14th PPM Working Group meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia
Countries, partners and civil society pledge to scale up engagement of private and unlinked public health providers to close gaps in access to quality TB care.
25 July 2019 | Jakarta: Over 150 representatives from national TB programmes, partners and civil society from across 20 countries came together at the 14th Global Meeting of the Public-Private Mix (PPM) Working Group in Jakarta, Indonesia on 16-18 July 2019.
The Meeting was convened by the World Health Organization (WHO)
and the Stop TB Partnership with support from USAID and the
Global Fund. The Meeting was opened by the Health Minister of
Indonesia Hon. Prof. Dr. Nila Moeloek and focused on country
progress towards adoption and roll out of the PPM Roadmap
(launched in 2018) to close gaps in care and reach all the
missing people with TB. This is the first Working Group Meeting
where there was strong representation from civil society and
youth advocates to enable greater engagement of affected
communities in efforts to scale up PPM.
To read the
full announcement and to access the materials from the meeting,
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here.
Source:
WHO
