.

    “It is important that civil society organizations continue to be involved at all levels. This initiative will contribute to the improvement of this.” – Representative of Dr. Raymonde Coffie, Cote d’Ivoire Minister of Health and Public Hygiene.

    Project Empowers Communities to Hold Decision Makers to Account

    “The project will provide more comprehensive data to inform decision-makers. It aims at the production of information, exchange and research in order to provide factual elements for making relevant decisions, including for key populations.” – Astou Diop, Chair of ITPC West Africa Board

    “This project is an excellent alert system.” – Dr. Djeneba Ouattara, Chair of the Country Coordinating Mechanism, Cote d’Ivoire.

    “The Regional Community Treatment Observatory will build an evidence base to show exactly who is being left behind, why they are being left behind, and where in the health system we are failing to deliver quality treatment and service to those who need it. Communities in partnership with key stakeholders will use this information for targeted advocacy, and to propose solutions.” – Solange Baptiste, ITPC Executive Director.

    Film Introduces Community Treatment Observatory Project

    ITPC introduced the project and it’s goals over the next three years in a short-film which was shown for the first time at the launch event.

    Need to Integrate Management of HIV in Health and Community Systems

    “The fact is we need to change our approach. We need to integrate and implement the management of HIV/AIDS within the health systems and the community systems so that a person living with HIV has access to treatment. If we manage to do this I think by 2020 we will have taken a big step forward and 50% more people will have access to treatment.” – Alain Manouan, Community Treatment Monitoring Project Director.

    The launch event was filmed live, and a full recording (in French) is available on our Facebook page.

    Ahead of the launch, ITPC and country partners met to finalize project plans. You can see some highlights and photos from that meeting here.

    Find the latest updates on the Regional Community Treatment Observatory on www.itpcglobal.org and via @ITPCglobal

    ITPC Global

    23 Feb 2017
    Updates
  • Planning Meeting for Regional Community Treatment Observatory

    Planning Meeting for Regional Community Treatment Observatory

    Project Preparations Ahead of Launch Event

    Ahead of the launch of ITPC’s Regional Community Treatment Observatory in West Africa earlier this month, ITPC and country partners gathered for a three-day pre-implementation meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to finalize the project preparations and build on planning processes started in Dakar, Senegal in December 2016.

    The project will develop 11 national and one regional Community Treatment Observatories. The Observatories will empower networks of people living with HIV to systematically collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data on barriers to accessing HIV treatment. The goal over the next three years is to increase access to treatment in the 11 West African countries, which are: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

    “Community monitoring is clearly not a new idea, but investing in communities to sustainably carry out this work is where we, as ITPC, innovate,” explained Solange Baptiste, ITPC Executive Director. “We will spend time, and resources to build leadership, improve technical capacity on program planning and data management, strengthen organizational systems of finance, enhance M&E standards, and contribute to staff salaries.”

    New Advisory Board for ITPC West Africa

    ITPC West Africa also held a two-day General Assembly meeting where they nominated a new advisory board who will oversee the responsibilities of the organization as the co-principal recipient of this project. The ITPC West Africa Board will soon announce the recruitment of a new Regional Director who will work alongside the Regional Community Treatment Observatory project team in Abidjan.

    New Advisory Board for ITPC West Africa

    ITPC Global

    23 Feb 2017
    Updates
  • Highlights from Launch of Regional Community Treatment Observatory

    Highlights from Launch of Regional Community Treatment Observatory

    The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and ITPC West Africa launched the Regional Community Treatment Observatory in West Africa earlier this month, February 8, 2017. The event took place in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, with representatives from all 11 countries to be covered by the new program. See highlights and quotes from key speakers below.

    Need for Community Empowerment Emphasized

    “Civil society is the voice that warns and raises awareness of the real problems of people living with HIV. Everything they’ve done to access treatment, everything they continue to do to ensure there is no stock-out in the medication has to be supported.” – Professor Serges Eholie, Head of Department of Infectious and Tropical Disease Hygiene.
    “It is important that civil society organizations continue to be involved at all levels. This initiative will contribute to the improvement of this.” – Representative of Dr. Raymonde Coffie, Cote d’Ivoire Minister of Health and Public Hygiene.

