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Organization Contact Information

Name: Micro Enterprise Development Fund
Street 1: P.O. Box CS 9107
Street 2: Community 9
City: Tema
Province: Greater Accra Region
Post Code: P.O. Box CS 9107, Tema. Ghana
Country: Ghana
Phone: +233 (0)244 027 079
Organization Email: info@medfundgh.org
Web Site: http://www.medfundgh.org
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Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mr.
First Name: Evans
Last Name: Opata
Title: Programmes Director
Email: eopata@yahoo.com
Phone: 233(0)244027079

Alternate Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mr.
First Name: Patrick
Last Name: Atepor
Title: Executive Director
Email: atepor@yahoo.com
Phone: 233(0)540499792

General Information

Board Constituency: Developing Country NGO
Is your organization legally registered in your country: Yes
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Organization Type - Primary: Non-Governmental Organization
Organization Type - Secondary: Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Organization Description:
Micro Enterprise Development Fund (MED-Fund) is incorporated in Ghana in 2003 under the companies Code of 1963 (Act 179) Limited by guarantee and certified by the Department of Social Welfare to operate as a national NGO in 2005

MED-Fund came into existence primarily to enhance the operations and performance of micro enterprises owned and operated by women both in the rural an urban communities

MED-fund’s goal is to generate greater economic empowerment for women through better capitalization and improved management of their economic activities, increase access to financial services for poor women as micro entrepreneurs and build organizational capacity to serve women’s credit needs with appropriate products and services.

From experience, MED-fund has realised that any gain made to empower women economically would be eroded if their state of health and that of their children are not properly addressed

MED-Fund has therefore harmoniously incorporated health issues into its mainstream activities of providing micro credit and business development. It has collaborated with some District Health Directorates to successfully implement donor funded programmes on malaria and TB (Global Fund). MED-Fund has also voluntarily assisted some District Health Management Teams to carry out immunisation programmes (Expanded Programme on Immunisation) (EPI)) over the years.

Some anti TB programmes carried out are Awareness Creation, Sensitisation and Education, DOTS Extensions, Default Tracing, Care and Support of TB/HIV patients.

 
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Specializations / Areas of Work

Advocacy
Delivery of health services and care

Other Organization Information

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: 26 - 50
 
How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: Other partners
If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who:
Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups
 
Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: Ghana
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:
By implementing DOTS and Community based treatment support program of the Global Fund.
 

Geographical Reach

Which country is your headquarters located in: Ghana
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in)
Ghana

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:

TB Care Delivery:
Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization o DOTS Expansion at the Community Level

Declaration

Declaration of interests:
Yes Micro Enterprise Development Fund has Agreed to the Partnership Policy

Application date:  
Last updated: September 7, 2011