Experience-Sharing Meeting and Field Study Visit for the Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) Project’s Sub-Councils and Partner Organizations Successfully Held

Experience-Sharing Meeting and Field Study Visit for the Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) Project’s Sub-Councils and Partner Organizations Successfully Held

The initiative to establish the Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) system to improve tuberculosis (TB) care and services — a pressing public health issue — was launched by the Global Fund. Since 2003, the Global Fund has continuously supported Mongolia in upgrading TB diagnostics, treatment, and medical equipment.

This community-led monitoring system serves as a vital mechanism for conveying the voices of affected individuals to policy-making and service-delivery levels. As part of its implementation, a meeting and field study visit were organized to observe the activities of the four pilot sites, exchange and disseminate best practices, and discuss solutions to common challenges.

The event brought together representatives from the CLM sub-councils of Darkhan-Uul and Khentii provinces, Bayanzurkh and Songinokhairkhan districts, as well as doctors and nurses from the National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) and local dispensaries, and partner organizations. Participants reviewed the results of the Community-Led Monitoring system and discussed future collaboration and innovative initiatives.

Most attendees highly commended the organization of the visit, the substance of the program, the training sessions, presentations, and field activities. They specifically highlighted exemplary practices such as inter-sectoral coordination, leadership, the importance of collaboration, and the setup of TB treatment facilities, equipment, laboratory operations, and specimen intake workflows.

Moving forward, participants plan to implement new, experience-based initiatives, including linking TB day treatment with nutritional support, standardizing medication cabinets, establishing psychological counseling rooms, creating appreciation boards, and holding regular sub-council meetings with results reported to relevant authorities.

Participants emphasized that “eliminating TB is not solely the responsibility of health institutions; it requires the joint participation of local communities, citizens, civil society, and the wider public.” They noted the significant impact of the CLM system in advancing this goal.

This meeting and field visit marked an important step in strengthening community engagement in the fight against TB and in disseminating best practices. The implementation of the CLM system once again proved to be an effective mechanism for bringing citizens’ voices to the policy and service levels.