    Project Empowers Communities to Hold Decision Makers to Account

    Solange Baptiste presents at launch event
    “The project will provide more comprehensive data to inform decision-makers. It aims at the production of information, exchange and research in order to provide factual elements for making relevant decisions, including for key populations.” – Astou Diop, Chair of ITPC West Africa Board
    “This project is an excellent alert system.” – Dr. Djeneba Ouattara, Chair of the Country Coordinating Mechanism, Cote d’Ivoire.
    “The Regional Community Treatment Observatory will build an evidence base to show exactly who is being left behind, why they are being left behind, and where in the health system we are failing to deliver quality treatment and service to those who need it. Communities in partnership with key stakeholders will use this information for targeted advocacy, and to propose solutions.” – Solange Baptiste, ITPC Executive Director.

    Film Introduces Community Treatment Observatory Project

    ITPC introduced the project and it’s goals over the next three years in a short-film which was shown for the first time at the launch event.

    Need to Integrate Management of HIV in Health and Community Systems

    “The fact is we need to change our approach. We need to integrate and implement the management of HIV/AIDS within the health systems and the community systems so that a person living with HIV has access to treatment. If we manage to do this I think by 2020 we will have taken a big step forward and 50% more people will have access to treatment.” – Alain Manouan, Community Treatment Monitoring Project Director.
    The launch event was filmed live, and a full recording (in French) is available on our Facebook page.
    Ahead of the launch, ITPC and country partners met to finalize project plans. You can see some highlights and photos from that meeting here.
    Find the latest updates on the Regional Community Treatment Observatory on www.itpcglobal.org and via @ITPCglobal #TxAccessWatch
     

    ITPC Global

    23 Feb 2017
    Our Impact
    advocacy, Alain Manouan, Community Treatment Observatory, Cote d’Ivoire, RCTO-WA, Solange Baptiste, West Africa
  • Planning Meeting for Regional Community Treatment Observatory

    Planning Meeting for Regional Community Treatment Observatory

    Project Preparations Ahead of Launch Event

    Ahead of the launch of ITPC’s Regional Community Treatment Observatory in West Africa earlier this month, ITPC and country partners gathered for a three-day pre-implementation meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to finalize the project preparations and build on planning processes started in Dakar, Senegal in December 2016.
    The project will develop 11 national and one regional Community Treatment Observatories. The Observatories will empower networks of people living with HIV to systematically collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data on barriers to accessing HIV treatment. The goal over the next three years is to increase access to treatment in the 11 West African countries, which are: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
    “Community monitoring is clearly not a new idea, but investing in communities to sustainably carry out this work is where we, as ITPC, innovate,” explained Solange Baptiste, ITPC Executive Director. “We will spend time, and resources to build leadership, improve technical capacity on program planning and data management, strengthen organizational systems of finance, enhance M&E standards, and contribute to staff salaries.”

    New Advisory Board for ITPC West Africa

    ITPC West Africa also held a two-day General Assembly meeting where they nominated a new advisory board who will oversee the responsibilities of the organization as co-principal recipient of this project. The ITPC West Africa Board will soon announce the recruitment of a new Regional Director who will work alongside the Regional Community Treatment Observatory project team in Abidjan.

    New Advisory Board for ITPC West Africa
    Find the latest updates on the Regional Community Treatment Observatory here on this website, and via @ITPCglobal #TxAccessWatch.

    ITPC Global

    23 Feb 2017
    Our Impact
    community, community system strengthening, Community Treatment Observatory, ITPC West Africa, people living with HIV, Regional Community Treatment Observatory, Solange Baptiste
  • Demand Creation for Differentiated Models of Care

    Demand Creation for Differentiated Models of Care

    Bactrin Killingo, Treatment Education Lead for International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), presents community research findings and a program to mobilize demand for ‘differentiated models of care’ (see definition below). The technical working group meeting was organized by International AIDS Society and hosted by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, in Seattle, this week. The work presented by Bactrin is part of a joint initiative with AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA).

