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.

Join our Anti-TB efforts. It takes you and us to kick TB out of Africa.

The Stop TB Strategic Direction Pointers

Stop TB Grassroots Based Strategy 

We collaborate with many other actors in the effort to end TB.

In 2019, the 30 high TB burden countries accounted for 87% of new TB cases.

Eight countries accounted for the 2/3 of the total TB burden with India leading the count, followed by Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and South Africa according to the Global Tuberculosis Report: WHO

The components of the Stop TB Strategy include:

1. Pursue high-quality DOTS expansion and enhancement

2. Address TB/HIV, MDR-TB and other special challenges

3. Contribute to health system strengthening

4. Engage all care providers 

5. Empower people living with TB 

A world free of Tuberculosis-zero deaths, disease and suffering due to Tuberculosis

Milestones for 2025:

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

Targets for 2035:

a. 95% reduction in Tuberculosis deaths compared with 2015

b. 90% reduction in Tuberculosis incidence rate to less than 10 Tuberculosis cases per 100,000 population

c. No affected families facing catastrophic costs due to Tuberculosis

Principles:

1. Government stewardship and accountability, with monitoring and evaluation

2. String coalition with civil society organizations a s communities

3. Protection and promotion of human rights, ethics and equity

4. Adaptation of the strategy and targets at country level, with global collaboration

The pillars and components:

1. Integrated, patient-centred care and prevention such as prevention, treatment, care and organizing communities offering support.

2. Bold policies and supportive systems such as universal health coverage, social protection and addressing determinants of Tuberculosis.

3. Intensified research and innovation such as optimizing implementation, impact and promoting Innovation.

It is our hope that your continued support will foster wider participation by people in testing, screening, treatment and preventing TB.

For more on the above information, please read the CDC, MOH, WHO and Stop TB sources.

We are committed to the end to TB Campaign through strategic grassroots-based activities.

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#StopTBKenya

#StopTBAfrica

#StopTB

The Full Extent Of The Family Based Therapy Model (FBTM) Activities

Family Based Therapy Model (FBTM)

This is our August 2021 to July 2022 plan

FBTM has been a mainstay approach to re-establishing ourselves as dignified persons. We engage actively and make sure nothing disrupts our commitment to FBTM goals.

FBTM is an approach enabling participants rediscover, reproduce, retain and repurpose (4R's) loving and charitable bonds.

If adhered to, it has immense rewards and a leverage to a fuller self-realization and blossoming of life.

At the Nature Network Group we put FBTM in good use.

We have strategically planned Resource Center activities.

These activities range from:

1. Livelihood based activities such as bead-work, poultry, rabbit-rearing and gardening.

2. House chores are a must at our home shelter. We draw a schedule where each beneficiary has a role to play from mopping, yard-cleaning, cobweb clearing to food-preparation.

3. Self-worth and esteem building is core to FBTM and we use regular meetings to continue with dialogue around how we want to use the facility to foster quality life at our shelter and Resource Center. We use our Resource Center as an incubator.

4. Champions or Community-owned  Resource Persons (CORPs) is an executive approach where all beneficiaries form into themselves an executive team to carry out given activities based upon their talents or specific qualifications. Some beneficiaries are University graduates, diploma or certificate holders while others are talented in music, art, performing, craft-work, permaculture, aquaculture, leadership and other areas such as cookery. So, we tap into this resource base and direct them in ways to put their qualifications or talents in use. We have house managers, health navigators, entertainment officers and errand executors. This is how we have built a space for self-dependence and accountability.

We shall continue show-casing the things we do and please don't hesitate asking us questions in case you want to start FBTM at your space too

#familyiseverything 

#familyfirst 

#familybasedtherapymodel 

#StopTBPartnership 

#healthylifestyle 

#healthyliving 

#healthyhabits 

#stoptbkenya 

#endthestigma 

#EndHIVEpidemic 

#EndDiscrimination

#StopTBKenya

#WeMatter

#Africa

This Week and The Anti-TB and Anti-COVID-19 Campaign 26th July 2021 to 1st August 2021

Monday theme:

Please be part of the COVID-19 and TB Prevention efforts. #StopTBPartnership, #StopTB #StopCOVID19.

Tuesday theme:  

COVID-19 is real. TB is real.To prevent COVID-19 and TB fully join the prevention plans around you. #StopTBPartnership.

Wednesday theme: 

We call on you to avoid crowds, wear the mask, hand-washing and ensure social -distancing. #StopTBPartnership.

Thursday theme: 

Stop TB or COVID-19 go for testing. Please seek medical attention, take medicines fully. #StopTBPartnership.

Friday Theme:

TB and COVID-19 can be prevented. Be part of the anti COVID-19 or TB campaigns. Travel less, congregate less and wear the mask. #StopTBPartnership.

Saturday theme: 

To stop TB and COVID-19, be involved in anti-TB and anti- COVID-19 Campaigns in your community. Show up and be counted. #StopTBPartnership, #StopTBKenya

Sunday theme:  

To stop diseases such as COVID-19, TB, HIV and Malaria. Don't sit back. Don't allow TB and COVID-19 to prevail. #StopTBPartnership

We Are Part Of The End To TB Campaign

We Are Committed The End To TB Campaign

#stoptbkenya 

#StopTB 

#EndTB 

#TBVaccine 

#endtbby2030 

#stoptbafrica 

#StopTBPartnership

Gardening Has Many Rewards

Gardening is rewarding in many ways.

Imagine a day when you have set aside time to till the land or care for your garden.

It involves your physical side, holding a hoe or spade and swinging it around to perform an activity takes strength and sweat.

You have to do it repeatedly so that you are able to clear a wider seed-bed or tilled land.

Yes, you subject yourself to intensive work. It is strenuous but at the end of the day, it is rewarding.

But, the rewards are immense. The rewards are physiological, physical and psychological.

At the physiological level, the brain for instance, gains nourishment in form of an outpouring of dopamine, serotonin and noradrenaline. These hormones refresh the parts of the brain called the frontal cortex where most of the functions that ensure routine are prompted.

The physical nature of work, prompts muscle coordination as well as oxygen intake in the body. Physical work done repeatedly blossoms into experience, skills-building and acquisition of quality knowledge of what one does.

The psychological aspect of gardening originates from the visual cues such as a cleared seed-bed without weeds or blossoming plants. The fruit of one's work is a reward that motivates one to be happy. 

Gardening through the work we routinely do has immense rewards to the individual. 

Enjoy your garden and don't treat it as a punishment or drudgery. Gardening is therapeutical and a form of production too.

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