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Organization Contact Information |
Name: |
Aswan Branch of The General Egyptian Association Against Smoking Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases |
Street 1: |
Aswan Chest Diseases Hospital, |
Street 2: |
Faculty of Education Street, |
City: |
Aswan |
Province: |
Aswan |
Post Code: |
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Country: |
Egypt |
Phone: |
+20 97 225 2877 |
Organization Email: |
aswanchest@yahoo.com |
Web Site: |
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Focal Point Contact Information |
Salutation: |
Dr. |
First Name: |
Yasser |
Last Name: |
Mohamad A. ABDAL-KARIM |
Title: |
Chest Diseases Specialist, Aswan District TB Coordinator, Chief of the Association. |
Email: |
yasserma4040@yahoo.com |
Phone: |
+20 16 100 1012 |
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Alternate Focal Point Contact Information |
Salutation: |
Dr |
First Name: |
Ahmad Hamed |
Last Name: |
Attia |
Title: |
Chest Diseases Senior Consultant, Chief of The General Egyptian Association Againt Smoking Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases |
Email: |
chestegypt2011@yahoo.com |
Phone: |
+20 22 391 5396 |
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General Information |
Board Constituency: |
Developing Country NGO |
Is your organization legally registered in your country: |
Yes |
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Organization Type - Primary: |
Non-Governmental Organization |
Organization Type - Secondary: |
Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
Organization Description: |
Aswan Branch Of the General Egyptian Association Againt Smoking, Tuberculosis, and lung Diseases, is a public association established and announced in the year 1995 by the No. "504" in Ministry of Social Affairs, As a Non-Governmental Organization, Held in Aswan , and Located inside Aswan Chest diseases Hospital(MOH). As non for Profit organzation, and being located inside A Governmental specialized hospital for Chest Diseases and TB patients, Make the Mission of the Association focuses on the Tuberculosis Patients, In very close cooperation with the NTP(National TB Programm)of Egypt, Aswan Province and cities. The core number of its workers is Govermentals working in the Chest hospital beside, Make it TB patient Centrally Focusing organzation. The Main Field of Activities in the support of TB patients is the ACSM (Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilzation), Also advocacy about smoking cessation and Health education against the other infectious and viral Chest diseases.
We are intersted in Tuberculosis as Our Mission was born in 1995 inside a hospital was build in 1968 in Aswan (the Fast southren area in Upper Egypt) as a Hospital for Tubeculosis Disease Struggle.
We are willing to extend our activities inculding the incoming MDR-TB, Trying to apply innovative methodology for scaling up and advocacy for MDR-TB, Using the Mass Media and Public Contacts through the OutPatient Clinic Waiting rooms,and patient relatives during their visit hours in the Hospital, by announcing the scientific facts and established realities about TB, and MDR-TB, and DOTS Stratigies. |
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Specializations / Areas of Work |
Advocacy |
Other Organization Information |
Total number of staff in your organization: |
26 - 50 |
Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
1 - 5 |
Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
6 - 10 |
Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: |
0 |
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How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: |
Stop TB communications |
If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: |
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Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: |
Technical assistance and advice |
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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: |
The Association is an NGO located inside Aswan Chest Diseases Hospital (Governmental Hospital, MOHP), And the President ,Chief and Focal Point of the Association "Dr. Yasser M. A. ABDAlKARIM" , is NTP Member of Egypt, As Aswan District TB Coordinator Pripherally, and TB Programm Trainer and Supervisor, At the Central Level of NTP, Egypt. Besids, The majority of the working staff are governmental health worker in the hospital working in field of TB Control under the guidlines and recommendations of NTP, Egypt |
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Geographical Reach |
Which country is your headquarters located in: |
Egypt |
Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Egypt |
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: |
TB Care Delivery: the organiation is established inside Aswan Chest Diseases Hospital and in close contact beside the DOTS sector in the hospital, So this advance the organization to be confronted with the NTP DOTS strategy and enhancement, assuring the easy acceccabilty of the TB patients to the organization, |
Declaration |
Declaration of interests:
No conflicts of interest were delacred.
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Application date: |
July 20, 2011 |
Last updated: |
May 21, 2012 |
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