How We Shall Keep Traction Toward The 2025 TB Prevention Goals; An End of July 2021 Mini-Report

Any grassroots based organization working in the quality health promotion must be hands on as far as the synergy of livelihood, healthy living and development go.

We are that type of organization providing support tools to leverage community organizing to be receptive to the wherewithal of TB Prevention at local levels.

We show how it is important to identify the processes, the people who animate the delivery of services and lastly the contexts.

Before any organization is provided support to take on health promotion initiatives we provide scenarios to empower them to fathom the requirements of commitment to achieving goals.

For instance the Anti-TB

Milestones for 2025 are:

"a. 75% reduction in Tuberculosis deaths as compared with 2015

b. 50% reduction in Tuberculosis incidents rate to less than 55 Tuberculosis cases per 100,000 population

c. No affected families facing catastrophic costs due to Tuberculosis."

This means that any organization engaging in Anti-TB initiatives must have:

1. People willing to take up the roles and responsibilities of Anti-TB Champions

2. The people must ensure they are aware of how to protect themselves and those they are to reach out to.

3. The people must have common sources of messages which they deliver without risking misleading others thus, enhancing prevention which are disseminated in different ways such as, music, dance, drama, skits, posters, fliers, door-to-door visits, interviews, talk-shows, Town-halls, literature reviews,meetings, counselling and guidance to name but a few.

4. They must have knowledge of area leaders whom they build rapport with so that the combined buy-in by leaders ensures uptake by the local beneficiaries.

5. They must draw plans to continue being committed to health promotion because this is a life long exercise. This also means knowing how much they are willing to commit without jeopardizing other life's goals.

6. They must be ready to generate reports which can be shared among leaders or anyone who needs to access them.

What this will establish is an organization of capable people with accompanying resources to enable them carry out planned activities.

It takes planning, commitment and a strong will.

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