    Differentiated models of care

    Differentiated care is defined as “a client-centered approach that simplifies and adapts HIV services across the cascade to reflect the preferences and expectations of various groups of people living with HIV, while reducing unnecessary burdens on the health system.”
    The ambitious 90-90-90 goals and the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2015 recommendation to “treat all HIV-positive individuals on ART”, has meant that already overstretched “health systems must re-examine how ART care is delivered.

    International AIDS Society to support differentiated care

    In this context, the International AIDS Society (IAS) is working on a two-year project to support the implementation of differentiated models of ART delivery. By providing differentiated models of care, the health system can refocus resources to those most in need. The underlying principle of Differentiated Care, is to provide ART delivery in a way that acknowledges diversity and preferences in how PLHIV access ART services.

    Community response to differentiated care and project to create demand

    Recognizing the critical role played by communities in ensuring sustainable, responsive and effective HIV treatment outcomes, the IAS has been collaborating with the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) to conduct a rapid assessment in 8 countries in Africa to gauge the ‘readiness’ of people living with HIV and communities to advocate for differentiated models of ART delivery. Together the two organizations are working on project to help create community demand for Differentiated Models of Care in those same countries.
    Read the findings from the Rapid Assessment in an Issue Brief or the full report and see Bactrin Killingo’s presentation below.

    ITPC Global

    16 Feb 2017
    Our Impact
    ARASA, community demand, CROI, demand creation, differentiated models of care, IAS, ITPC, mobilization, rapid assessment, Seattle, technical working group meeting
  • ITPC Launches New Project for Community Treatment Monitoring in West Africa

    ITPC Launches New Project for Community Treatment Monitoring in West Africa

    Today, February 8, 2017, the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and ITPC West Africa are proud to officially launch our new project Regional Community Treatment Observatory in West Africa (RCTO-WA).

    The official ceremony of the launch took place at the Novotel Hotel in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, with distinguished guests and representatives from all 11 countries. Keynote speakers included Dr. Raymonde Coffie, Cote d’Ivoire Minister of Health and Public Hygiene; Dr. Djeneba Ouattara, Chair of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) – Cote d’Ivoire; UNAIDS representative; Professor Serges Eholie, Head of Department of Infectious and Tropical Disease; and Astou Diop, Chair of ITPC West Africa. The launch, which comes after months of an intense pre-grant implementation process, also premiered a short film introducing the project and its goal over the next three years.
    The project, supported by the Global Fund from January 2017 to December 2019, will extend community-based monitoring of HIV treatment to 11 West African countries: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. The goal is to increase access to treatment across the region.
    “The fact is we need to change our approach. We need to integrate and implement the management of HIV/AIDS within the health systems and the community systems so that a person living with HIV has access to treatment. If we manage to do this I think by 2020 we will have taken a big step forward and 50% more people will have access to treatment.”- Alain Manouan, Community Treatment Monitoring Project Director.
    For a full recap of official launch ceremony, check out @ITPCglobal #TxAccessWatch or watch our Facebook Live recording (in French).

    ITPC Global

    8 Feb 2017
    Our Impact
    Alain Manouan, Community Treatment Observatory, Cote d’Ivoire, film, West Africa
  • ITPC lance le nouveau projet de surveillance communautaire du traitement en Afrique de l'Ouest

    ITPC lance le nouveau projet de surveillance communautaire du traitement en Afrique de l'Ouest

    Aujourd’hui, 8 février 2017, la Coalition Internationale pour la Préparation au Traitement (ITPC) et ITPC West Africa sont fières de lancer officiellement le nouveau projet Observatoire Régional Communautaire sur le Traitement en Afrique de l’Ouest (ORCT-AO).

