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Organization Contact Information

Name: Wellbody Alliance
Street 1: 2nd Atlantic Street
Street 2: Offices of Dhar Law
City: Boston
Province:
Post Code: 02110
Country: United States of America
Phone: 530.383.9425
Organization Email: shirley@wellbodyalliance.org
Web Site: http://wellbodyalliance.org
Other Online Presence:

Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Ms.
First Name: Shirley
Last Name: Gao
Title: Chief Operating Office
Email: shirley@wellbodyalliance.org
Phone: 530.383.9425

Alternate Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mr.
First Name: Raphael
Last Name: Frankfurter
Title: Executive Director
Email: raphi@wellbodyalliance.org
Phone: 603.397.7111

General Information

Board Constituency: Developed Country NGO
Is your organization legally registered in your country: Yes
If yes, please enter your registration number:
Organization Type - Primary: Non-Governmental Organization
Organization Type - Secondary: Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Organization Description:
We provide healthcare as a human right to the poor in Sierra Leone. We do this through our community health work and high quality clinical care in Kono District. We believe TB care is one area in which we can have the most impact. We received a TB REACH Grant with which we have launched a contact tracing and community based TB screening project in March 2013 based around the work of fully trained Community Health Workers.
 
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Specializations / Areas of Work

Delivery of health services and care
Research and Development

Other Organization Information

Total number of staff in your organization: 26 - 50
Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
 
How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: Other partners
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: 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:
We received a TB REACH Grant with which we have launched a contact tracing and community based TB screening project in March 2013 based around the work of fully trained Community Health Workers.
 

Geographical Reach

Which country is your headquarters located in: United States of America
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in)
Sierra Leone

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 launched a contact tracing and community based TB screening project in March 2013, with the support of a TB REACH grant. We have trained 170 Community Health Workers and hired 130 of them to provide comprehensive TB care out of local peripheral health units.

Declaration

Declaration of interests:
None

Application date: May 4, 2013
Last updated: June 11, 2013