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: |
Manhal is non governmental, non political, non profit making organization, it is a local organization established in 1994 by a group of Somali scholars to response the critical situation of the community in all sectors of the life including health care services and TB become one of the most important issue of the communities health problem. the instability, unemployment and other socioeconomically difficulties make the society more vulnerable. Till now the organization is running four TB centers and Hospitals in three regions of the country supported by Global Fund TB,and we are planning to expand the program to the unreached communities through many different strategies. |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: |
100 + |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
26 - 50 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: |
1 - 5 |
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| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? |
$100,001-$500,000 |
| 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 |
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| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: |
Kuwait |
| 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: |
| Share the data from our centers to NTP/ MOH, attend the meetings which are held monthly, quarterly and annually |
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Geographical Reach |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: |
Somalia |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: |
Eastern Mediterranean |
Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Somalia |
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: Manhal opened four TB centers where DOTS strategies from WHO are implemented, the TB patients attend daily in the centers for treatment specially in the first phase of treatment and some of them are admitted to the hospital where inpatient facilities are available like Erigavo TB hospital, ACSM is part of the daily activities in all centers, where patients are educated about the TB disease, how to prevent, how to treat, who are risk group and important of contact tracing, the community are mobilized to support the program socially and politacally and some time do contributions, good example " in El-afwein distric elders contributed a land of 50x50m2 for new TB center and so on.
Drug-Resistant TB: Drug resistant TB is one of the important issues in the TB control program in the country, we have seen many cases who become treatment failure or drug resistant, second line treatment is not available in the country. so to minimize this risk we encourage the TB patiens and their relative to ensure to complete the treatment.
TB-HIV: Co-infection of TB-HIV is another focused area where Manhal TB program works, Every TB patient must be tested for HIV and give counseling and appropriate treatment and vice verse
Laboratory Strengthening: Now There is one year project for strengthening TB laboratory activities supported by TB Reach project in wave 2. the project distributed a flour scent microscopes and Gene Xpert machines to enhance the TB case detection rate by improving the capacity of the laboratory section.
New Diagnostics: Now There is one year project for strengthening TB laboratory activities supported by TB Reach project in wave 2. the project distributed a flour scent microscopes and Gene Xpert machines to enhance the TB case detection rate by improving the capacity of the laboratory section.
Operational Research: The promotion of research is one of the main components of the World Health Organizations Stop TB Strategy,which includes ‘programme-based operational research (OR)’ and ‘research on introducing new tools into practice’. The importance of OR in improving tuberculosis (TB) control was recognised a long time ago, and historical OR studies have been instrumental in the development of major strategies for TB control. |