    La cérémonie officielle du lancement a eu lieu à l’Hôtel Novotel à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, avec des invités de marque et des représentants des 11 pays. Parmi les conférenciers principaux figuraient Dr Raymonde Coffie, ministre de la Santé et de l’Hygiène publique de la Côte d’Ivoire ; Dr Djeneba Ouattara, président du Mécanisme de Coordination du Pays (CCM) – Côte d’Ivoire ; Représentant de l’ONUSIDA ; le professeur Serges Eholie, chef du département des maladies infectieuses et tropicales ; et M. Astou Diop, président d’ITPC West Africa. Le lancement, qui s’est déroulé après des mois de processus intense avant la mise en œuvre, a également créé un court métrage présentant le projet et son objectif au cours des trois prochaines années.
    Le projet, soutenu par le Fonds mondial de janvier 2017 à décembre 2019, étendra le suivi communautaire du traitement du VIH à 11 pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest: le Bénin, la Côte d’Ivoire, la Gambie, le Ghana, la Guinée, la Guinée Bissau, le Libéria, le Mali, le Sénégal, la Sierra Leone et le Togo. L’objectif est d’accroître l’accès au traitement dans toute la région.
    “Le fait est que nous devons changer notre approche. Nous devons intégrer et mettre en œuvre la gestion du VIH / SIDA dans les systèmes de santé et les systèmes communautaires afin qu’une personne vivant avec le VIH ait accès au traitement. Si nous réussissons à le faire, je pense qu’en 2020, nous aurons fait un grand pas en avant et que 50% de plus de gens auront accès au traitement. “- Alain Manouan, Directeur du projet du Fonds mondial.
    Pour revoir la cérémonie officielle du lancement dans son intégralité, consultez @ITPCglobal #TxAccessWatch ou regardez notre enregistrement Facebook Live.

    ITPC Global

    8 Feb 2017
    Our Impact
  • ITPC Launches New Project for Community Treatment Monitoring in West Africa

    ITPC Launches New Project for Community Treatment Monitoring in West Africa

    Today, February 8, 2017, the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and ITPC West Africa are proud to officially launch our new project Regional Community Treatment Observatory in West Africa (RCTO-WA).

    The official ceremony of the launch took place at the Novotel Hotel in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, with distinguished guests and representatives from all 11 countries. Keynote speakers included Dr. Raymonde Coffie, Cote d’Ivoire Minister of Health and Public Hygiene; Dr. Djeneba Ouattara, Chair of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) – Cote d’Ivoire; UNAIDS representative; Professor Serges Eholie, Head of Department of Infectious and Tropical Disease; and Astou Diop, Chair of ITPC West Africa. The launch, which comes after months of an intense pre-grant implementation process, also premiered a short film introducing the project and its goal over the next three years.

    The project, supported by the Global Fund from January 2017 to December 2019, will extend community-based monitoring of HIV treatment to 11 West African countries: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. The goal is to increase access to treatment across the region.

    “The fact is we need to change our approach. We need to integrate and implement the management of HIV/AIDS within the health systems and the community systems so that a person living with HIV has access to treatment. If we manage to do this I think by 2020 we will have taken a big step forward and 50% more people will have access to treatment.”- Alain Manouan, Community Treatment Monitoring Project Director.

    For a full recap of official launch ceremony, check out @ITPCglobal or watch our Facebook Live recording (in French).

    ITPC Global

    8 Feb 2017
    Updates
  • ITPC Gets Green Light for West Africa Community Observatories

    ITPC Gets Green Light for West Africa Community Observatories

    Joint message from Board of ITPC Global and ITPC West Africa

    ITPC Gets Green Light for Community Observatories

    The Global Fund Board has given the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) final approval to support Community Observatories in West Africa. The program worth over €3.6 million will run over three years from January 2017 to December 2019. This decision by the Global Fund has been eagerly awaited by communities who are facing unacceptable challenges getting access to HIV treatment in 11 West African countries.
    “We are very excited we finally have the go ahead to support communities to monitor access to HIV treatment and services in West Africa,” explains Solange Baptiste, Director of ITPC. “It is an unfortunate reality but communities still need to monitor the nature and quality of services they are offered. This is particularly important in West Africa where fewer than one in four people living with HIV are getting the HIV treatment they desperately need. This regional project will establish community monitoring systems to report regularly at national and regional levels. It will provide critical data for evidence-informed advocacy to help bring about optimal HIV treatment for all.”

