A New Chapter for TBPPM — and for Me

A few days ago, the TBPPM Learning Network held its final Town Hall meeting — a milestone that marks the end of a six-year journey and the beginning of a new phase for all of us who have been part of this community.

When we began, the goal was simple but ambitious: create a space where implementers, policymakers, researchers, and private-sector partners could learn from each other and build better systems for engaging private providers in TB care. Six years later, that space has become a vibrant community of more than 6,000 members. A community where PPM voices found visibility, where implementers felt they belonged, and where private-sector engagement became recognized not as an optional strategy, but as an essential component of ending TB.

This journey wouldn’t have been possible without the leadership and support of McGill University, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and WHO’s PPM Working Group and the many global, regional, and national partners who showed up, shared, challenged, and created.

As Community Manager I want to thank you for the trust, collaboration, and commitment that brought this network to life.

While the TBPPM Learning Network is completing its chapter, this is not an end.

It’s an evolution.

The new partnership emerging from this work offers a chance to build on everything we’ve learned — with more openness, more collaboration, and more room for coalitions that combine evidence, implementation, and community power.

🔗 Read the announcement: https://www.tbppm.org/news/12901038

Excited for what 2026 has in their books for the TBPPM Learning Network.

Moving from Learning to Action and Evidence.

Charity, Shree and I are ready and looking forward to work with you!

Closing one chapter, opening another.

What's Next? Communities evolve as the world transitions

Over the past six years, the landscape of PPM and private sector engagement has changed dramatically. The recognition of the private sector’s role in TB care that was initiated in multiple TB REACH projects has now expanded to country wide private sector service delivery scaled with Global Fund investments.

A growing body of evidence and thought leadership calls for transformation in how we approach TB care adapting to changing times. Recent publications underscore this shift:

· From dependence to self-reliance: The future of the global tuberculosis response

· To end TB, time for us to own our disease response and financing for health

· Finding the missed millions: innovations to bring tuberculosis diagnosis closer to key populations

· Integration of tuberculosis services within primary health care: converting challenges into opportunities

· Building sustainable TB care systems: managing incentives in private sector engagement

Together, they paint a clear picture for the future.

Locally driven leadership, integrated care, innovation, and strong community systems are the future of TB.

Now, let us put building blocks together towards that future!

A personal transition: launching iLINQ2

As the network transitions, so do I. I’m stepping into a new chapter through iLINQ2, while sustaining the TBPPM Learning Network with new partners, I'm expanding my work beyond TB while keeping the same principles at the center :

• Frontline providers as the backbone of health systems

• Communities and patients as the real drivers of accountability

• Equity as a non-negotiable standard

• Multisectoral partnerships as the only path to sustainable impact

TB has taught us that no single actor can solve systemic challenges.
The future — of TB, of PHC, and of health systems more broadly — lies in coalitions of action, evidence shared openly, and partnerships that cross traditional boundaries.

Looking forward with hope. I am deeply proud of what the TBPPM community achieved together. And I’m equally excited for what comes next. While there are massive shifts happening in the world, and global health feels under threat, the real need is to offer a vision and reframe. If you are working on private sector engagement, health system innovation, community-led models, or cross-sector coalitions — I would love to connect and explore how we can together reimagine health and wellbeing for the world.

The story continues. And we’re just getting started.