MODERATOR

Dr John Watson Public Health England

PANELISTS Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga, WHO Civil Society Task Force Valeriy Malashko, Minister of Healthcare, Belarus Mohammed Nasim, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh Le Quang Cuong, Vice Minister of Health, Viet Nam Ganglip Kim, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea Irene Koek, Acting Assistant Administrator, Global Health Bureau, United States Agency for International Development

ACTION ON MDR-TB AS AN AMR HEALTH SECURITY THREAT Gracia Violeta Ross/Bolivia

WHO Civil Society Task Force

What should Civil Society do differently?

URGENT BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF TASKS

• DEMAND COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT-CENTRED PROGRAMS

• ADVOCATE for POLITICAL WILL to ensure resource mobilization

• DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY from Governments on their moral and ethical obligation to protect the right to health

• BE ACCOUNTABLE and participate in collaborative and urgent activities needed to respond to the MDR-TB threat

International, cross-sectoral and inter-agency cooperation in the fight against tuberculosis

Patient-centered approach to the provision of anti-tuberculosis care

Creating cost-efficient system of financing of TB control activities

Key Messages/Actions

NAME OF SESSION: ACTION ON MDR-TB AS AN AMR

AND HEALTH SECURITY THREAT

VALERY MALASHKO

BELARUS, MINISTER OF HEALTH

Overview: One of the 30 TB and MDR-TB high burden countries. ( Estimated MDR TB incidence: 5300 – Global TB report 2017)

Current: Both public (diagnosis and initial treatment) and private (referral, adherence of treatment, DOT and follow up) sectors are responding together.

Future: 1) Mandatory notification, 2) Scaling up diagnostic facilities, capacity building and engagement with private sector network

Key Messages/Actions

NAME OF SESSION: ACTION ON MDR-TB AS AN AMR AND HEALTH SECURITY THREAT

SPEAKER: Mohammed Nasim, Minister of Health and Family

Welfare,

COUNTRY/BANGLADESH

National Strategy on ending TB: - End TB is mission of the whole political system, in that health sector is core - Target of 30% reduction of prevalence and 40% reduction of mortality within 5 years from 2015 to 2020

INNOVATION IS KEY TO END TB: Without innovation we can not end TB for sure. We need innovation of - Thinking: multisectoral accountability - Technology: Xray – Xpert, Hain, new drug / regimen - Approach : patient centered, social protection, community-based management - Investment : multi modalities (domestic, health insurance, international funding).

Regional, global collaboration is very important: APEC 7TH HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON HEALTH IN VIET NAM 2017 CALL ON APEC economies to partner with civil society, the private sector, and international organizations to accelerate efforts to eliminate tuberculosis.

Key Messages/Actions

ACTION ON MDR-TB AS AN AMR & HEALTH SECURITY THREAT

LE QUANG CUONG

VICE MINISTER OF HEALTH, VIET NAM

GHSA : Engine for Strengthening Global Health Security

MINISTERIAL PARALLEL PANEL ACTION ON MDR-TB AS AN AMR AND HEALTH SECURTY THREAT

SPEAKER: GANGLIP KIM, DEPUTY MINISTER

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Serving as a cooperative and supportive system to strengthen health security through a multi-sectoral approach

Aiming to provide technical and financial support to countries in need following completion of JEE

Preparing for the 2nd phase of GHSA (post 2018: 2019-2024)

Seeking out close cooperation with WHO for health security in the future

Clear plan of action with measurable targets and milestones to address MDR-TB

Build coalition of multisectoral partners within and across countries

Develop and rapidly roll-out new tools

Key Messages/Actions

NAME OF SESSION: ACTION ON MDR-TB AS AN AMR AND HEALTH SECURITY THREAT

SPEAKER: IRENE KOEK

COUNTRY/ORGANIZATION: USA, USAID