    Processes Leading to Significant Global Fund Decision

    The initial decision to fund 11 Community Observatories came in May 2016, when the Global Fund recommended ITPC for a grant. To get this final agreement, ITPC Global and ITPC West Africa underwent a thorough review of systems and pre-grant processes, and developed detailed management documents to guide and frame the implementation of the overall project. The history of each of the stages, from identification of the problem by communities, to meeting the requirements of the Global Fund is described in a recent update.  “ITPC Community Observatories in Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Cameroon have shown us that community monitoring leads to improved services and helps to address issues, such as interruptions to drug supplies,” says Astou Diop Chair of Board, ITPC West Africa. “Governments and health service providers are more motivated to make improvements when they know they are being watched.”

    ITPC Global and West Africa to share role of Principal Recipient

    ITPC Global and West Africa will co-share the responsibilities and duties of the Principal Recipient. As Sub-Recipients, national networks of people living with HIV will lead implementation in each of the 11 countries. The regional network of people living with HIV will support regional efforts and activities as part of the program. Community Consultative Groups, comprised of key populations, women and youth living with HIV, will be established to complement the efforts of the networks in the implementation of Community Observatories at national and regional levels.

    Alain Manouan to lead Community Observatories Program

    We have successfully recruited an experienced HIV program leader to head up the Global Fund project. Involved in the HIV response in Africa for two decades, Alain Manouan worked for the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, becoming Regional Manager for West and Central Africa, before leading all the Alliance’s Africa programs. Previously, Alain worked for four years as National Program Officer for UNAIDS Cote d’Ivoire national program. The Community Observatories team will be based in Cote d’Ivoire and will be led by Alain. The Community Treatment Monitoring Project Director will work closely with the ITPC West Africa Regional Director to build on existing relationships and structures, and ensure sustainability of the work beyond this Global Fund project.

    Champion of Rights – Sylvère Bukiki

    The ITPC West Africa Board acknowledges and appreciates the work of Regional Director, Sylvère Bukiki for his leadership of the Network to date. Sylvère’s efforts significantly contributed to the evolution from the West Africa Treatment Action Group in 2008, to an established, legally registered organization in 2013. Sylvère has championed the rights of people living with HIV in West Africa and worked on issues such as treatment education, drug stock-outs, prevention of mother-to-child transmission and community monitoring.
    As of December 2016, Sylvère is no longer the ITPC Regional Director of ITPC West Africa. ITPC Global and the Board of ITPC West Africa wish to thank Sylvère for all his hard work and commitment over the last eight years, and wish him the very best in his future endeavours. In the coming months ITPC West Africa Board will recruit a new Regional Director, who will work alongside the Community Observatories project team.

    ITPC Global

    10 Jan 2017
    Our Impact
    Community Treatment Observatory, global fund, RCTO-WA, West Africa
  • ITPC Gets Green Light for West Africa Community Observatories

    ITPC Gets Green Light for West Africa Community Observatories

    Joint message from Board of ITPC Global and ITPC West Africa

    ITPC Gets Green Light for Community Observatories

    The Global Fund Board has given the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) final approval to support Community Observatories in West Africa. The program worth over €3.6 million will run over three years from January 2017 to December 2019. This decision by the Global Fund has been eagerly awaited by communities who are facing unacceptable challenges getting access to HIV treatment in 11 West African countries.

