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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100

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION

www.weforum.org/globalhealth

globalhealth@weforum.org

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