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 at 14th PPM Working Group Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia
Over 150 representatives from national TB programmes, partners and civil society from across 20 countries came together at the 14thGlobal Meeting of the Public-Private Mix (PPM) Working Group in Jakarta, Indonesia on 16-18 July. 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
Participants at the meeting reviewed challenges and opportunities to expanding PPM in light of high-level commitments to end TB and linked developments towards Universal Health Coverage and health financing. Strategies to harness digital technologies and to strengthen the engagement of civil society for better governance and accountability were also extensively discussed.
At the close of the meeting, representatives from national TB programmes, partners and civil society commended the work of the PPM Working Group and WHO, and pledged to work with WHO and partners in accelerating PPM efforts. The next Global Meeting of the PPM Working Group in 2020 is expected to focus on progress, action and accountability in the implementation of the PPM Roadmap.