Social-legal issues and their solving guidance for TB beneficiaries

On June 16th, 2018 ”Positive People Armenian Network” Soc. NGO conducted a meeting with TB beneficiaries. This meeting was held within the framework of “Changes are possible. Act now ” regional program. Working plan of the project included various activities which have been carried out in the form of implementing the patient-centered model, raising public awareness, evaluating the needs of beneficiaries, developing the capacity of activists and establishing targeted working network.

The organizers and beneficiaries of the meeting had targeted class-discussion, which was particularly relevant to the social and legal problems of TB patients and their referral mechanisms. During the first part of the meeting the participants got acquainted with the program’s third-year work plan, watched PSAs connected with TB early detection, discriminating topics and video presenting TB situation in Armenia. The second part of the meeting had a capacity building perspective:

Social support packages provided to TB beneficiaries, legal criteria for social status assignment …

After the mentors’ detailed presentation the group works were carried out where TB beneficiaries used already acquired knowledge and provided solutions to problems, guided by the TB procedures in Armenia.

Within the framework of the project similar meetings in 2018 will be at least 5 in which, based on the logical development, participants will be informed about TB situation, the privilege of direct beneficiaries involvement and the consistency of TB situational changes both on state and civil society  platforms.