Patients and Advocates led Initiatives

Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) Subgroup Meeting

Alberto Coloradoactbistas@gmail.com

Monday 30 November - Tuesday 1 December 2009 Cancun, Mexico

Patients and Advocates (acTBistas) led Initiatives

• Organization

• Community Surveillance

• Social Mobilization

• Community Development

• Policy Incidence

Organization

• From voiceless patient

• To patients empowered

• Experiences from Mexican and Peruvian Communities, WCC and Results

Community Surveillance

• Defensoria del Pueblo or People’s Defense Unit

• Reporting Phone lines

• Medications and Social Support Surveillance

• Human Rights Surveillance and Promotion

Social Mobilization

• Culture of demostration and demands

• Community Development

• Income Generation

• Education and Training

• Empowerment from inside-out

Policy Incidence

• Keep moving.. acTBistas

• Patient Centered Approach with Human Rights Framework

• Community Monitoring and Evaluation (from training to implementation)

• Partnerships (HIV/AIDS, Social Services, Government, Tribal, NGOs, and other Anti-poverty initiatives )

Gracias / Thank youenjoy Cancun

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