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Organization Contact Information

Name: Portal da Tuberculose
Street 1: Marechal Camara
Street 2: Centro
City: Rio de Janeiro
Province: Rio de Janeiro
Post Code: 20020-907
Country: Brazil
Phone: 55 21 25332544
Organization Email: portaldatuberculose@gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.portaldatuberculose.com.br/
Other Online Presence:

Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Ms
First Name: Neuza
Last Name: Denise Paim Bitencourt
Title: Sra.
Email: portaldatuberculose@gmail.com
Phone: 55 21 972230066

Alternate Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Ms
First Name: Neusa
Last Name: Denise PaimBitencourt
Title: Professional Activist
Email: portaldatuberculose@gmail.com
Phone: 55 21 972230066

General Information

Board Constituency: Developing Country NGO
Is your organization legally registered in your country: Yes
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Organization Type - Primary: Non-Governmental Organization
Organization Type - Secondary: Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Organization Description:
Portal Tuberculosis

The goal of the portal is to draw attention Tuberculosis Society about the high incidence and mortality from tuberculosis in the state, 900 deaths from the disease annually. Reduce the incidence rates of tuberculosis in the Rio de Janeiro is critical to change the landscape of the disease in the country, according to an evaluation of the coordinator of the National Tuberculosis Control of the Ministry of Health, Draurio Barrier. According to him, the Rio de Janeiro is not only the highest incidence of the disease, such as concentrates, in absolute numbers, the largest number of cases in the country.



March 24, 2013 is World Tuberculosis Day, and the week of the 24th as happens every year, a great event will happen with the participation of authorities, parliamentarians, health professionals, activists TB / HIV / AIDS, community leaders and civil society organizations engaged in the fight against tuberculosis. Throughout the event, will be provided various services, educational materials, condoms and guidance on health to the population.

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Specializations / Areas of Work

Advocacy
Delivery of health services and care
Funding, including innovative and optimized approach to funding TB Care
Provision of drugs, diagnostics and commodities
Research and Development
Technical Assistance

Other Organization Information

Total number of staff in your organization: 6 - 10
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: 100 +
 
How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: Involvement in TB control provision
If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who:
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: Brazil
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:
Every year the week of March 24, 2013 on World Tuberculosis occurs at large events where we participate authorities, parliamentarians, health professionals, activists TB / HIV / AIDS, community leaders and civil society organizations engaged in combating tuberculosis . Throughout the event, will be provided various services, educational materials, condoms and guidance on health to the population.
 

Geographical Reach

Which country is your headquarters located in: Brazil
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in)
Brazil

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:

TB Care Delivery:
We participated in the mobilization of TB in the week, and work the whole year in partnership with the Federal Government of Brazil

Drug-Resistant TB:
Treatment and medications in Brazil are distributed free by the government, with our support

TB-HIV:
The Federal Government of Brazil today has the largest program of HIV in the world, with destribuiĆ§Ć£o cocktail of remedies, and treatment of TB is part of this project too.

Laboratory Strengthening:
In the laboratory only participate with the information and data pascientes detected with the disease, and additional data.

New Diagnostics:
In this initial phase as quickly as possible the diagnosis of TB is made for monitoring the pasciente not abandon the treatment as soon as symptoms disappear. For many pascientes do it, so you have to be very close to avoid the false status that is now cured.

New TB Drugs:
The federal government keeps it one of the largest laboratories in the world, The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation which is constantly developing new drugs for new treatments.

New TB Vaccines:
Some vaccines for babies used here in Brazil are imported from Japan and Europe.

Fundamental Research:
All surveys are due to the government, and the implementation of projects to combat TB on our support helping government institutions

Research:
Operations research is always finds evaluation and data collection, and the evolution of fighting and prevention each year has been positive.

Declaration

Declaration of interests:
Our interest is the integration part of the group Stop TB, exchanging information and experiences that can contribute to a nation libre TB. The feature used in campaigns today see the federal government of Brazil. Already our office and equipment of the day day, web sites, brochures and promotional material has been funded from our own pockets and partners activists

Application date: March 13, 2013
Last updated: October 29, 2015