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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | National Tuberculosis Control Programme |
| Street 1: | c/o Regional Delegation of Public Health North West Region, Bamenda |
| Street 2: | Box 818 Bamenda, Cameroon |
| City: | Bamenda |
| Province: | North West Region |
| Post Code: | |
| Country: | Cameroon |
| Phone: | 00237 77 78 36 74 |
| Email: | nw_tbunit@yahoo.com |
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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: | |
| Regional Tuberculosis Control Unit for the North West Region of Cameroon. It is in charge of coordination, management and improvement of TB control activities in the North West region of Cameroon. We do supervision, monitoring and evaluation of TB related activities including TB/HIV coinfection collaborative activities. We are interested in TB control activities because it is a big threat to public and individual health in our country. | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 51 - 99 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 51 - 99 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| 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: | Attendance at a TB related event |
| 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: | |
| Our organization is a regional office of the National TB control programme. As such we implement all activities earmarked by the National plan at the regional level. We are accountable to the National Director. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Cameroon |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: | African |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Cameroon |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization Research and Development TB Healthcare Services Technical Assistance |
Specializations in Countries | |
| TB Healthcare Services | Cameroon |
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: We are involved in advocacy communication and social mobilization in our local communities to join in the fight against TB.Most families have been infected or affected with TB in our region and so we work with people to sensitize the population for early diagnosis and improved cure rates for our patients. Drug-Resistant TB: We have recently developed a state of the art TB reference laboratory in our regional Hospital capable of doing culture and DST. We are requesting sputum specimens from all retreatment cases from the region to do culture and DST in order to diagnose early enough Drug resistant TB and put them on treatment. We are also in the process of building a new TB ward to admit both drug sensitive and drug resistant cases of TB. TB-HIV: We implement all WHO TB/HIV collaborative activities, and have put in place a surveillance system to follow-up all TB/HIV coinfected patients. Laboratory Strengthening: We have recently developed a state of the art TB reference laboratory in our regional Hospital capable of doing culture and DST. We also have now available real time PCR for Mycobacterium, and also do liquid culture, for fast diagnosis and early initiation of patients on treatment. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: None | |
| Application date: | January 25, 2010 |
| Last updated: | September 8, 2011 |