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Organization Contact Information

Name: Grahamstown TB Care Society
Street 1: 18 Fitzroy Street
Street 2:
City: Grahamstown
Province: Easten Cape
Post Code: 6139
Country: South Africa
Phone: 27466227720
Email: Richner@absamail.co.za
Web Site:

Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mr
First Name: Jürg
Last Name: Richner
Title: Mr
Email: Richner@absamail.co.za
Phone: 27466227720

Alternate Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mr
First Name: Lunga
Last Name: Ntshebe
Title: Mr
Email: llntshebe@gmail.com
Phone: 0781805883

General Information

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:
1.
Our organisation was started by concerned citizens as an anti-TB organisaion in 1947 and has provided curative (including DOTS), hospitalisation and nutritional servidces to TB sufferers ever since.

2.
It is a debilative disease, which sees far to many people sucumbe unnessarily.

3.
DOTS, nutritional support, defaulter tracing, case finding, TB education.
 
Total number of staff in your organization: 1 - 5
Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 0
Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: 51 - 99
 
What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? $25,000-$100,000
How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: Involvement in TB control provision
Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: Resource mobilization
 
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 are involved in DOTS, nutritional support, defaulter tracing, case finding, TB education at six urban and two rural clinics where 56 of our volunteers are engaged. another 10 are working in the community.
 

Geographical Reach

Which country is your headquarters located in: South Africa
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)
South Africa

Specializations

Advocacy, communication and social mobilization

Specializations in Countries

Advocacy, communication and social mobilization South Africa

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:

DOTS Expansion and Enhancement:
Clinic based DOTS, Community DOTS, defaulter tracing, case finding, TB and HIV education.

TB-HIV:
The care for patients with TB and HIV, especially were they require Home Based Care.

Declaration

Declaration of interests:
No conflicts of interest were delacred.

Application date: September 27, 2012
Last updated: September 27, 2012