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TUESDAY SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER 29 OCTOBER 2016 2016 POST-GRADUATE COMMUNITY COURSES COMMON
CULTURAL ACTIVITY: PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITY 3 10.20 – 11.20 3 COMMUNITY COMMON SILENT THEATRE
WHERE DO I FIT IN? COUGH TO CURE PATHWAY BOARD
This will feature the large format of the Cough to Cure Pathway. Participants will be asked to identify where they can do more work
in their respective countries.
Each delegate will receive the ideal copy of the pathway, which shows the barriers to individual, the community and system as well as the solutions.
Coordinator(s): Martin-Mary Falana (Nigeria), Mayowa Joel (Nigeria)
Presentation – Ibrahim Umoru (Nigeria), Martin-Mary Falana (Nigeria), Mayowa Joel (Nigeria)
PANEL DISCUSSION 3 11.25 – 11.55 3 COMMUNITY COMMON SILENT THEATRE
EMPOWERED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IMPROVE CASE FINDING IN ACCESS-POOR AREAS
TUESDAY 25 OCT
Interventions: Trained through USAID technical assistance, the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) in turn trained barangay officials on TB
prevention; and trained 25 volunteers to conduct TB education, identify presumptive TB cases and to refer them to the nearest DOTS facility, and to
encourage patients to adhere to TB treatment.
The volunteers also posted TB leaflets on the doors of houses and other strategic places. The community volunteers called themselves Katawhan
sa Opol Maghugpong Batok TB (KOMBAT), which means people of Opol rally against TB. The Municipal Heath Office’s advocacy led barangay officials
to provide transportation fare for patients who needed to go to a DOTS centre for assessment and diagnosis. The IPHO meanwhile arranged with
a hospital for free X-ay services for sputum-negative patients with symptoms strongly suggestive of TB.
Results and lessons learnt: From June-December 2015, KOMBAT volunteers helped increase community awareness of TB. This was evident in referrals
who brought with them during consultation TB leaflets posted on their doors. KOMBAT volunteers helped identify and treat 46/86 (53%) cases in the
third quarter and 9/42 (21%) cases in the fourth quarter of 2015. As a result, CDR rose to 128% in 2015.
Conclusion: Training community volunteers on TB and empowering them to educate, find, and refer presumptive cases is a viable strategy for TB case
finding in geographically challenged, access-poor areas.
Coordinator(s): Emily Grace Banal (Philippines)
Presentation I – Emily Grace Banal (Philippines)
Presentation II – Teodoro Jr Yu (Philippines)
PANEL DISCUSSION 3 14.55 – 15.25 3 COMMUNITY COMMON SILENT THEATRE
HEALTHY LIVERPOOL PROGRAMME: INSPIRING A GENERATION TO BE MORE ACTIVE
The value of daily physical activity on improved health has emerged strongly in the prevention, treatment and management of chronic illness,
particularly for lung cancer and COPD patients. The rise in physical inactivity amongst the Liverpool population directly contributes to over
2600 preventable health events per year amongst the city’s residents costing the local NHS £10.8m per year.
A significant new approach is needed to engage the Liverpool population in living a more active lifestyle. The Liverpool Active City Strategy sets out
an ambitious vision to be the most active city in England by 2021. It aims to create a whole system response to engaging the local population,
developing a sustainable infrastructure to support individuals and communities in being more active, with pathways to participation designed to meet
personal need based on national evidence and local behavioural change insight.
The delivery of the strategy is driven by the City Council, NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group and a wide range of stakeholders both locally
and nationally. It builds upon the effective partnerships, and successful and innovative approaches already evident within Liverpool, and is recognised
internationally by the International Olympic Committee.
The programme aims to increase physical activity levels of inactive and under-active people in Liverpool, by engaging them in a wide range of
innovative programmes. These include the creation of a social movement, embedding mass participation approaches within communities, activating
networks of expertise and improving access to quality indoor and outdoor environments, to maximise the potential for physical activity.
SATURDAY 29 OCT
In July 2016, Liverpool will launch the new Physical Activity and Sport Programme and social marketing campaign ‘Fit for Me’, and a range of mass
participation schemes e.g. Beat the Streets, to get the people of Liverpool moving more.
Coordinator(s): Gina Perigo (United Kingdom), Nicky Yates (United Kingdom)
Presentation I – Maurice Smith (United Kingdom)
26-29 OCTOBER 2016 - LIVERPOOL - UNITED KINGDOM
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