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: |
National |
| Organization Description: |
| we are an NGO in Health and National development programs and we are based in Ghana. we work in the communities and come into contact with the grass root community members. we also work with youth and women farmers who are poor and have a lot of health related as well as financial issues. TB/HIV is one of the paramount issues we come across in the form of neglect and stigmatization. we want to be able to help with education, sensitization, community mobilization on stigma, IEC distribution, mentoring existing TB patience for good drug adherence and sputum collection for case detection. We are already in TB education in the community and schools. |
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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: |
1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: |
26 - 50 |
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| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? |
$1,001-$5,000 |
| 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 |
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| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: |
Ghana |
| 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: |
| we do in school and community TB education and detection. We coordinate with health centers for sputum collection and visit to defaulters. |
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Geographical Reach |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: |
Ghana |
| 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) |
Ghana |