    “We are very excited we finally have the go ahead to support communities to monitor access to HIV treatment and services in West Africa,” explains Solange Baptiste, Director of ITPC. “It is an unfortunate reality but communities still need to monitor the nature and quality of services they are offered. This is particularly important in West Africa where fewer than one in four people living with HIV are getting the HIV treatment they desperately need. This regional project will establish community monitoring systems to report regularly at national and regional levels. It will provide critical data for evidence-informed advocacy to help bring about optimal HIV treatment for all.”

    Processes Leading to Significant Global Fund Decision

    The initial decision to fund 11 Community Observatories came in May 2016, when the Global Fund recommended ITPC for a grant. To get this final agreement, ITPC Global and ITPC West Africa underwent a thorough review of systems and pre-grant processes and developed detailed management documents to guide and frame the implementation of the overall project. The history of each of the stages, from identification of the problem by communities, to meeting the requirements of the Global Fund is described in a recent update. “ITPC Community Observatories in Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Cameroon have shown us that community monitoring leads to improved services and helps to address issues, such as interruptions to drug supplies,” says Astou Diop Chair of Board, ITPC West Africa. “Governments and health service providers are more motivated to make improvements when they know they are being watched.”

    ITPC Global and West Africa to share role of Principal Recipient

    ITPC Global and West Africa will co-share the responsibilities and duties of the Principal Recipient. As Sub-Recipients, national networks of people living with HIV will lead implementation in each of the 11 countries. The regional network of people living with HIV will support regional efforts and activities as part of the program. Community Consultative Groups, comprised of key populations, women and youth living with HIV, will be established to complement the efforts of the networks in the implementation of Community Observatories at national and regional levels.

    Alain Manouan to lead Community Observatories Program

    We have successfully recruited an experienced HIV program leader to head up the Global Fund project. Involved in the HIV response in Africa for two decades, Alain Manouan worked for the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, becoming Regional Manager for West and Central Africa, before leading all the Alliance’s Africa programs. Previously, Alain worked for four years as National Program Officer for UNAIDS Cote d’Ivoire national program. The Community Observatories team will be based in Cote d’Ivoire and will be led by Alain. The Community Treatment Monitoring Project Director will work closely with the ITPC West Africa Regional Director to build on existing relationships and structures, and ensure sustainability of the work beyond this Global Fund project.

    ITPC Global

    10 Jan 2017
    Updates
  • ITPC obtient le feu vert pour le lancement des Observatoires Communautaires en Afrique de l’Ouest

    ITPC obtient le feu vert pour le lancement des Observatoires Communautaires en Afrique de l’Ouest

    Message joint du conseil exécutif de l’ITPC Global et l’ITPC Afrique de l’Ouest

    ITPC obtient le feu vert pour le lancement des Observatoires Communautaires

    Le conseil exécutif du Fonds mondial a donné à « International Treatment Preparedness Coalition » (ITPC) l’approbation finale pour soutenir les Observatoires Communautaires en Afrique de l’Ouest. Le programme, d’une valeur de plus de 3,6 millions d’euros, se déroulera sur trois ans : de janvier 2017 à décembre 2019. Cette décision du Fonds mondial a été attendue avec impatience par les communautés confrontées à des défis inacceptables d’accès au traitement du VIH dans 11 pays d’Afrique occidentale.
    « Nous nous réjouissons de finalement avoir obtenu le feu vert pour soutenir les communautés à surveiller l’accès au traitement du VIH et aux services de santé en Afrique de l’Ouest, » explique Solange Baptise, Directrice de l’ITPC. « C’est une triste réalité mais les communautés doivent encore surveiller la nature et la qualité de services qu’elles sont offertes. Ceci est particulièrement important en Afrique de l’Ouest où moins d’une personne sur quatre vivant avec le VIH reçoit le traitement contre le VIH dont elle a désespérément besoin. Ce projet régional mettra en place des systèmes de surveillance communautaire pour faire rapport régulièrement au niveau national et régional. Il fournira les donnés essentielles pour un plaidoyer éclairé par des données probantes afin de contribuer à l’obtention d’un traitement optimale contre le VIH pour tous. »

