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Organization Contact Information

Name: Media Network on HIV/AIDS and Development (MedNAD) Nigeria
Street 1: Women Multi purpose Development Centre
Street 2: #4 Tafawa Balewa Street
City: Jos
Province: Plateau
Post Code: 234
Country: Nigeria
Phone: 08033489082
Email: mednad1@yahoo.com, wigooff@yahoo.com
Web Site:

Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mr
First Name: Wika
Last Name: Gofwen
Title: Team Leader/Program Director
Email: wigooff@yahoo.com
Phone: 08033489082,080535799121

Alternate Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mr
First Name: Istifanus
Last Name: Bulus
Title: Program Officer TB
Email: keriinsty@yahoo.com
Phone: 07033184419

General Information

Board Constituency: Developing Country NGO
Organization Type - Primary: Non-Governmental Organization
Organization Type - Secondary: Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Is your organization legally registered in your country: Yes
Organization Reach: National
Organization Description:
MedNAD is an acronym for Media Network on HIV/AIDS and Development a Media-Based Non-Governmental, not-for-profit and Community Based organization, coordinated by experienced Media and Development Communication Practitioners in the field of Public Health and Communication Development in Nigeria.
 
Total number of staff in your organization: 6 - 10
Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: 6 - 10
 
What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? $1,001-$5,000
How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: Involvement in TB control provision
Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: Information on developments within the TB world
 
Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: Nigeria
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:
We are a media and community based organization. we have collaborated with the State, national and other networks in Nigeria in raising awareness, training of media practitioners and organizing state and national dialogue that will address emerging challenges around TB.

Further more our organization have sustainably engaged the media particularly in plateau state to ensure that TB issues are mainstream in the media in addition to the production of innovative communication materials on TB for dissemination
 

Geographical Reach

Which country is your headquarters located in: Nigeria
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)		 Nigeria

Specializations

Advocacy, communication and social mobilization

Specializations in Countries

Advocacy, communication and social mobilization Nigeria

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:

DOTS Expansion and Enhancement:
We consistently inform the general population on the existence of these centers in addition to publication in that regard

TB-HIV:
Multi Media production of materials as well as purposeful engagement of the media, government and other stakeholders on emerging issues on HIV TB

New TB Vaccines:
Coordinating a Network of Media Practitioners in the North Central Nigeria on how to dissemination information on the Nigerian Canadian New AIDS Vaccine - NICCAV which research is being done at the Plateau State Virology Research Center in Jos as spear headed by Institute of Human Virology Nigeria - IHVN

Declaration

Declaration of interests:
No conflicts of interest were delacred.

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Last updated: May 13, 2012