SARPAM Civil Society Pact Bi-weekly Update
Daniel Molokele
Southern Africa Regional Programme on Access to Medicines and Diagnostics (SARPAM)
Civil Society Pact Bi-weekly Update
Monday 28th April 2014
Introduction
o During the past two weeks focus was mainly on the issues related to the resolutions of the CAFs planning meeting that was recently held at Johannesburg from 12 to 15th April.
o Focus was also on the Nairobi African civil society meeting that was hosted by WACI and GFAN from 22 to 24th April
o This week the main highlight will be on the completion of the second of the monthly visits by the monitors to their respective clinics as part of the six months of data collection and monitoring under phase three of the Tendai Project
o The following is a summary update on all issues related to the CS Pact:
Tendai Project Phase Three
o The third phase of the community level monitoring project, TENDAI, started formally on 1st March 2014.
o The project will comprise six months of formal data collection and monitoring in six countries from March to August 2014.
o The country level partners for the phase three are Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA), for Malawi - Global Hope Mobilisation (GLOHOMO), for Swaziland – Swaziland Positive Living (SWAPOL), for Tanzania – PRAXIS, for Zambia – Zambia Health Community Initiative (ZHCI) and Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC) and for Zimbabwe – Community Working Group on Health (CWGH).
o During the first month of March, five of the six countries managed to send their monitor submissions. Tanzania postponed its commencement date to April due to administrative reasons.
o Last week and this week, monitors from all the six countries are expected to make their second monthly submissions.
Consumer Action Forums
o SARPAM has since 2012 been assisting its country level civil society partners to set up the Consumer Action Forums (CAFs) on access to medicines across all SADC countries. In December 2013, the regional CAF was also formally launched.
o The main purpose of the CAFs is to promote consumer and civil society perspectives on scaling up and sustaining improved access to medicines in the SADC region.
o The CAFs will also seek to reinforce the role of the civil society and in particular consolidate the civil society network to reflect consumer perspectives and actions on scaling up and sustaining improved access to medicines in the SADC region.
o It is envisaged that the CAFs will act as a key aspect of the SARPAM’s sustainable exit strategy at the end of the programme in December 2014.
o Between 12 and 15th April 2014, SARPAM hosted an international planning meeting at Johannesburg that was attended by the national CAF Co-ordinators from Botswana, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
o At the end of the meeting, each of the six countries developed an advocacy action plan and also a resource mobilisation/sustainability plan.
Events/News Update
o The SARPAM CS Pact Lead recently attended an Africa civil society meeting at Nairobi between the 22nd and 24th April 2014. The meeting was co-organised by the World AIDS Campaign International (WACI) and the Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN). The main purpose of the meeting was to come up with a plan of action by African civil society to promote domestic funding for health in the context of the Abuja Declaration of 2001 and also to support the Global Fund replenishment process.
Contact List of CAF and Tendai Project Co-ordinators
Please find below the list of the country level Co-ordinators for both the Tendai Project and the CAFs:
o Angola – Simao Cacumba M Faria, scar...@yahoo.com , SCARJoV
o Botswana – Una Ngwenya, unang...@bofwa.org.bw, Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA). For the CAF, Cindy Kelemi, cin...@bonela.org , Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA)
o DRC – Mike Upio, mike...@gmail.com, Centre for Medical Evangelism (CME)
o Lesotho – Shale Sofonea, shales...@yahoo.com , Development for Peace Education, (DPE)
o Malawi – Sam Jeke, jek...@gmail.com, Global Hope Mobilisation, (GLOHOMO). For the CAF – Caleb Thole, caleb...@gmail.com, Global Hope Mobilisation, (GLOHOMO).
o Mauritius – Vidya Charan, vidyab...@hotmail.com, Mauritius Family Planning and Welfare Association (MFPWA)
o Mozambique – Cesar Mufanequico, ce...@matram.org.mz, Mozambique Treatment Access Movement (MATRAM). For the CAF, Sally Griffin from NAIMA+, coord...@naima.org.mz
o Namibia – Sandi Tjaronda, Namibian Network of AIDS Service Organisations (NANASO), s.tja...@nanaso.com
o Seychelles – Justin Freminot, jus...@hotmail.com , HIV and AIDS Support Organisation (HASO)
o South Africa – TBC
o Swaziland – Siphiwe Hlophe, siphiwe...@gmail.com , Swaziland Positive Living, (SWAPOL)
o Tanzania – Phillip Nyakanyenge, phille...@gmail.com, Pamoja Tupambane wa Tanzania, (PATUTA). For the CAF, Chris Awinia, chris...@gmail.com , PRAXIS Tanzania
o Zambia – Casco Mubanga, cascom...@gmail.com, Zambia Health Community Initiative, (ZHCI). For the CAF, Banza Chela, banza...@gmail.com , Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign, (TALC)
o Zimbabwe – Tafadzwanashe Nkrumah, nkru...@gmail.com , and for the CAF, Caroline Mubaira, carolm...@gmail.com , Community Working Group on Health, (CWGH)
Mr. Daniel Molokele
Civil Society Partnerships Co-ordinator
SARPAM
Southern Africa Regional Programme on Access to Medicines and Diagnostics
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