People Affected by TB Matters: A Playbook on Community Engagement

THIS Playbook on Community Engagement is the culmination of best practices, experiences and lessons learned that has been shared by TB-affected communities in the region along the years of TB mobilization and activism. Supported by the Global Fund and in partnership with ACT! AP, APCASO primarily designed this playbook for community leaders and members of tuberculosis (TB)-affected communities to aid their engagement initiatives in building sustainable movements of their networks. The operationalization of community engagement concepts and processes is through the lens of people affected by TB. Their voices are in this playbook. The concept of forging strong partnerships with civil society organizations, government, private sector, and development partners is emphasized in this playbook because of the understanding and firm belief that meaningful engagement is built on dialogue and constructive engagement actions. Thus, this playbook is also meant for partners to guide them on how to better support the TB-affected communities in their work to end TB.