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The AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Network have engaged with stakeholders in Cross River State on a step down meeting on the operational modalities of the Community Lead Monitoring (CLM) plan and the National Community System Strengthening Framework.
The two day meeting attracted stakeholders comprising government agencies, community based organizations, traditional institutions and the media.
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Speaking during the engagement, Solomon Agbor, the Deputy Coordinator of the TB Network said the meeting aims to break down what was validated at the national level.
“We intend to educate our stakeholders on the CLM framework and the operational plan, how it works from the community, to the state and national level to keep stakeholders at par with what is happening. What we are doing now is to break it down to stakeholders at the State level so that we can also speak to the document.
“The document is a comprehensive and covers all health areas not just the ones covered by the ATM Network so as to ensure a robust engagement at the community level,” he said.
State Coordinator of the Civil Society on Malaria Control, Immunization, and Nutrition ACOMIN, Effiong Udobong, highlighted the key points in the contents of the CLM document and called on stakeholders all to take the meeting very seriously.
Similarly, Rev. Effiong Eminue of the Network of People Living with HIV, NEPWHAN said the document will add more knowledge to stakeholders in the work done in the communities.
Amayo Efiok, Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilization Programme Officer Malaria Elimination Programme who represented the Cross River State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP) said stakeholders have been properly educated on their respective roles.
Kingsley Achie director monitoring and evaluation in the Cross River State Agency for the control of AIDS and Ajong Odey State programme Manager of Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme both welcomed the training.
A traditional Chief, Jolly Bassey Obo from Ikot Okpora in Umon Island in Cross River State also said the framework will properly guide the community.
The CLM plan and the CSS framework represent a shared commitment to transforming Nigeria’s public health landscape. It integrates data triangulation, stakeholder collaboration, domestic resource mobilization and sustainability into a unified monitoring system.
In addition, they aim to enhance accountability of all stakeholders to the community they serve, effectively responding to diseases in diverse populations while fostering long term resilience and health equity.
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