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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | REACH |
| Street 1: | 9/5 STATE BANK STREET |
| Street 2: | ANNA SALAI |
| City: | CHENNAI |
| Province: | TAMILNADU |
| Post Code: | 600018 |
| Country: | India |
| Phone: | +91-44-28610332 |
| Email: | reach4tb@gmail.com |
| Web Site: | http://www.reachtbnetwork.org, http://www.media4tb.org |
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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: | |
| REACH Resource group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health is an organisation working in Chennai, Tamilnadu , India to create awareness of critical community health issues REACH was set up as a registered society in 1999 to function within the framework of the following objectives: • To combat the threat of TB with an activist, hands-on approach involving all sections of the community • To ensure that the guidelines provided by the Revised National TB Control Program of the Government of India (RNTCP) is made accessible to private medical practitioners who are the primary care providers for a large section of the population. • To increase public awareness of TB. • To act as a liaising body between the deliverers of health care (both governmental and non-governmental) and the recipients of healthcare and function as an information bureau for the public-- on all aspects of TB control REACH works with the technical support of the Tuberculosis Research Centre, a pioneering research institution of the ICMR, which has played a pivotal role in evolving the intermittent short course chemotherapy and domiciliary treatment for TB. Other active partners which REACH brought into this network are the Chennai Corporation , the local health authority and the State TB Society which are responsible for the implementation of the RNTCP in Chennai and Tamilnadu. |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 51 - 99 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | $25,000-$100,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Stop TB communications |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Other (please explain) |
| 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: | |
| REACH has been in close coordination with National /State TB control program and the projects undertaken by the Organization have been aimed to fill the gaps identified. Activities such as ACSM, annual media awards, PPM and media training on TB for journalists are all centred to contributing to the TB control program | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | India |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: | South East Asian |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
India |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization TB Healthcare Services Technical Assistance |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Advocacy, communication and social mobilization | India |
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: REACH has been planning and implementing ACSM activities in the state of Tamilnadu, India for the past 4 years Operational Research: REACH has been undertaking operational research in public private partnership model for TB care and control for the past 10 years |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | July 6, 2009 |
| Last updated: | November 3, 2012 |