 |
Partners' Directory |
| Home Search Join the Partnership Login | |
| Contact | General | Specializations in Countries | Contribution to the Global Plan | Declaration |
View this partner's profile
Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Fundacion Ecuatoriana de Salud Respiratoria, FESAR |
| Street 1: | Vicente Cárdenas E5-01 |
| Street 2: | Amazonas |
| City: | Quito |
| Province: | Pichincha |
| Post Code: | UIO |
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Phone: | 59322450026 |
| Email: | rociovacab@fesar.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.fesar.org |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General Information | |
| 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: | |
| FESAR is a civil society, nongovernmental, non-profit organization; our main strength is based in our high technical level and the quality of our services. FESAR’s Mission: We are a nongovernmental organization intended to improve Ecuadorians’ respiratory and environmental health, through project implementation, technical assistance, training, research, advocacy, social mobilization and integral attention. FESAR’s Vision: To be the Ecuadorian leader organization in respiratory and environmental health, being involved in public policy formulation and implementation; getting strategic partnerships with national and international organizations, and empowering civil society to improve its life quality. All these goals have to be achieved with the support of the expertise, efficiency and humanism of its team. Our actions are guided by a principle of social solidarity, recognizing health as a basic human right. Our human rights approach is based in our conviction that every human body needs to have the elementary conditions of wellness and enjoy, especially regarding the right to health, to a clean environment and the conditions to breath well |
|
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | $100,001-$500,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Stop TB communications |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Technical assistance and advice |
| 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: | |
| - Coordination - Training - Capacity building - Affected people empowerment and social mobilization - Permanent policy and media advocacy - Supporting communications policy - Data analysis - Project implementation - Technical Assistance |
|
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Ecuador |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: | American |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Ecuador |
Specializations | |
|
Advocacy, communication and social mobilization Research and Development TB Healthcare Services Technical Assistance |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Advocacy, communication and social mobilization | Ecuador |
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: FESAR has more than 12 years working in this field in Ecuador, formerly with the technical advise from Canadian Lung Association, and then through two different projects form Global Fund. The main objective is to help national government to improve its service through our technical assistance. Drug-Resistant TB: FESAR is part of the national TB VIH committee to monitor and decide about new cases. FESAR contributes to patients treatment adherencia and recuperation working directly to support them and to improve their life conditions. FESAR has strengthened some provincial TB affected people networks tp defend their rights. TB-HIV: idem Operational Research: In the past years we have conducted an important number of operational research to improve TB treatment in prisons and hospitals; and to determine life conditions of people affected by TB. |
|
Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: We do not have any conflict interests | |
| Application date: | |
| Last updated: | November 4, 2012 |