General Information |
| Board Constituency: |
Developing Country NGO |
| 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: |
International |
| Organization Description: |
1-Our Hochiminh city Respiratory Society has formed in the year of 2007. Up to now we have 817 members all over Vietnam, who are pulmonologists, nurse , technicians working in different health care facilities.
2-As we are contacting with lung diseases patients, the tuberculosis diagnosis is very important especially because Vietnam tuberculosis prevalence ranked 12th worldwide
3-We are planning to detect tuberculosis in poor people in Vietnam and in those with high risk of tuberculosis (former tuberculosis patients, diabetic, silicosis, elderly persons, COPD patients...) |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: |
11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
11 - 25 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: |
0 |
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| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? |
< $1,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: |
Stop TB communications |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: |
Resource mobilization |
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| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: |
Viet Nam |
| 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: |
| Detection of TB patients besides the country's national TB control plan |
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Geographical Reach |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: |
Viet Nam |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: |
Western Pacific |
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Viet Nam
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