| From | Dr. Vineeta Gupta, ACTION Secretariat <[email protected]> |
| Subject | ACTION Newsletter, March 2021 |
| Date | March 22, 2021 8:07 PM |
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March 2021
** Message from the Director
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Dear Colleagues,
This month, we crossed the one year anniversary of lockdowns and COVID-19 upending our lives. While we are determined to build back better, the set-back to health goals cannot be underestimated.
The ACTION partnership continued its work to achieve health equity, poverty reduction, and amplifying civil society voices globally. We continue to engage with local and global coalition efforts to build momentum for the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action, TB advocacy, World Bank’s COVID-19 response, Global Fund strategy, and other efforts to ensure adequate resources are allocated and utilized equitably. We celebrated International Development Week and Canadian contributions to poverty reduction and international humanitarian assistance.
ACTION partners are advocating to mobilize resources for the pillars of access to COVID-19 tools accelerator (ACT-A), particularly COVAX, to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are distributed as widely and affordably as possible across nations — while also protecting immunization and polio-related programs.
Please join ACTION’s various activities around World TB Day on March 24, 2021, including the following events:
* March 23: UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis ([link removed])
* March 24: Canada Together against TB: A World TB Day discussion on taking action to #endTB” ([link removed])
* March 24: U.S. Capitol Hill briefing on COVID-19 and TB ([link removed])
* See more info in the events section below (#WTBD)
April brings World Immunization Week, and ACTION is co-hosting a webinar, “Working Towards Vaccine Equity in IA2030,” on April 15 at 3pm CET.
We hope you will join us in our advocacy and events.
Vineeta Gupta
Director, ACTION Secretariat
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** Deadly Duo
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** TB and COVID-19
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"We wish to make 2021 the year of tuberculosis," said Indian Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, at a recent high-level meeting that included government officials and representatives from the World Health Organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and USAID.
The need to prioritize TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overemphasized, and ACTION partners are doing some amazing work to make sure TB is not forgotten. More ([link removed]) .
** Advocacy Updates
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Check out WACI Health ([link removed]) , GFAN, and StopAIDS UK’s Platform for Community and Civil Society Representatives to the ACT-A ([link removed]) . The platform aims to convene and support civil society and community representatives in ACT-A; facilitate broader global collaboration; and provide a space for information sharing, consultation, and cohesive action and advocacy.
KANCO ([link removed]) hosted a high-level meeting in Kenya on the Global Financing Facility (GFF) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) to discuss the issues that adolescent girls and boys and youth ([link removed]) are experiencing due to COVID-19 and lock-downs.
RESULTS UK launched a new policy brief (https:/www.results.org.uk/publications/nutrition-human-right-adopting-rights-based-approach-food-context-covid-19) taking a rights-based approach to nutrition advocacy, aiming to influence national governments and the international community to take steps to tackle the impacts of COVID-19 on malnutrition.
RESULTS Japan ([link removed]) worked with the Ministry of Finance to push the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to strengthen their commitment to health. The ADB has approved a US$2 million technical assistance (TA) grant ([link removed]) — made possible by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction financed by the Government of Japan — to help select developing members prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 by expanding and integrating water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH+H) approaches into ADB's projects.
GHA France’s Laurianne Desquesses talks to Gloria Musinde ([link removed]) of the initiative Les Afriques Vous Parlent about why they’re engaging in Forum Génération Égalité (in French).
** Spotlight
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** Meet our partner: ASAPSU
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"It is important to acknowledge that the health crisis has exposed the fragility of our health system regarding the mobilization of internal resources to face major pandemics," said Koné Solange, co-founder and acting advocacy and policy director of ASAPSU. More ([link removed]) .
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** Meet our team member: Rahab Mwaniki
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"My inspiration to engage in public health was drawn from continuous volunteering at the community level since an early ago. While growing up in the rural areas of eastern region in Kenya, community health workers would move from home to home doing health promotion on WASH and giving polio vaccines and I thought this was great!" More ([link removed]) .
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News
The WHO has issued a call to all countries to accelerate vaccine equity for all health workers with their “Vaccine Equity Declaration ([link removed]) .”
The US$1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act signed into law last week included $11.3 billion for COViD-19 pandemic response ([link removed]) , of which $3.5 billion will go to the Global Fund and $800 million to Food for Peace.
In its 2020 supplemental and 2021 annual budgets, the Government of Japan committed ÂĄ54.52 billion in pledges to the Global Fund, Gavi, GHIT, UNITAID, WFP, and CEPI despite the COVID crisis and increasing ODA from ÂĄ561 billion in 2020 to ÂĄ568 billion in 2021. On Feb 9, Japan announced ([link removed]) a further US$70 million commitment to COVAX, increasing its contribution to a total of $200 million.
