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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | CHILDLINE UGANDA |
| Street 1: | KAMPALA ROAD |
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| City: | KAMPALA |
| Province: | CENTRAL |
| Post Code: | P.O BOX 28070 KAMPALA UGANDA |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Phone: | +256 772193630 |
| Email: | childlineuganda@gmail.com |
| Web Site: | http://www.childlineuganda.cfsites.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Community-Based Organization (CBO) |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| Organization Reach: | National |
| Organization Description: | |
| -About the organization: CHILDLINE UGANDA, as a community based organisation (CBO), was founded in 2009. the organisation is legal and fully registered with the local governement, with a registration number CR/223/03/554. The purpose of the organisation is to support and help people live better and quality lives. Todate, CHILDLINE UGANDA has supported and reached out to over 350 children (250 HIV positive children, 100 HIV/ AIDS orphans) and 450 HIV positive women within urban and rural communities of Mityana district. The organisation currently operates in one part of Uganda that is the central part of Uganda in Mityana District. The organization implements activities like health, social-economic security, human rights, education, nutrition, and psychosocial support to the vulnerable groups in the community -Why interested in tuberculosis: -there is lack of awareness of the problem of tuberculosis in the public, so there is need for the community to get sensitised and educated on it. -for prevention, care, and support. Most of our clients are HIV positive and some of them arleady have and others are at higher chance of contracting TB, so we want to contribute towards the following key components of TB control, identifying TB suspects and referring them for diagnosis; helping TB patients to complete their treatment through regular monitoring, preventing it from them through education and creation of awareness. this is not only to our clients but also the community at large. - there is always stigma and discrimination with/against individuals with TB in the community because of their real or perceived TB status, as discrimination and stigmatization of people with TB causes delays in diagnosis and makes it more difficult to cure patients.there is a need to take part in order to psychologically care for these patients and also educating the community for social acceptance/inclusion -What you are doing or planning to do for TB control: -Participate in the orientation and continuing educations of |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | $1,001-$5,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Internet search |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | No |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| education and awareness: patient’s education and treatment literacy have been done by our organisation to our HIV positive patients they are empowered and given responsibility for their lives andlive up to it more so because the consequences of it to their arleady lowered immunity are well communicated and understood. -Prevention of contraction by the family members, this has been done during the home based care visits |
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Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Uganda |
| 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) |
Uganda |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Advocacy, communication and social mobilization | Uganda |
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: educating and creating awareness to our clients about the dangers of TB to their immunity and also the community to become aware of the signs and symptoms of TB TB-HIV: We have always ecouraged our HIV clients to test for TB for those are suspected and with long time coughs and exhibiting the likely signs and symptoms of TB |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | October 15, 2011 |
| Last updated: | October 15, 2011 |