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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Forum for TB Research |
| Street 1: | B4 Fth3 VGN Mnerva |
| Street 2: | 63, Guruswamy Road, VGN Nagar |
| City: | Nolambur |
| Province: | Chennai |
| Post Code: | 600095 |
| Country: | India |
| Phone: | 01 44 28384823 |
| Email: | aspirechennai@yahoo.com |
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General Information | |
| 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: | |
| ASPIRE is a society devoted to research and training in primary care. Our main objective is to make available technologies in health care reach those who need them - modellig delivery strategies on the DOTS Programme. The Forum for TB Research is a section of ASPIRE and focusses on identifying research needs in TB in the following Areas: a. Beyomd DOTS......... How to cut transmission b. TB in children........ Howmuch is there how to diagnose and what to do about it I retired as a Deputy Director from thr Tuberculosis research centre where I havew worked for over 30 years. I am passionately interested in working towards elimination of TB |
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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: | 0 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | Unable to disclose amount |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Stop TB communications |
| 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: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| We hold awareness caps train health workers in the detection and management of TB and help provide DOTS providers to the PHCs | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | India |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: | South East Asian |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
India |
Specializations | |
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Provision of TB products Research and Development TB Healthcare Services Technical Assistance |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Technical Assistance | India |
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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Drug-Resistant TB: We plan to study the role of the private sector in contributing to thee development of MDR TB..... The risk factors and the management New Diagnostics: We are in a position to evaluate new diagnostics New TB Drugs: We work with the school pf Parmaceutics Vels University and the TRC in developing new TB drugs and in new methods of TB drug delivery Operational Research: We would loke to participate in any operational research programmes. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: We are currently not involved in any activity that could lead to a conflict of interest with the partnership | |
| Application date: | March 19, 2012 |
| Last updated: | March 19, 2012 |