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Organization Contact Information

Name: Willing Health Advocacy and Training Support
Street 1: 9 Omwanruyi Street
Street 2: Off Universal/Medical Road
City: Benin City
Province: Edo State
Post Code: Nigeria
Country: Nigeria
Phone: 2348038635071
Email: willinghealth@yahoo.com
Web Site: http://www.willinghealthadvocacyandtrainingsupport.org

Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mrs
First Name: Victoria
Last Name: Amu-Uwakwe
Title: Director
Title: Director
Email: vicomu@yahoo.com

TB activities you're involved in:

Advocacy, communication and social mobilization
Health Promotion
Patient-led activities and social mobilization
TB education and awareness raising
Funding
Capacity Building for partner initiatives
Health system strengthening
TB control
Research
MDR-TB
TB/HIV
TB Healthcare Services
Community Care
DOTS Expansion
MDR-TB
TB/HIV
Workplace services
Technical Assistance
Advocacy
Global Fund application
Human Resources training (Drs, nurses, researchers, NGOs)
Partnership building
 

General Information

Organization Type: NGO - National Health

Organization Description:
To effectively prevent and control TB through operational advocacy, building partnerships and communications. Our CURE PROGRAM is a patient-led initiative that aims to address the emotional and psychological needs of people with TB/MDR-TB, to inform and raise awareness of the disease and to tackle stigma. This is a one-to-one mentoring service whereby people with TB can speak in confidence to someone who has already successfully been through treatment, to ensure that poverty and ignorance are no longer a barrier to accessing TB treatment. Defaulters of TB treatment are monitored thru. the provision of Nutritional Supplement and visit to their homes, while redirecting them back to DOTS Centers
discrimination associated with TB. The mission of TB Alert is to work towards the
 
Which Working Group(s) will you participate in: MDR-TB
No of staff who are directly involved with TB: 6 - 10
Which country are you based in: Nigeria
Which country/ies do you do operate in: Nigeria
Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: African
Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: Nigeria
How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: Attendance at a TB related event
Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups

Declaration of interests
No conflicts of interest were delacred.

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