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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Grahamstown TB Care Society |
| Street 1: | 18 Fitzroy Street |
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| City: | Grahamstown |
| Province: | Easten Cape |
| Post Code: | 6139 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Phone: | 27466227720 |
| Email: | Richner@absamail.co.za |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| 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. |
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| 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 | |
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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: | |
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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. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | September 27, 2012 |
| Last updated: | September 27, 2012 |