This participant's guide, companion to the Networking for Policy Change training manual from the StopTB Partnership, the World Health Organization (WHO), and Constella Futures, is an adaptation of Networking for Policy Change: An Advocacy Training Supplement (POLICY Project, 1999), a resource for facilitators of family planning and reproductive health advocacy issues.

From the Table Contents:

• "Section I. Background on TB/HIV
• 1.1 TB and HIV: two diseases, one patient
• 1.2 Global TB and HIV/AIDS Epidemics
• 1.3 TB/HIV or HIV/TB
• 1.4 HIV Fuels the Tuberculosis Epidemic
• 1.5 The Stop TB Strategy and Global Plan to Stop TB
• 1.6 HIV/AIDS Universal Access Strategy
• 1.7 The International Response to HIV related TB: An Evolving Approach
• 1.8 Collaborative TB/HIV Activities
• 1.9 Recommended Collaborative TB/HIV Activities
• 1.10 Definition of Countries for Collaborative TB/HIV Activities
• 1.11 Recommendations to Commence Collaborative TB/HIV Activities
• 1.12 Collaboration not Integration of TB and HIV Control Programs
• 1.13 Barriers and Opportunities for TB and HIV Program Collaboration
• Section II. What is Advocacy?
• 2.1 Definitions of Advocacy
• 2.2 Advocacy and Related Concepts
• 2.3 Mobilizing for Action: Advocacy Networks are Needed
• 2.4 Examples of Advocacy Networks
• 2.5 Assessing the Policy Environment is also Essential
• 2.6 Steps in the Advocacy Process
• 2.6.1 Issues, Goals, and Objectives: Building the Foundation
• 2.6.2 Target Audiences: Identifying Support and Opposition
• 2.6.3 Messages: Informing, Persuading, and Moving to Action
• 2.6.4 Data Collection: Bridging the Gap between Communities and Policymakers
• 2.6.5 Fundraising: Mobilizing Resources
• 2.6.6 Implementation: Developing and Action Plan
• 2.7 Monitoring and Evaluation
• Annex 1. HIV/TB Internet Resource List References"