The Second Workshop to Support Community and Civil Society Engagement in CCM Nepal has been accomplished!!

Second workshop to support community and Civil Society (CS) engagement in CCM Nepal was organized by CCM Nepal with partnership of APCASO and financial support from BACKUP-Health GIZ. The workshop was conducted from 4th to 6th September 2019.

Day 1

The workshop started with introduction of the participants followed by objective sharing of different session, Introduction to Global Fund and CCM, CCM Endline assessment preliminary findings sharing. There was sensitization of various indicators for CCM members and alternates and networks. Along with this there was Code of Conduct orientation and at the end of the day there was session regarding Community rights and gender. The sessions were facilitated via presentation, discussions, brainstorming and energizer games.

Day 2

The day started with the reflection of the previous day. Mr. Mahendra Prasad Shrestha, Oversight Committee Chair, Chief, Health Planning and Coordination Division, Ministry of Health and Population shared his key notes regarding the CCM progress and appeal to CCM members to continue their contribution and advocate issues of their constituencies for strengthening CCM and eliminate Additional Safeguard Policy posed by Global Fund.

The workshop continued with various sessions- Human Rights and power walk session among CCM members and KP, Communication capacity building session and ways to improve communication barriers. Ms. Rashmi Shrestha Thapa, malaria constituency, oriented the participants on Malaria in Nepal along with its history, national strategies and methods to eliminate malaria in Nepal. Ms. RD Marte, Executive Director of APCASO, oriented participants about TB through quiz. At the end of the day there was discussion about engagement plan. The sessions were facilitated via presentation, discussions, brainstorming and energizer games.

Day 3

Post Workshop meeting was done with CCM members and alternates. Further updates on CCM Nepal were shared among CCM members and their alternate regarding the work been carried out in core functions and way forward. The meeting gave the agenda for further discussion in upcoming CCM meeting.

Oversight Visit in Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) sites accomplished.

The CCM oversight committee has conducted routine site visits to oversee the implementation of GF grants in Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) sites of Kathmandu and Lalitpur on 10th June 2019.

Interaction with staff nurse and coordinator of social support unit program
during oversight visit to OST site, Lagankhel.
Inspection of medicine and logistc supply during oversight visit to OST site,
Lagankhel
Document review and interaction with team members of Saarathi Nepal,
OST site , Jaisedewal, Kathmandu
Interaction with staff nurse during oversight visit to Saarathi Nepal, OST
site , Jaisedewal, Kathmandu

Meeting with Tuberculosis Sub-recipient was conducted successfully!

As per the CCM’s oversight plan, the CCM OC organized a meeting with sub-recipients (SRs) working on tuberculosis (TB) in meeting hall of National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) on 11th June 2019. This document gives a summary of the key findings and discussion in the sharing meeting.

In the meeting, four TB-SRs Nepal Anti-Tuberculosis Association (NATA), National Association of PLWHA in Nepal (NAP+N), Health Research and Social Development (HERD) and Birat Nepal Medical Trust (BNMT) presented their program, target versus achievement and challenges.

The findings and issues of the TB SRs meeting will be presented in CCM meeting in order to prepare the plan of action.

Ms. Sanu Shrestha, Program Manager of NATA presenting the program brief, achievement and challenges.
Mr. Amit Bikram Rai, Program Manager of NAP+N presenting the program brief, achievement and challenges.
Mr. Yadav Kumar Thapa, Program Manager of HERD presenting the program brief, achievement and challenges

Mr. Mahendra Prasad Shrestha, Chair of Oversight Committee and Chief of Health Coordination Division expressing vote of thanks and way forward during closing session.