    Le processus ayant abouti à l’importante décision du Fonds mondial

    La décision initiale de financer 11 Observatoires Communautaires a été prise en mai 2016, date à laquelle le Fonds mondial a recommandé à ITPC une subvention. Pour obtenir cet accord final aujourd’hui, ITPC Global et ITPC Afrique de l’Ouest ont subi un examen approfondi des systèmes et des processus pré-subvention, et élaborés des documents de gestion détaillés pour guider et encadrer la mise en œuvre du projet global. L’histoire de chacune des étapes, depuis l’identification du problème par les communautés jusqu’à la satisfaction des exigences du Fonds mondial, est décrite dans une récente mise à jour. « Les Observatoires Communautaires de l’ITPC en Cote d’Ivoire, Sénégal et Cameroun, nous avons prouvé que la surveillance communautaire mène aux services améliorés et aide à affronter les problèmes, tel que les interruptions aux approvisionnements de médicaments,” dit Astou Diop, directeur du conseil exécutif de l’ITPC Afrique de l’Ouest. “Les gouvernements et les fournisseurs de services de santé sont plus motivés à faire des améliorations quand ils savent qu’ils sont surveillés.”

    ITPC Global et Afrique de l’Ouest ensemble pour partager le rôle du bénéficiaire principal

    ITPC Global et ITPC Afrique de l’Ouest co-partageront les responsabilités et les devoirs du bénéficiaire principal. En tant que sous-bénéficiaires, les réseaux nationaux de personnes vivant avec le VIH mèneront la mise en œuvre dans chacun des 11 pays. Le réseau régional des personnes vivant avec le VIH soutiendra les efforts et les activités régionaux dans le cadre du programme. Des groupes consultatifs communautaires, composés de populations clés, de femmes et de jeunes vivant avec le VIH, seront mis en place pour compléter les efforts des réseaux dans la mise en œuvre des Observatoires Communautaires aux niveaux national et régional.

    Alain Manouan dirigera le programme des Observatoires Communautaires

    Nous avons recruté avec succès un responsable expérimenté du programme VIH pour diriger le projet soutenu par le Fonds mondial. Engagé à la riposte au VIH en Afrique pendant deux décennies, Monsieur Alain Manouan a travaillé pour l’Alliance internationale sur le VIH/SIDA, devenant Directeur Régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre, avant de diriger tous les programmes de l’Alliance en Afrique. Jadis, il a travaillé pendant quatre ans à titre d’Agent National de Programme pour le programme national de l’ONUSIDA en Côte d’Ivoire. L’équipe des Observatoires Communautaires sera basée en Côte d’Ivoire et sera dirigée par Alain. Le Directeur de Projet du Traitement et de Surveillance Communautaire travaillera en étroite collaboration avec le Directeur Régional de l’ITPC Afrique de l’Ouest afin de tirer parti des relations et des structures existantes et d’assurer la durabilité du travail au-delà de ce projet du Fonds mondial.

    Champion des Droits – Sylvère Bukiki

    Le conseil de l’ITPC Afrique de l’Ouest tient à remercier le Directeur Régional, Monsieur Sylvère Bukiki pour sa direction du Réseau jusqu’à présent. Les efforts de Sylvère ont grandement contribué à l’évolution du « Treatment Action Group » en 2008 vers une organisation bien établie et légalement enregistrée en 2013. Sylvère a défendu les droits des personnes vivant avec le VIH en Afrique de l’Ouest et s’est penché sur les problèmes d’éducation au traitement, les ruptures de stock de médicaments, la prévention de la transmission mère-enfant et la surveillance communautaire.
    Depuis décembre 2016, Sylvère n’est plus le Directeur Régional de l’ITPC Afrique de l’Ouest. L’ITPC Global et le conseil d’administration de l’ITPC Afrique de l’Ouest souhaitent le remercier pour tout son travail et son engagement au cours des huit dernières années, et lui souhaitent le meilleur dans ses futurs projets. Au cours des prochains mois, le conseil d’administration de l’ITPC Afrique de l’Ouest recrutera un nouveau Directeur Régional qui travaillera aux côtés de l’équipe de projet des Observatoires Communautaires.

