CSO Platform

21/04/2026

💡 Across the Greater Mekong Subregion, malaria cases have fallen dramatically over the past decade. This progress did not happen by chance. It is powered by community-based malaria volunteers who reach households, build trust, and deliver life-saving services every day.

As this quote card from CSO Platform highlights, people-powered action works. Now the task is to protect these gains and ensure every community remains covered, especially as countries move closer to elimination.

🌐 On this World Malaria Day, we recognise the frontline champions who make progress possible and remind ourselves why sustained commitment matters. 👏

"Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must."

07/04/2026

Together for health, stand with science 🧪🧬

This World Health Day 2026, we are reminded that health is not isolated — it is deeply interconnected.

From people to animals, from ecosystems to our shared environment, our wellbeing depends on one another. 🐥🐖🐄

The One Health approach highlights this connection — recognizing that protecting human health requires us to also protect animal health and the planet we live on.

It’s time to:
🔹 Work across disciplines and borders
🔹 Strengthen community and system resilience
🔹 Turn evidence into action
🔹 Invest in sustainable, inclusive health systems

In a world facing climate change, emerging diseases, and environmental challenges, science and collaboration across sectors are more important than ever. 🌏✨

Understand more: https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2026/key-messages

01/04/2026

Why One Health matters: communities need holistic, integrated services that reflect their realities-linking human, animal, and environmental health, especially in the face of climate change and declining donor funding.

At the One Health Festival Side Event in Bangkok, the CSO Platform shared insights on mapping One Health-related interventions in the Mekong region-highlighting what works in advancing community-led prevention across Asia-Pacific.

Organized by Apcaso, in collaboration with CIRAD the event brought together partners to strengthen collaboration and drive forward integrated, sustainable health solutions. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🐄🌿🌏💚

01/04/2026

From local action to regional strategy—today’s One Health Festival Side Event highlighted the critical role of community-led interventions in shaping integrated, inclusive responses for HIV, TB, and malaria.

26/03/2026

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💡ครั้งแรกของประเทศไทยกับการนำร่อง Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) ด้านมาลาเรีย!

CSO Platform ร่วมกับภาคี มูลนิธิรักษ์ไทย : Raks Thai Foundation มูลนิธิศุภนิมิตแห่งประเทศไทย - World Vision Foundation of Thailand และ Young Muslim Association of Thailand - YMAT ขอเชิญทุกท่านเข้าร่วมเวทีสัมมนาออนไลน์

ร่วมสำรวจบทเรียนและข้อค้นพบจาก Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) in Malaria ผ่านการดำเนินงานจริงในประเทศไทย พร้อมรับฟังเสียงสะท้อนจากชุมชนในพื้นที่นำร่องที่ดำเนินงานร่วมกับภาคีของเรา! 🍀

🗓 27 มีนาคม 2569 | ⏰ 14:00 – 16:00 น.
📍 ผ่าน Microsoft Teams
📲 สแกนเพื่อเข้าร่วมรับฟัง

🔍 มาร่วมรับฟังและแลกเปลี่ยนมุมมองไปด้วยกัน!

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💡Thailand’s first pilot of Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) in malaria!

Join us for a virtual session on Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) in Malaria and explore key insights and lessons learned from implementation in Thailand. In this session, you will hear community voices from pilot areas, implemented in collaboration with our valued partners มูลนิธิรักษ์ไทย : Raks Thai Foundation มูลนิธิศุภนิมิตแห่งประเทศไทย - World Vision Foundation of Thailand and Young Muslim Association of Thailand - YMAT 🍀

🗓 27 March 2026 | ⏰ 14:00 – 16:00 (BKK)
📍 Online via Microsoft Teams (Conducted in Thai)
📲 Scan to join

🔍 Be part of the conversation to amplify community voices and drive meaningful impact.

