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CORPORATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTIONSTO THE GLOBAL EFFORT TO STOP TB
Stop TB Partnership Forum
Dr Kate Taylor, Director Global Health Initiative
March 25 2004
WHO IS THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM?
The World Economic Forum is an independent international non-profit organisation committed to improving the state of the world.The Forum provides a collaborative framework for the world's leaders to address global issues, engaging particularly its corporate members (the world’s leading 1000 companies) in global citizenship.
WHAT IS THE GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE?
Forum MembersAutomotive
Chemicals
Consumer goods
Energy
Food and beverage
Information and communications
Logistics and transport
Media
Metals and mining
Pharmaceuticals
Partners Increased quality and quantity of private sector
activity against
HIV
Tuberculosis
Malaria
WHY THE PRIVATE SECTOR?
• Workers and their families• Surrounding communities• Suppliers and contractors• Consumers
Expertise
Reach
• Communications and marketing• Distribution• Project management• R&D
Resources• In kind contributions of products and services• People• Cash
Companies can bring...
Private sector as implementation partners - rather than ‘just’
donors
47 4952
3337
33
25 23
16
39
2528
19
89
31
8381
36
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
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Overall Africa Asia CentralAmerica &Caribbean
Middle East &North Africa
SouthAmerica
BUT HOW TO ENGAGE A NON-ENGAGED PRIVATE SECTOR?
Percent of firms’ surveyed who expressed some concern about HIV, TB and malaria
HIVMalariaTB
Source: www.weforum.org/globalhealth
BUILD A PARTNERSHIP OVER TIME
Extend the participation
Indian Business Alliance to Stop TB•Targeted core of committed companies•DOTS in workplace•Innovative contributions drawing on core business to support RNTCP - district-by-district outreach
Establish a shared vision
TB managementin the
workplace:An introduction for
Indian business
Advocacy and outreach
Develop an offering
INDIAN BUSINESS ALLIANCE TO STOP TB STATEMENT
Companies will review their workforce practices to: Review company policies to include TB Build sustainable workplace programmes to treat TB Integrate TB initiatives into their community activities
Make stopping TB a priority
Openly share company TB programmes
Companies will share programme results to: Enable recognition Facilitate transfer of good practices Create ongoing transparency (including reporting of detection and treatment rates) between business and other partners
Partner to stop TB
Companies will work with key partners from the public sector and civil society including: World Health Organisation and Stop TB Partnership Indian Ministry of Health, RNTCP and state programmes NGOs
Recruit other interested companies
Companies will develop a critical mass of targeted efforts to: Increase numbers of companies with policies and programmes Increase depth of participation by Alliance companies
IndianBusiness Alliance
to Stop TB
Strong technical expertise
Raising TB
awareness
Implement-ation
of DOTS by business
Expanding the
Alliance
Strong partnership co-ordination
ALLIANCE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Public sector
Companies
Business organisations
ALLIANCE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical support, sharing model across SEARO
Technical support, sharing model across STB Partnership
Technical support, provide TB therapy, monitoring/evaluation, increasing role in coordination
Public sector
Alliance initiation, advocacy and early development
Corporate survey to overlay with RNTCP mapping
Business organisations
Workplace and community DOTS programme covering 3.5 M villages
Adding TB to Foundation’s HIV workplace training activities
TB programme to cover office and field sales staff
Adding TB to HIV workplace activities
National SMS campaign and hotlines, workplace programmes in plants
DOTS for workers, community, and tribal village programmes
TB workplace activities, developing policy and advocacy materials with RNTCP
Companies
POTENTIAL BENEFITS?CO-INVESTING FOR ARVS FOR MILLIONS
Model•Company pays for employees’ costs
•Outside donor pays for marginal cost of expansion to family and beyond
Benefits•Companies support running costs
•Programmes use or augment existing public facilities - thereby strengthening public infrastructure
• Implementation is rapid and accountable
*Top 300 Sub-Saharan public companies**Assumed dependent ratioSource: McKinsey & Co.
Large companies
Total employees (‘000s)
Total employees and families (‘000s)
Multinationals
Large nationals*•South Africa•Nigeria•Zimbabwe•Ivory Coast•Kenya•Ghana
Total
130
1,95010477762418
2,370
780
11,700624482458144108
14,280
x 5 - 6**Multinationals
Large nationals*•South Africa•Nigeria•Zimbabwe•Ivory Coast•Kenya•Ghana
Think of the multipliers for SMEs
and communities
POTENTIAL CHALLENGES?PERCEIVED RELEVANCE
Companies that are seriously concerned about TB’s impact on their firm and also see HIV/AIDS as a serious threat
Asia
Source: www.weforum.org/globalhealth
Companies that are seriously concerned about HIV/AIDS’ impact on their firm and also see TB as a serious threat
Global
74 % 84 %
5 % 4 %
Getting companies to engage on TB is a good entry point for future HIV advocacy...
… but companies need a better understanding of the links between HIV and TB