Here, we take a brief look at accountability through the lens of the fight against tuberculosis: what is in place and, importantly, how it came to be. Being clear on your goals and knowing what tools you need to help achieve them is important, but if those tools don’t exist - for example, if accountability is lacking - then you need to know how to build them. This post looks at how the TB community has built some very useful accountability tools.

Accountability is a word that encompasses a broad set of activities and processes that align around 'holding power to account'. In this article, we unpack the elements of the accountability framework we use at AAccountability to help create change.