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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | SAO PAULO CITY TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM |
| Street 1: | RUA SANTA ISABEL, 181 |
| Street 2: | VILA BUARQUE |
| City: | SAO PAULO |
| Province: | STATE OF SAO PAULO |
| Post Code: | 01221-010 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Phone: | 0055.11.3397 8307/08 |
| Email: | smstb@prefeitura.sp.gov.br |
| Web Site: | http://portal.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/secretarias/saude/vigilancia_saude |
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General Information | |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| Organization Reach: | National |
| Organization Description: | |
| SAO PAULO CITY TB CONTROL PROGRAM - MUNICIPAL HEALTH SECRETARY - 11 MILLION OF INHABITANTS - MANAGEMENT OF A HEALTH SYSTEM COVERING 510 HEALTH CENTERS, 50 PUBLIC HOSPITALS, 17 HIV/TB AMBULATORIES AND 52 LABORATORIES. | |
| 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: | 0 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | $10,001-$25,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in TB control provision |
| 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: | Brazil |
| 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 providing trainning, planning activities, organising the laboratory network, monitoring and evaluating data and actions. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Brazil |
| 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) |
Brazil |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization Funding Research and Development TB Healthcare Services Technical Assistance |
Specializations in Countries | |
| TB Healthcare Services | Brazil |
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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DOTS Expansion and Enhancement: Active case finding for expedite diagnosis; AFB microscopy of sputum smears of all identified TB suspects; Culture is not universal, but is available according the following criteria: retreatment after relapse or drop-out, HIV/TB coinfected patients, institutional patients (penal, homeless shelters, long-term hospitals, old age homes) and health-care professionals; DOT for all patients, incentives for those adhering to regular treatment, IPT for household contacts; Information System on line; Quarterly meetings for evaluation and monitoring of activities and indicators of Tuberculosis Control Programme (TCP); Annual meeting to award prizes to units with the best results in TCP performance; Elaboration and distribution of the Yearly Epidemilogical Bulletin for TB situation up-dating; Training of health-care professionals in DOTS; Partnership with STD/AIDS Control Programme, Social Assistance Secretariat and Penitentiary System; Advocacy and Social Mobilization Meetings, organization and participation in meetings to discuss TB patients legal rights, create awareness of communitary and religious leaders to disseminate TB information. Drug-Resistant TB: Surveillance and monitoring of multidrug resistance regarding to treatment schedule accuracy, patient follow-up and information system notification; Improvement of service network for drug-resistance attendance; Training of health-care professionals in drug-resistant patients; organization and monitoring drug distribution to MDR patients. TB-HIV: Improving of the attending network with the partnership of AIDS Control Programme; Training of professionals in conducting tuberculin testing; Expansion of HIV testing; Implementation of IPT (isoniazide preventive therapy); Training of physicians to attend coinfected patients (TB/HIV) with drug resistant TB; Expansion of DOT procedures. Laboratory Strengthening: Training of laboratory personnel for afb microscopy testing; Laboratory network composed of 49 units, all submitted to external quality control; From the above network, 28 units also produce micobacteria cultures; One central laboratory perform identification and susceptibility testing. New Diagnostics: Liquid media for micobacteria culture New TB Drugs: None New TB Vaccines: None Fundamental Research: None Operational Research: None |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: Nothing to declare. | |
| Application date: | |
| Last updated: | September 16, 2011 |