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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Kibong'oto National Tuberculosis Hospital |
| Street 1: | Sanya Juu |
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| City: | Kilimanjaro |
| Province: | |
| Post Code: | +255 |
| Country: | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Phone: | +255272756754 |
| Email: | lmleoh@yahoo.com |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Countries |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| Organization Reach: | National |
| Organization Description: | |
| Kibong'oto National Tuberculosis Hospital (KNTH) started as a sanatorium in 1926 and became a national tuberculosis hospital in 1956. Its misson is to provide quality services in the fields of TB, TB/HIV and MDRTB in the country. The main focus is TB and MDRTB services. It also conducts training to health care workers & students and conducts research in collaboration with other intitutions in the above fields of work Since its establishement, TB has been the core activity of KNTH Currently the hospital provides inpatients and outpatients services for TB, TB/HIV and MDRTB (it is the national centre for MDRTB) patients (though a small number of patients with other disease conditions are also managed at KNTH). KNTH plans to become an infectious diseases institute, expanding its services by extensively involve the community in the TB control mainly through community education, advocacy and social mobilization. Its also plans to commence contact tracing among MDRTB patients and community active case finding |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: | 100 + |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | $5,001-$10,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in TB control provision |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Network with other partners |
| 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: | |
| 1. Providing diagnostic and treatment services for suspects and TB, TB/HIV and MDRTB for both inpatient and outpatient respectively 2. Working with the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme (NTLP) in conducting trainings on TB, TB/HIV and MDRTB to health care providers in various districts and regions countrywide 3. Working with NTLP to conducting supportive supervisions to health facilities in various districts countrywide 4. Organizing and conducting trainings on MDRTB to District TB and Leprosy coordinators of districts in which MDRTB patients are comming from 5. Yearly participating in World TB Day commemoration, including providing community education and TB and HIV screening 6. Working in collaboration with other institutions on conducting research on TB e.g. on shortening of TB treatment duration |
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Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | United Republic of Tanzania |
| 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) |
United Republic of Tanzania |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization Delivery of health services and care Research and Development |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Advocacy, communication and social mobilization | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Delivery of health services and care | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Research and Development | United Republic of Tanzania |
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: KNTH provide TB treatment under DOT to all its TB patients, providing choices to patients on whether to pursue home based DOT or health facility based DOT. All TB training programs to health care workers at KNTH and those from outside, includes DOT In all advocacy activities, including during World TB Day commemorations, the community is educated and emphasized on the importance of DOTS KNTH is working with an officially formed and registered group of former TB patients in the districts to conduct education on DOTS and the members are involved in all the activities during World TB Day commemoration at the hospital KNTH hospital provides full inpatients services for all TB patients in re-treatment program so as to ensure fully intake of all the requiried doses A program on training the MDRTB patients at KNTH on peer education has commenced and in progress Drug-Resistant TB: KNTH is currently the sole centre which provides MDRTB services in the country which began in November 2009, to current more than 120 patinets have been enrolled. Current be capacity for MDRTB patients is 40 at a time and progrm to expand its capacity are in progress KNTH regularly conduct trainings to district coordinators on the management of MDRTB patients during the continuation phase TB-HIV: KNTH provided TB/HIV services including: counseling and testing for HIV among all TB suspects/ patients, providing cotrimoxazole prophylaxis to all TB/HIV co-infected clients, conducting routine TB screening among all people living with HIV attending Care and Treatment Clinics, providing Isoniazid Preventive Therapy to all HIV clients with no TB, regular education program to HIV clients on TB infection control and providing ARVs to TB/HIV co-infected clients Laboratory Strengthening: The laboratory at KNTH perform AFB microscopy routinely. Is a member of the East African Laboratory Strengthening Network A new wing intended for performing sputum culture is almost completed and the service is about to commence The laboratory has been selected as among those to be improved for future accrediation East Africa It performs many other investigations relavant to the managementof TB patients like renal functions, liver functions and electrolytes New Diagnostics: KNTH has the intention of changing its TB diagnostic methods to more current technologies like GeneXpert MTB/REF and is about to commence the use of liquid culture Operational Research: A number of researches have been conducted at KNTH in collaboration with other insitution like the Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Insitute (KCRI), including: shortening of TB treatment duration and TB diagnosis using an overnight pooled sputum |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | March 29, 2013 |
| Last updated: | March 29, 2013 |