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Social protection for people affected by TB - programmatic considerations
About this course
TB is both a health and socioeconomic challenge, exacerbating poverty and social exclusion among affected individuals and their households. Integrating social protection measures into TB programmes is crucial for enhancing treatment adherence, improving quality of life, and progressing TB control and elimination.
This course will help you develop and implement social protection strategies tailored to TB-affected populations, providing a framework for planning, implementing, and monitoring these interventions. It emphasises the importance of multisectoral collaboration and offers practical tools and best practices to improve the effectiveness of TB programmes through integrated social protection.
What you will learn:
- Outline key steps for planning social protection programmes and their associated activities.
- Devise appropriate social protection approaches for different settings and enhance TB-sensitivity.
- Monitor coverage and effectiveness of social protection programs for TB-affected individuals using relevant indicators and data collection methods.
- Implement TB-specific social protection programs with a focus on socioeconomic and nutritional support and monitor their progress.
- Use the multisectoral accountability framework (MAF-TB) and Health in All Policies (HiAP) to guide and address challenges in multisectoral collaborations.
Who this course is for:
This e-learning course was developed to provide essential knowledge for anyone interested in social protection in general and for people affected by tuberculosis. Therefore, the course may be of interest to ministries of health, other ministries, national TB programmes, technical agencies, NGOs, consultants, WHO staff, and health workers.
Approximate course duration:
TBC
Languages
This course is available in the following languages: TBC
Assessment & Awards:
You will receive a confirmation of participation upon completing all the modules in this course. Please note that this award does not serve as a professional qualification.
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