24/03/2026

Yes! We Can End TB — but only if we act together 🙌🏼

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases—yet it is preventable, treatable, and curable.
🌍 10.7 million people fell ill with TB
⚠️ 1.23 million people died from TB
👶 1.2 million children were affected by TB
❗ Around 22% of people with TB were not diagnosed or treated
💊 Only 2 in 5 people with drug-resistant TB accessed treatment

This World TB Day 2026, we are reminded that ending TB is not just a goal—it is achievable with strong leadership, sustained investment, and community-driven action.

💬 Ending TB requires all of us—governments, health systems, and communities—working together.

Further findings: https://www.who.int/teams/global-programme-on-tuberculosis-and-lung-health/tb-reports/global-tuberculosis-report-2025
Led by countries, powered by people: https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-tb-day/2026

20/03/2026

Closing the last mile gap takes collaboration—and community leadership 🤝🏼

As Lieven Vernaeve highlights, civil society organizations play both an added and essential role in malaria elimination—especially in reaching communities beyond the reach of routine services.

Together with partners, we continue to promote community-led approaches as a cornerstone of equitable and sustainable malaria elimination. 💫

🌟 Reaching the last malaria cases requires more than coverage; it requires collaboration.

Lieven Vernaeve, from Malaria Consortium, shared practical lessons from Cambodia on how civil society organisations work alongside national malaria programmes to reach mobile, migrant, and forest‑going populations who are often missed by routine services. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 🦟

His experience reinforces the value of trusted partnerships, locally recruited volunteers, and peer‑led approaches in closing last‑mile gaps and supporting national elimination goals. 🤝

👉 Read the full blog for insights from the dialogue and country experiences: https://apmen.org/blog/africa-asia-civil-society-dialogue-why-strong-community-engagement-essential-beat-malaria

19/03/2026

Strong malaria elimination starts with communities ⭐️

At the recent Africa–Asia Civil Society Dialogue, Maxine Whittaker highlighted a message we deeply believe that communities and civil society are not just participants, but they are central to the response 💫🌏

Thank you to Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network for spotlighting this important dialogue and reinforcing the role of civil society in driving equitable, lasting change.💜

⏰ Strong malaria elimination efforts are built from the ground up

At the recent Africa–Asia Civil Society Dialogue, Prof Maxine Whittaker, from CSO Platform, highlighted why communities and civil society organisations are not just contributors, but central partners in the fight against , particularly in reaching underserved populations and sustaining progress. 🌐

💡 Her reflections underscore the importance of trust, equity, and long‑term community engagement in prevention, control and elimination of malaria.

👉 Read the full blog to explore key insights from the dialogue:
🔗 https://apmen.org/blog/africa-asia-civil-society-dialogue-why-strong-community-engagement-essential-beat-malaria

12/03/2026

Congratulations to the new leadership team of the Communities Delegation to the Board of the Global Fund!👏🌍

Special congratulations to Shreehari Acharya, who will serve on the Advisory Working Group, bringing his extensive experience working with civil society and ministries of health across Southeast Asia.

Community voices and lived experiences are essential in shaping effective responses to HIV, TB, and malaria. It is inspiring to see strong community advocates representing these perspectives at the highest level.

Wishing the team great success in advancing community voices in the fight against HIV, TB, and malaria. ⭐️💫

🌟 NEW LEADERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT | Communities Delegation to the Global Fund Board

We are thrilled to introduce the newest members of the Communities Delegation leadership team. Four outstanding advocates who will carry the voices, lived experiences, and priorities of communities into the highest levels of Global Fund governance.

🔷 BOARD MEMBER
*Anil StClair Padavatan* | Global Action for Trans Equality
A health rights activist with 15+ years of experience in HIV, gender equality, and human rights, Anil is the Health Programs Lead at GATE, advancing health rights for trans and gender-diverse communities across global regions.

🔷 ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER
*Priscilla Ama Addo* | Y+ Global
A young health advocate from Ghana, Priscilla serves as Junior Programmes Officer at Y+ Global, championing adolescent and youth-led advocacy across HIV, TB, and malaria at national, regional, and global levels.

