TB in the Mining Sector in Southern Africa

Regional review meeting with stakeholders on progress made in the implementation country-specific action plans aimed at strengthening Mine Health and Safety (MHS).
2024-02-12 - 2024-03-13 | Capital on the Park, Sandton, South Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Support to countries to integrate and operationalize the action plan for the declaration of TB in the mining sector
2024-02-05 08:00 - 2024-04-30 17:00 UTC

Consultative meeting between Chamber of Mines and government on the development and implementation of country-specific private sector led initiatives for the control of TB and OLDs in the mining sector.
2024-02-05 - 2024-02-06 | Gaborone, Botswana

TA for identification of Bottlenecks in compensation systems and development and implementation of action plans for strengthening compensation systems
2024-02-01 - 2024-02-02 | Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

TA for identification of Bottlenecks in compensation systems and development and implementation of action plans for strengthening compensation systems
2024-01-29 - 2024-01-30 | Capital on the Park, Sandton, South Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Community Rights and Gender assessment Data Collection-Eswatini
2023-07-10 - 2023-07-14

Regional Consultative Workshop to raise awareness Among the Key Advocacy and Policy Influencers on The SADC Declaration on TB In the Mines and Regional Initiatives
2023-05-17 - 2023-05-19 | Zambia, Zambia
SADC secretariat in collaboration with ECSA-HC plans to organize a consultative meeting with key influencers including Members of parliament, Human rights institutions to deliberate on how the region can effectively respond to TB in the mining sector. The workshop shall focus on areas of human rights and gender barriers to accessing services by the key populations, legal and regulatory frameworks on compensation frameworks for TB and other occupational lung diseases, the status of implementation of the declaration, regional collaboration and sustainability.

The Forum shall have 60 participants.
The participants shall include at least 2 Parliamentary Chairpersons for Health, Mines and Labour from each of the SADC countries or Members of Parliament representing constituencies with high mining activities; Justice/Legal Committees; Members of SADC parliamentary Forum; Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM); SADC Human Rights Lawyers or Associations; Representatives from the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI); Representatives of Civil Society Organisations working on TB and human rights; Representatives from the KP such as Southern African Miners Association (SAMA) and Miners Unions; Representatives from Chambers of Mines; Representatives from intergovernmental organizations and agencies working on TB and human rights including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); and Researchers and experts on TB and human rights.

Inaugural meeting of the SADC End TB Committee (SETC)
2023-05-09 - 2023-05-12 | Johannesburg, South Africa
The SADC Secretariat drafted the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the proposed coordination structure to be called SADC End TB Committee (SETC). The TOR was presented to the SADC to the Health Ministers Forum in November 2022 at its meeting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ministers endorsed in principle the establishment of this structure. However the Secretariat was requested to improve on the TOR in consultation with the countries and request countries to make nomination to this committee. Therefore the Secretariat has improved on the TOR and shared with the member states for further inputs and in the same vein the member states were requested to make nomination to the SETC.
Objective of the meeting
The SADC Secretariat is convening an inaugural meeting of the SETC to finalize the process of validating the TORs, establishing the coordination structure label, and the Committee working methods work.
The Specific objective of the meetings are to:

Finalize the TORS of the committee
Elect office bearers
Review current regional initiatives addressing TB, including TB in the mining sector
Develop a work plan
Prepare report for presentation in the SADC Health Ministers forum

Domestication of the SADC Declaration on TB in the mines in Malawi
2023-05-03 08:00 - 2023-05-04 17:00 UTC | Malawi, Sigelege Beach Resort, Salima, Malawi
Purpose of the Workshop
To review the prioritized interventions in the national TB strategic plan and identify areas that can enhance the implementation of specific TB in the mining sector activities.
Objectives

To disseminate the Operational plan for implementation of the SADC heads of state and government Declaration on TB in the mining sector in Southern Africa
To facilitate in-country discussions on the prioritization of TIMS interventions in line with the regional operational plan.
To build national consensus on the implementation of TIMS as part of the national TB and other relevant annual and strategic plans
Initiate the process of developing a national multi-sectoral operational plan for the implementation of the SADC heads of state and government

Media Capacity Building Workshop
2023-04-27 - 2023-04-28 | Johannesburg, South Africa
In addressing the burden of TB in the region there is a need to widely involve key partners and stakeholders such asjournalists. The media plays an important role when it comes to advocacy and behaviour change communication necessary for combating TB including TB in the mines. However, there is need to build capacity of the media practitioners on responsible and informed reporting on TB to create the desired impact. There the planned workshop responds to that need. In addition, the planned workshop builds on a previous workshop that has seen improved and better reporting on TB and TB in the mining sector in the region. Therefore, the workshop shall enabled sustained and better reporting on TB in the mining sector in the region and thus ensure the TB in the mines remains high on national and regional agenda.
This training will bring together journalists from government and private media outlets across 13 countries implementing the TIMS Phase III project. There will be 3 journalists selected from each country, including Angola, Botswana, DRC, Eswatini, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, resulting in a total of 39 participants to be trained.
Information Leaflet Media Capacity Building Workshop

Regional Conference on TB in the mines
2022-11-16 08:00 - 2022-11-17 17:00 UTC | Cape Town, South Africa

Regional meeting on capacity of women in Mining
2022-10-13 08:00 - 2022-10-14 17:00 UTC | Johannesburg, South Africa

Annual National TB Programs Meeting
2022-10-10 08:00 - 2022-10-14 17:00 UTC | Johannesburg, South Africa

Regional meeting with KPs and Labour Unions on compensation
2022-09-29 08:00 - 2022-09-30 17:00 UTC | Zambia, Zambia

Community Led Monitoring meeting with Zambia - (25 people)
2022-09-27 08:00 - 2022-09-28 17:00 UTC | Zambia, Zambia

Country Stakeholder meeting to Identify Bottlenecks in Compensation of Tuberculosis and other Occupational Lung disease meeting with Zambia
2022-09-26 08:00 - 2022-09-27 17:00 UTC | Zambia, Zambia

Country Stakeholder meeting to Identify Bottlenecks in Compensation of Tuberculosis and other Occupational Lung disease meeting with Lesotho
2022-09-22 08:00 - 2022-09-23 17:00 UTC | Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

Validation meeting to review the proposed framework for the TIMS governance structure
2022-09-18 08:00 - 2022-09-19 17:00 (Africa/Kampala) | ECSA HC Offices, Arusha, Tanzania, United Republic of

National level stakeholders meeting Zambia
2022-08-30 08:00 - 2022-08-31 17:00 UTC
Intervention: Key populations (TB care and prevention) – Miners and mining communities
Strengthening occupational health and compensation systems:
– Technical assistance and convene country stakeholder meetings to identify bottlenecks in compensation of TB and other occupational lung diseases and develop country specific action plans

National level stakeholders meeting Lesotho
2022-08-24 08:00 - 2022-08-26 17:00 (Africa/Kampala) | ECSA HC Offices, Arusha, Tanzania, United Republic of

Test Event 1
2022-07-26 08:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Kampala) | ECSA HC Offices, Arusha, Tanzania, United Republic of
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