On 21 October 2026 at the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi Province, World Vision Foundation of Thailand, as the lead grant recipient (Principal Recipient: PR) with funding from The Global Fund under the Stop TB and AIDS through RRTTPR 2024–2026 (STAR 4) project, together with government agencies, civil society, and partner networks, held the annual Global Fund assessment and scoring meeting for 2026 (KPI-E1 for TB/HIV) to review progress in human rights work, stigma and discrimination reduction, and gender equality in TB programs.
Under the STAR 4 project, which operates across 12 provinces, World Vision Thailand supports human rights and gender work (Human Rights and Gender: HRG) and the strengthening of community systems (Community Systems Strengthening: CSS) to remove barriers affecting access to TB and HIV services among target populations.
The KPI-E1 assessment results for 2026 from 11 responding organizations show that the overall average score across all 9 areas of implementation was 3.7 out of a maximum of 5points, while the area of managing TB-related stigma and discrimination scored 2.7 points, reflecting the need to develop additional measures and activities so that target populations can access health services equitably.
In addition, partner networks shared problems and limitations from actual implementation, including discrimination against TB patients in the workplace, cost barriers to accessing services among migrant workers, and treatment continuity for patients in prisons, and proposed ways to develop rights-protection mechanisms and patient support to be more comprehensive.
The meeting also prioritized applying the assessment results and recommendations from partner networks to the development of the next national TB action plan (2028 – 2032) as well as preparing budgets and domestic funding sources so that human rights and stigma reduction efforts can continue sustainably.
World Vision Thailand is committed to working with partner networks to use data and evidence from real-world implementation to support the development of measures and policy recommendations, as well as to strengthen TB service systems that respect human rights, reduce discrimination, and leave no one behind.