🔷 CHAIR, IMPLEMENTER GROUP
*Javier Hourcade Bellocq* | Corresponsales Clave / Independent Consultant
With over 35 years at the intersection of civil society, HIV, TB, and global health, Javier's lived experience and longstanding presence in Global Fund governance make him a powerful voice for community accountability.

🔷 ADVISORY WORKING GROUP
*Shreehari Acharya* | Communities and Civil Society Platform
A public health professional with 15+ years of experience, Shree works across Southeast Asia with 60+ CSOs and ministries of health on malaria, One Health, climate change, and universal health coverage.

Please join us in warmly congratulating Javier, Anil, Priscilla, and Shree! 👏🏽💜

We are confident that under this leadership, the Communities Delegation will continue to champion bold, community-centred advocacy at the Global Fund Board.

10/03/2026

HAPPENING TODAY! 🌏

Join the upcoming webinar co-hosted by Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network, CS4ME, and the CSO Platform, bringing together civil society leaders from Africa and Asia to share lessons and practical approaches for strengthening community engagement and resource mobilization to end malaria. 🌏🦟

🗓 Date: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM Singapore I 3.00 PM Bangkok
🔗 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_GZ4b87sNTMCyU1lkehKAdg

🌍 Webinar | Africa–Asia Civil Society Dialogue: Strong Community Engagement Is Essential to Beat Malaria

Community and civil society organizations (CSOs) are at the heart of malaria control and elimination. From generating evidence and advocating for sustained financing to advancing health equity, gender equality, and human rights, CSOs play a critical role in ensuring that no one is left behind.

📢 Join us for an APMENxChange webinar co‑hosted by Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN), CS4ME, and the CSO Platform, bringing together civil society leaders and experts from Africa and Asia to share experiences, lessons learned, and practical approaches to strengthening community engagement and resource mobilization for malaria elimination.

🗓 Date: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM Singapore
🔗 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GZ4b87sNTMCyU1lkehKAdg

🎤 Moderators
• Fidèle Bemadoum (CS4ME, Cameroon)
• Dr Phone Si Hein (APMEN, Singapore)

🗣 Speakers
• Dr Adele Ngo Bisseck (ISA, Cameroon)
• Prof Maxine Whittaker (RAI RSC, GMS)
• Rachel Ong (GFAN AP, Singapore)
• Seyni Issoufou (ONEN, Niger)

💬 Panellists
• Lieven Vernaeve (Malaria Consortium, Cambodia)
• Emily Katarikawe (InPact, Uganda)
• Tumainiel Mangi (Child Watch, Tanzania)

08/03/2026

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the strength, leadership, and contributions of women everywhere. ⭐️

Across communities, women play a critical role in protecting health and wellbeing. From raising awareness to supporting access to essential services, they are often the bridge between health systems and the people who need care the most.

Their dedication helps ensure that even in the most challenging circumstances, communities—especially women, children, and other vulnerable groups—can access lifesaving information and services.

This day is not only a moment to recognize progress, but also a call to continue advancing gender equity and empowering women in all sectors of society.

👧🏼👩🏻👩🏽‍🦱👩🏻‍🦰👱🏼‍♀️👩🏽‍🦳👵🏽🧕👮🏻‍♀️👷🏼‍♀️👩🏼‍⚕️👩🏼‍💻👩🏾‍🔬👩🏻‍🏫

20/02/2026

🌏On World Day of Social Justice, we reaffirm that health equity is not optional — it is essential.

Key social determinants of health equity
📍Poverty - limits access to life-saving opportunities.
📍Conflict - decimates health equity.
📍Displacement - barriers to health services.
📍Climate Change - Disproportionately affect vulnerable populations.
📍Discrimination - limit access to resources and reduce agency.

Health inequities are a matter of justice ⚖️

Read more: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240107588