Resources and Blogs
Cutting child poverty in half ([link removed]) , by Joanne Carter about the COVID relief bill
Progress towards ending TB at risk ([link removed]) , by Suman Majumdar and Mark Rice
Nutrition is a human right ([link removed]) , by Mathilde Chiesa. See also the report ([link removed]) .
Nutrition – The Key to Covid Recovery ([link removed]) , a new report by GHA France and Generation Nutrition
The Economic Case for Global Vaccinations ([link removed]) , a new study commissioned by WHO
Events and Opportunities
We’re hiring at the ACTION Secretariat! Check out ACTION’s job board to see our open full-time and consultant positions.
* Communication plan consultant ([link removed])
* More full-time and consulting positions ([link removed])
March 22–April 2: Virtual Civil Society Policy Forum. More ([link removed]) .
April 5–11: 2021 World Bank Spring Meetings; registration is open until March 22. More ([link removed]) .
April 15 at 3pm CET: "Working Towards Vaccine Equity in IA2030" (Immunization Agenda 2030) webinar hosted by the Gavi CSO constituency in partnership with ACTION, Save the Children, Gavi, and RESULTS UK. More ([link removed]) .
April 24-30: World Immunization Week. More ([link removed]) .
June 12–13: RESULTS International Conference (virtual). Registration is open ([link removed]) !
ACTION World TB Day Events
March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day, and there are numerous events planned around the world. Here is what ACTION has in store for you:
* ACTION partners are working with communities around the world to light up the night sky as part of Stop TB's the "#LightupforTB" campaign. Results Australia ([link removed]) and Results Canada have secured several locations in their respective countries; in Canada, they're lighting up Niagara Falls ([link removed]) . More ([link removed]) .
* Results Australia ([link removed]) is leading a Parliamentary event on March 24 with TB Alliance and IAVI. Peter Sands (Global Fund) and Nick Herbert MP (Global TB Caucus) will speak on the impact of COVID-19 on TB.
* RESULTS UK will host a Parliamentary event on March 23 (open to the public). More ([link removed]) .
* RESULTS in the U.S. is working with other CSOs to hold Hill briefings on COVID and TB ([link removed]) and ending TB ([link removed]) and a lobby day to educate Congressional staff and build bipartisan support for ending TB.
* Results Canada is hosting a high-level webinar on March 23 with Partners in Health and Stop TB Canada. More ([link removed]) .
* WACI Health ([link removed]) and CITAM+ ([link removed]) will participate in the “Run for TB” campaign in 10 countries, including Zambia.
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March 2021
** Message from the Director
------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Colleagues,
This month, we crossed the one year anniversary of lockdowns and COVID-19 upending our lives. While we are determined to build back better, the set-back to health goals cannot be underestimated.
The ACTION partnership continued its work to achieve health equity, poverty reduction, and amplifying civil society voices globally. We continue to engage with local and global coalition efforts to build momentum for the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action, TB advocacy, World Bank’s COVID-19 response, Global Fund strategy, and other efforts to ensure adequate resources are allocated and utilized equitably. We celebrated International Development Week and Canadian contributions to poverty reduction and international humanitarian assistance.
ACTION partners are advocating to mobilize resources for the pillars of access to COVID-19 tools accelerator (ACT-A), particularly COVAX, to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are distributed as widely and affordably as possible across nations — while also protecting immunization and polio-related programs.
Please join ACTION’s various activities around World TB Day on March 24, 2021, including the following events:
* March 23: UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis ([link removed])
* March 24: Canada Together against TB: A World TB Day discussion on taking action to #endTB” ([link removed])
* March 24: U.S. Capitol Hill briefing on COVID-19 and TB ([link removed])
* See more info in the events section below (#WTBD)
April brings World Immunization Week, and ACTION is co-hosting a webinar, “Working Towards Vaccine Equity in IA2030,” on April 15 at 3pm CET.
We hope you will join us in our advocacy and events.
Vineeta Gupta
Director, ACTION Secretariat
[link removed] [link removed] [link removed] [link removed]
** Deadly Duo
------------------------------------------------------------
** TB and COVID-19
------------------------------------------------------------
"We wish to make 2021 the year of tuberculosis," said Indian Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, at a recent high-level meeting that included government officials and representatives from the World Health Organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and USAID.
The need to prioritize TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overemphasized, and ACTION partners are doing some amazing work to make sure TB is not forgotten. More ([link removed]) .
** Advocacy Updates
------------------------------------------------------------
Check out WACI Health ([link removed]) , GFAN, and StopAIDS UK’s Platform for Community and Civil Society Representatives to the ACT-A ([link removed]) . The platform aims to convene and support civil society and community representatives in ACT-A; facilitate broader global collaboration; and provide a space for information sharing, consultation, and cohesive action and advocacy.
KANCO ([link removed]) hosted a high-level meeting in Kenya on the Global Financing Facility (GFF) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) to discuss the issues that adolescent girls and boys and youth ([link removed]) are experiencing due to COVID-19 and lock-downs.
