Minutes of Steering Committee Meeting-18 September 2009

Steering Committee of Partnership for Tuberculosis Care & Control
Minutes of the Meeting
18th September 2009
Location : Hotel AVALON- Court Yard, Empire Estate, Mehrauli Gurgaon Road, Sultanpur ,New Delhi,
Time : 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
Participants:
Members Present:
• Dr. P. C. Bhatnagar – Director,
Communicable Diseases
,Voluntary Health Association of
India (VHAI)
• Dr. S. N. Misra – Senior Adviosor,
Futures Group
• Dr. Anil Cherian – Director,
Community Health and
Development Emmanuel
Hospital Association (EHA)
• Dr.Sugata Mukhopadhaya,
Technical Expert, HIV& AIDS
Catholic Relief Services India
• Dr. Ramnik Ahuja- Advisor,
Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII)
• Mr. P.T. Mohanadoss – Deputy
Director, David & Lois Hospital
Standing Invitee
• Dr. L. S. Chauhan, DDG (TB)
• Dr. Fraser Wares – WHO India
• Dr. S. Sahu – WHO India
• Dr. Nevin Wilson- Director, The
Union South East Asia Regional
Office
Other Invitees :
• Dr. Shruti Sehgal, CTD
• Dr. Suvaran – Representing NTC
Director - Regional Office (AP &
MP) ,LEPRA Society
Apologies:
• Ms. Amrita Nayak- Asst. Project
Officer
• Dr. Vijay Edward – Convener NTC
and Director Health and HIV/AIDS,
World Vision India
• Dr. A. Sangma – Programme
Coordinator, Christian Medical
Association of India (CMAI)
Partnership Secretariat :
• Mr. Subrat Mohanty, Technical
Officer

Proceedings:
Mr. Subrat Mohanty welcomed the Steering Committee members and other invitees. He requested Dr.P
C Bhatnagar, Chairperson, Partnership Steering Committee to chair the session.
Dr. P C Bhatnagar briefly overviewed the minutes of the last steering committee. The last minutes of the
last meeting was considered approved.
Progress updates from the last meeting were discussed.
Name of the Partnership: It was agreed unanimously to bring a little change in the name of the
partnership as “Partnership for Tuberculosis Care & Control in India” that talk about partnership and
partnership in India.
Partnership Logo: Soft version of sample logo was circulated to all the members for their feedback.
An agreed logo for the partnership was selected.
Modification in the vision document (charter): A sub-committee of three members consisting of Dr.
Ramnik Ahuja, CII, Dr. S.N. Misra, Futures Group and Dr. Sahu, NPO, WHO was formed to review the
vision document and suggest areas for modification. The charter was re- written to complement and
supplement the partnership activities that will be coordinated at national, state and district level. The final
charter has been printed.
Website of Partnership: Website of Partnership has been updated with inputs form the members and
technical support of The Union . The domain name (www.tbpartnershipindia.org) has been registered.
Website will officially launched on 30 th September in National Partners meeting. Suggestions are
welcomed till COB Tuesday 22 nd September 2009 from all the Partners.
Future Plans of the Committee: It was discussed that future plans will be discussed later in National
Forums. The national partners meeting is coming up on 30 th September 2009 and it was proposed that
the road map to the partnership could be discussed in the national partners meeting.
Submission of a background note to DDG(TB) Background note of Partnership has been submitted.
Mr. Subrat Mohanty welcomed the new partners joined in the partnership, the Medics, Dhakotah Yubak
Sangh, Prasututee and FXB Inda. He informed that the total strength of the partnership is 29.
Updates on Regional Meetings
• Three meetings conducted for Southern, Eastern and Central region covering 11 states.
• 2 day meeting participated by State and District TB Programme Managers, WHO RNTCP
Consultants, Partners, NGOs, Corporate and media.
Issues of Discussion and action points
• On Partnership monthly newsletter: Due to insufficient articles, news and inputs, it was decided to
circulate it on a quarterly basis from September 2009 onwards.
• IMA request for an observer status in Steering Committee : It was suggested to re-establish the
communication with IMA and be invited for the national partners meeting on 30 th September
2009. Dr. L.S. Chauhan proposed that IMA can be an official body for the partnership. It was
agreed on that Mr. Subrat Mohanty and Dr. S.N. Misra will coordinate a meeting with them.
• MOA (Memorandum of Articles): All the members agreed that it would be good if the MOA is
named again and the terminology is simplified. It was decided that the entry criteria for new
members needs to be circulated for comments and the final documents would be then shared on
the website.

• Inclusion of patient community groups (WCC): The steering committee members specifically felt
that the partnership is not looking for increasing the members of the committee. The Chair said
very clearly that we are looking into the broad basing the organisational support and after the
term is over we will look into the interested organisations.
• Preparation for National Partners Meeting & Future Road Map: All other members viewed that it
has been a good beginning and the initiative needs to be strengthened. The members were of
the opinion that the Secretariat shall prepare and share with all the members the background
note for the national partners meeting. Also a conference call shall be arranged by the Secretariat
to review and discuss the same.
• Issues emerged from the Regional Consultative Meetings: Challenges faced were the
Participation of State TB Programme Managers from respective states. It was proposed to evolve
strategies for sustained engagement of partners at regional level.
Dr. Mohandass suggested sorting out the addresses and locating the agency to coordinate the
activities in their respective states. Ms. Shruti Sehgal recommended that state specific meetings
are more helpful and effective.
It was realized that the Regional Meetings are important to build capacity of different states. Dr.
Chauhan suggested that the state specific issues to be identified and once done local partners
should speak to the District TB officials of that state. It is important to share experiences and
learn from each other.
The members felt the constraint of budget for organising state level meetings and there is a need
to advocate funding.
There being no other issue, the meeting ended with vote of thanks by Chairperson.