A platform for a stronger community response to TB
Communities have been playing a progressively important role in implementing national TB policies in Tanzania. But their increasing involvement and the rapid scale-up of new TB groups also led to a fragmentation of the response, creating duplication and gaps and undermining the capacity of community implementers to undertake strategic engagement with the Government. In response to this situation, in 2016 the Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS and Health Service Organizations, the Association of Former TB Patients MKUTA and the National TB and Leprosy Programme, kick started the creation of the Tanzania TB Community Network. The objective of the Network is to advocate for an end to TB in Tanzania and to increase universal access to high-quality TB services, through improved community engagement.
