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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Muslim Youth Religious Organization Inc, MYROi |
| Street 1: | 6th Road, Macapagal St., Cotabato City |
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| City: | Cotabato City |
| Province: | Cotabato |
| Post Code: | 9600 |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Phone: | +639179226931 |
| Email: | myroinc@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: | |
| MYROi started as a youth organization. It was established in 1983 as a school-based student organization. Now it has spr...ead its scope and area of coverage with the evolution of its different chapters in the higher education institutions in Central Mindanao. In 1997 MYROi formally evolved as a non-government organization formed by its professional or alumni members. It was organized with the broad concept of helping to prepare the youth for responsible leadership and initiating alternatives to accelerate the development of Mindanao and its people and cooperating in the different interventions, relevant, meaningful and responsive to their needs and aspirations so that they may take the lead in engendering genuine growth and prosperity in Mindanao and in the country. MYROi obtained its juridical personality upon its registration with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1998. Since then, MYROi has been engaged in socio-economic activities and has been very active in humanitarian projects for the less privileged members of the society. It has initiated and maintained comprehensive development programs and activities in various places in Mindanao MYROi is involved in community based projects, mainly helping those that were affected by conflict in Mindanao. The recent projects involved community support groups whose main activities were referral and case finding as well as advocacy towards membership to Phil health, and the conduct of health education sessions. The topics covered are TB prevention, measles, Tetanus prevention, management of childhood illnesses, waterborne diseases and alternative medicines. MYROi also conduct Psychosocial support to adults and children exposed to conflict. Because community based health referral teams were organize per sitio in the targeted sites, it is important to strengthen the community mobilisaiton that the CMHRTs are doing by engaging them also in th eprevention of chronic diseases. Through the cMHRTs, it is hoped that more cases of suspected tB in adults and ch |
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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: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | < $1,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Other partners |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Information on developments within the TB world |
| 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: | |
| At present,the initiatives were more of the organisational level in 10 barangays within Maguindanao. The objectives of the organization is to increase awareness towards TB prevention, and to increase case findings, referral and complete treatment | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Philippines |
| 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) |
Philippines |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Advocacy, communication and social mobilization | Philippines |
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: Organizing community support groups and treatment partners Drug-Resistant TB: Ensure supervision, monitoring and prompt referral of cases, ensuring that cases on treatment have completed doses and observation for any side effects TB-HIV: Provide information on TB and HIV during helath education awareness sessions Laboratory Strengthening: Active case findings through sputum examinations |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | March 29, 2012 |
| Last updated: | May 10, 2012 |