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In March 2016, Georgia CCM established a Policy and Advocacy Advisory Council (PAAC) to assist the CCM with the transition of TB and HIV programs from The Global Fund to domestic resources.

The PAAC is not a decision-making body. Rather, it will provide technical and operational support during the development and implementation of the transition plan.

The key role PAAC is to lead on the development and implementation of a sustainability/transition plan. The core PAAC functions are as follow:

•           Identifying strategic fiscal space to engage and influence (i.e. national planning budget cycle) as well as identifying strategic information gaps required to make a case for more focused investment during the transition and beyond.

•           advocating for an improved legislative and regulatory environment that will better support the provision of the effective prevention and treatment services;

•           developing and promoting mechanisms to ensure increased involvement of the affected communities and civil society organizations at all level of the planning and decision-making; and

•           developing procurement and supply regulations so that essential medicines and supplies for HIV and TB programs will be available at all times.

There are 16 persons on the PAAC having different technical expertise and representing various sectors, including communities, CSOs, local and international NGOs, donor organizations, patients,  government entities.

The Parliament of Georgia in collaboration with USAID Tuberculosis Prevention Project hosted the conference to mark the World TB Day 2016.

For more information please visit: http://www.parliament.ge/en/saparlamento-saqmianoba/komitetebi/djanmrtelobis-dacvisa-da-socialur-sakitxta-komiteti-149/axali-ambebi-jandacva/saqartvelos-parlamentshi-tuberkulozis-msoflio-dgisadmi-midzgvnili-gonisdzieba-gaimarta.page

TB 5^th Symposium organized by the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia and MSF was opened in Tbilisi on March 22, 20016.

For more information please visit: http://www.moh.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=29&info_id=2678

82nd CCM meeting was convened on March 9, 2016 at the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia.

During the meeting HIV and TB program split revision was discussed and approved, the report of the Oversight Committee and HIV and TB dashboards  were presented, the composition of PAAC was presented and agreed, the applications received under CCM membership renewal were discussed and voted. The representative from EHRN presented to the audience the implementation status of the Global Fund Regional Program Harm Reduction Works-Fund it!”. The current status of implementation of the Global Fund’s projects and other important issues were presented and discussed.