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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | BRAC |
| Street 1: | 75 Mohakhali,Dhaka 1212 |
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| City: | Dhaka |
| Province: | |
| Post Code: | 1212 |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Phone: | 00889881265 |
| Email: | akramul.mi@brac.net |
| Web Site: | http://www.brac.net |
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General Information | |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Community-Based Organization (CBO) |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| Organization Reach: | International |
| Organization Description: | |
| BRAC’s unique, holistic approach to poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor, especially women, has led to the continual development of innovative programmes include the Economic Development Program, the BRAC Health Program, the BRAC Education Program and the Social Development, Human Rights and Legal Services Program. These core programs are strengthened by a range of support programs. Over the past 40 years, BRAC has evolved into one of the largest southern development organizations in the world. As of December 2010(Ref. annual report,2010, BRAC serves 110 million people in all 64 districts of the country through over 98,506 staff(including 43,853 teachers) and 80,000 community health volunteers. Several researches have been conducted and publications on findings have been published in many prestigious scientific journals,on BRAC’s effort in different programmes. BRAC-TB Control Program started in 1984 as a pilot project in one sub-district. This program was initiated by BRAC in collaboration with National Tuberculosis Control Project(NTCP)and National Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Bangladesh (NATAB) with technical support from the Research Institute of TB,Japan.The aim was to make TB diagnosis and treatment available and accessible to the community, particularly the poor and to encourage community participation in TB care. Following the successful outcome in the pilot BRAC expanded the programme. BRAC was the first NGO to sign a MoU with the Government of Bangladesh in April 1994 to expand the DOTS services. BRAC is now covering 93 million of the country population for TB control service.It contributes the overall case detection and cure rate at national level.The average new smear positive case notification rate in BRAC-supported areas in 2011 was 72 % which was 65% nationally. |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: | 100 + |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | >$10 MIL |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in TB control provision |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Network with other partners |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | Bangladesh |
| 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: | |
| BRAC is directly involved in developing national TB control strategic plan as a major partner of TB control.BRAC and NTP jointly mobilize resource for the country especially from GFATM as BRAC is also the Principal recipient for NGO component and have a network with 42 NGOs. BRAC directly implements its programme in more than two third of the country in partnership with NTP. Recently BRAC has received another grant through TB Care II Bangladesh project under USAID. This project provides an opportunity for the organization to strengthen key areas of the program: detection and management of smear negative, extra pulmonary and child TB; contact tracing of children under one year; expansion of referrals for MDR-TB testing and improvement of community –based treatment management; and increased attention to gender and socioeconomic equity of program coverage and patient outcomes. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Bangladesh |
| 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) |
Bangladesh |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization Funding Research and Development TB Healthcare Services Technical Assistance |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Advocacy, communication and social mobilization | Bangladesh |
| Funding | Bangladesh |
| Research and Development | Bangladesh |
| TB Healthcare Services | Bangladesh |
| Technical Assistance | Bangladesh |
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: BRAC is involved in DOTS expansion and enhancement by scaling up of services and enhancing the quality of services. In collaboration with national programme its human resource is involved in TB diagnostic and treatment services at facility and community levels. BRAC strengthened its community based TB by using Women health volunteer. Capacity building, quality control and implementation of TB diagnosis through microscopy is expanded.. BRAC also has expanded TB services to hard to reach areas through special intervention by involving additional Community health volunteers and Community health workers and arrange out reach sputum collection centers to improve accessibility of health services and increase TB case detection. Drug-Resistant TB: BRAC in collaboration with NTP,is involved in MDR-TB diagnostic and treatment services at community level. A regional reference laboratory has been set up and run by BRAC in collaboration with NTP to strengthen MDR-TB diagnosis. Community based MDR services are being provided following NTP guideline. TB-HIV: BRAC is involved in national TB-HIV collaboration approach and was involved in developing national guideline for TB and HIV. BRAC has a strong partnership with HIV NGOs providing TB services for PLHIVs. Laboratory Strengthening: BRAC has a network of quality assurance laboratory in its working area (EQA)and staff involved for quality services. Capacity building on laboratory aspect is its integral part. Operational Research: BRAC has conducted several operations research in past and some are ongoing. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | September 3, 2009 |
| Last updated: | May 10, 2012 |