    ITPC Global

    10 Jan 2017
    Our Impact
  • Pressure Builds on WHO to Show Leadership on Access to Medicines

    Pressure Builds on WHO to Show Leadership on Access to Medicines

    Frustrated at the lack of commitment by the World Health Organization (WHO) on intellectual property and access to medicines, civil society organizations are making their views known. With a decision on the shortlist for the new WHO Director General imminent, HIV treatment and health activists are calling for strong leadership on issues related to innovation, intellectual property and access to health commodities, including medicines.

    World Faces Health Crisis with Increasing Price of Treatment

    Today, the world is facing a crisis on access to medicines as a result of the failure of the current international framework on intellectual property and innovation. Pharmaceutical companies are abusing the patent system to create unfair monopolies that make essential medicines out of reach for people in need. Several reports such as the UNDP’s Commission on HIV and the Law have highlighted this, and urged all relevant bodies to work together to address the issue.

    UN High Level Panel Recommendations Ignored

    Last year, the Secretary General of the UN appointed a High-Level Panel (UNHLP) on Access to Medicines to ‘review and assess proposals and recommend solutions for remedying the policy incoherence between the justifiable rights of inventors, international human rights law, trade rules and public health in the context of health technologies’. Published in September 2016, the final UNHLP report (PDF) makes clear recommendations to member states and international organizations, such as the WHO. While World Trade Organization, the main body responsible for the international treaty dealing with intellectual property (TRIPS), has discussed the report and its recommendations in the TRIPS Council in November 2016, WHO has recently refused to do the same in its next executive Board meeting in early 2017.

    In the Past WHO Showed Strong Leadership

    In the past (late 1990’s to 2009) the WHO showed clear leadership on this issue. During this time, the organization engaged in intensive research to generate evidence that highlights the direct links between the granting of unmerited patents and reduced access to treatment. WHO provided critical technical assistance to countries to help them develop or review their intellectual property laws, so they became more public health friendly. And significantly, WHO used its observer status as a member of the TRIPS council, to intervene strongly each time this was needed to protect access to medicines.

    WHO Disengages From the Debate

    During recent years, treatment activists observe that the WHO has adopted a more neutral position on these critical issues. Possibly, they have come under pressure from isolated, but nevertheless, major donor countries such as the US, and private such as the Gates Foundation, who are known to be more pro-business. The most recent example of the WHO’s lack of willingness to engage is its refusal to discuss the recommendations of the UNHLP Access to Medicines Report in its next board meeting, to be held in January 2017. Several UN member states (India supported by Brazil and South Africa) and civil society groups have requested the item to be included.

    Civil Society Urge WHO to Defend Access to Medicines

    On 8 December, Make Medicines Affordable partners, and allies from around the world, wrote an open letter to the WHO’s current Director General Margaret Chan urging her to give the report the attention it deserves.
    Advocacy efforts are not only targeted to Dr. Chan, who will leave the WHO in May 2017, but are also aimed at the candidates being considered to replace her. In another open letter published by the Lancet and co-signed by ITPC, along with 16 other civil society organizations, candidates are urged to outline their plans on how they will facilitate Member States to foster a new system of research and development that is fair and patient-centered. You can see the joint press release about the letter here.
    Those of us who care about human rights and public health are waiting to see if Dr. Chan will offend the entire treatment access movement by refusing to discuss the report. We are also looking to WHO under its new leadership to see if the organization can rise to the significant challenges posed by a system that favors corporate interests of over public health. We hope they will stand alongside us to face down greed and profiteering, and support governments committed to universal health care, and people needing access to medicines.

    ITPC Global

    14 Dec 2016
    Commentaries
    access to medicines, civil society, civil society organizations, health, open letter, UNHLP on Access to Medicines, WHO, World Health Organization
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