RESULTS UK launched a new policy brief (https:/www.results.org.uk/publications/nutrition-human-right-adopting-rights-based-approach-food-context-covid-19) taking a rights-based approach to nutrition advocacy, aiming to influence national governments and the international community to take steps to tackle the impacts of COVID-19 on malnutrition.
RESULTS Japan ([link removed]) worked with the Ministry of Finance to push the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to strengthen their commitment to health. The ADB has approved a US$2 million technical assistance (TA) grant ([link removed]) — made possible by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction financed by the Government of Japan — to help select developing members prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 by expanding and integrating water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH+H) approaches into ADB's projects.
GHA France’s Laurianne Desquesses talks to Gloria Musinde ([link removed]) of the initiative Les Afriques Vous Parlent about why they’re engaging in Forum Génération Égalité (in French).
** Spotlight
------------------------------------------------------------
** Meet our partner: ASAPSU
------------------------------------------------------------
"It is important to acknowledge that the health crisis has exposed the fragility of our health system regarding the mobilization of internal resources to face major pandemics," said Koné Solange, co-founder and acting advocacy and policy director of ASAPSU. More ([link removed]) .
[link removed]
** Meet our team member: Rahab Mwaniki
------------------------------------------------------------
"My inspiration to engage in public health was drawn from continuous volunteering at the community level since an early ago. While growing up in the rural areas of eastern region in Kenya, community health workers would move from home to home doing health promotion on WASH and giving polio vaccines and I thought this was great!" More ([link removed]) .
[link removed]
News
The WHO has issued a call to all countries to accelerate vaccine equity for all health workers with their “Vaccine Equity Declaration ([link removed]) .”
The US$1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act signed into law last week included $11.3 billion for COViD-19 pandemic response ([link removed]) , of which $3.5 billion will go to the Global Fund and $800 million to Food for Peace.
In its 2020 supplemental and 2021 annual budgets, the Government of Japan committed ÂĄ54.52 billion in pledges to the Global Fund, Gavi, GHIT, UNITAID, WFP, and CEPI despite the COVID crisis and increasing ODA from ÂĄ561 billion in 2020 to ÂĄ568 billion in 2021. On Feb 9, Japan announced ([link removed]) a further US$70 million commitment to COVAX, increasing its contribution to a total of $200 million.
Resources and Blogs
Cutting child poverty in half ([link removed]) , by Joanne Carter about the COVID relief bill
Progress towards ending TB at risk ([link removed]) , by Suman Majumdar and Mark Rice
Nutrition is a human right ([link removed]) , by Mathilde Chiesa. See also the report ([link removed]) .
Nutrition – The Key to Covid Recovery ([link removed]) , a new report by GHA France and Generation Nutrition
The Economic Case for Global Vaccinations ([link removed]) , a new study commissioned by WHO
Events and Opportunities
We’re hiring at the ACTION Secretariat! Check out ACTION’s job board to see our open full-time and consultant positions.
* Communication plan consultant ([link removed])
* More full-time and consulting positions ([link removed])
March 22–April 2: Virtual Civil Society Policy Forum. More ([link removed]) .
April 5–11: 2021 World Bank Spring Meetings; registration is open until March 22. More ([link removed]) .
April 15 at 3pm CET: "Working Towards Vaccine Equity in IA2030" (Immunization Agenda 2030) webinar hosted by the Gavi CSO constituency in partnership with ACTION, Save the Children, Gavi, and RESULTS UK. More ([link removed]) .
April 24-30: World Immunization Week. More ([link removed]) .
June 12–13: RESULTS International Conference (virtual). Registration is open ([link removed]) !
ACTION World TB Day Events
March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day, and there are numerous events planned around the world. Here is what ACTION has in store for you:
* ACTION partners are working with communities around the world to light up the night sky as part of Stop TB's the "#LightupforTB" campaign. Results Australia ([link removed]) and Results Canada have secured several locations in their respective countries; in Canada, they're lighting up Niagara Falls ([link removed]) . More ([link removed]) .
* Results Australia ([link removed]) is leading a Parliamentary event on March 24 with TB Alliance and IAVI. Peter Sands (Global Fund) and Nick Herbert MP (Global TB Caucus) will speak on the impact of COVID-19 on TB.
* RESULTS UK will host a Parliamentary event on March 23 (open to the public). More ([link removed]) .
* RESULTS in the U.S. is working with other CSOs to hold Hill briefings on COVID and TB ([link removed]) and ending TB ([link removed]) and a lobby day to educate Congressional staff and build bipartisan support for ending TB.
* Results Canada is hosting a high-level webinar on March 23 with Partners in Health and Stop TB Canada. More ([link removed]) .
* WACI Health ([link removed]) and CITAM+ ([link removed]) will participate in the “Run for TB” campaign in 10 countries, including Zambia.
============================================================
** LinkedIn ([link removed])
** Twitter ([link removed])
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
** YouTube ([link removed])
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