Interventions on disease epidemics such as #HIV ,#TB and #Malaria can not be won inside treatment rooms. Advocacy
platforms are not treatment rooms or traditional ceremonies. This are open spaces for community /Citizen engagement with policy holders/duty bearers.They provide opportunities for stocktaking on
accountability as well as update stakeholders,provide leadership,facilitate guidance and formulate/improve policies from issues raised by affected,infected and concerned communities on crosscutting issues on how best they can
be implemented
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Some medics have a mindset that by prescribing medicines
they hold the key to reduce infections .It is very rare/difficult particularly in Africa getting the so called expert engaging people at community dialogue forums to give expert opinion.
.All diseases require a multifaceted//multidisciplinary or all inclusive approach for interventions that are social in particular education on prevention strategies ,economic
empowerment as well as political goodwill .
Taking HIV as an example #Biomedical interventions have not been so successful looking at new
infections among young people. Taking a closer look new infections among young people/adolescence it more to do with none disclosure and the social environment in the house ,community and schools.This requires an all in campaign and need for a paradigm shift to accept new and innovative ideas In fact it has only continued to drain the
much needed resources .Structural interventions work better using
rights based approaches which are all inclusive than the know it all
that are taking us nowhere.#giveinovationachance #dialogues give way to improve quality of life.
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