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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Africa Health Research Organization |
| Street 1: | B322/23 |
| Street 2: | Market road,New Fadama |
| City: | Accra |
| Province: | GAR |
| Post Code: | B |
| Country: | Ghana |
| Phone: | +233 24 3134327 |
| Email: | info@afrihero.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.afrihero.org |
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General Information | |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Academic / Research Institution |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| Organization Reach: | International |
| Organization Description: | |
| The Africa Health Research Organization is a NGO with the aim to improve medical researches in Africa, creating better and coordinate public health awareness and promoting volunteerism in the world as well as promoting better dissemination of scientific knowledge. Our aim is to create network of collaborators that will work together in developing meaningful and better disease management and treatment strategies in Africa.Also we aim to establish working relationship to institutes in other parts of the world that share similar mission to us: a better healthy world; because we believe health is the foundation for a prosperous world. It International office is in London, UK with the main continental office in Accra Ghana |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: | 51 - 99 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | $10,001-$25,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Attendance at a TB related event |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Network with other partners |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| Education programs | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Ghana |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: | African |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Mali Niger Nigeria Sierra Leone |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization Funding Research and Development TB Healthcare Services Technical Assistance |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Research and Development | Benin |
| Research and Development | Burkina Faso |
| Research and Development | Ghana |
| Research and Development | Mali |
| Research and Development | Niger |
| Research and Development | Nigeria |
| Research and Development | Sierra Leone |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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Drug-Resistant TB: We have a group: AHRO TB Resistance and Drug Development Group whose aim is to study the resistance pattern existing in TB Infection and identify lead for drug development TB-HIV: We are interested in understanding the effect of immune assault in relation to TB-HIV co-infection New Diagnostics: Identification of biomarkers New TB Drugs: We have a group: AHRO TB Resistance and Drug Development Group whose aim is to study the resistance pattern existing in TB Infection and identify lead for drug development New TB Vaccines: Identification of Biomarkers for vaccine development |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | |
| Last updated: | May 11, 2012 |