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| Name: | The Pro-Care Foundation (PCF) |
| Street 1: | Post Office Box TT 511 |
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| City: | Tema |
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| Post Code: | 00233 |
| Country: | Ghana |
| Phone: | +233 200119981 |
| Organization Email: | info@pcfghana.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.pcfghana.org/ |
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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: | |
| Pro-Care Foundation (PCF) is an International Organization that reaffirms its humanitarian commitment by honestly tackling the obvious needs of the poor and the vulnerable in communities around the world. PCF is a constructive grass root action promoting organization that has its wings to caring individuals and sister organizations across the globe that are committed to social change of the deprived, marginalized and the destitute in our rural communities. Our program areas focus on HealthCare, Education, Gender and Human Right Advocacy, Good Governance and Accountability. PCF also offer programs in International Volunteering and Internship. Pro-Care Foundation shares Stop TB Partnership mission and partnering your Organization will help our alliances and network to develop and implement new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies to stop TB transmission and impacting our generations by working with marginalized and most-at risk people in communities to eradicate poverty, disease, hunger and injustice. Our work with national and international campaign networks highlights the issues that affect poor people and influences the way governments and international institutions think. Pro-Care Foundation is working with local partners to develop systems and provide training that improve TB care, facilitate access to care, raise community awareness, and reduce stigmatization. Studies conducted by PCF prior to the development of the 2014-2018 strategic development plan, indicates urgent need to view and deal with TB not as a medical or even public health problem alone but as a social problem where innovative interventions have to be taken seriously to involve every segment of the society i.e. community members, the general population and heath professionals for effective prevention and control of TB as there continues to be lack of awareness about the disease. Many are not aware about the danger of drug resistant TB due to irregularity in consumption of anti-TB medication for prescribed period of |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Civil Society and Community Engagement Engaging political leaders and ensuring inclusive leadership Research and Development Technical Assistance Working on Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Working on Key Populations related to TB |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | |
| Pro-Care Foundation is working with local partners to develop systems and provide training that improve TB care, facilitate access to care, raise community awareness, and reduce stigmatization. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Ghana |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Ghana |
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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TB Care Delivery: Pro-Care Foundation is working with local partners to develop systems and provide training that improve TB care, facilitate access to care, raise community awareness, and reduce stigmatization in Ghana in June, 2014 TB-HIV: Pro-Care Foundation ensure that shared management of TB with colleagues with specialist HIV expertise when a patient is found to be co-infected with HIV and HIV clinicians are recommended not to treat HIV/AIDS patients who develop TB except in consultation with the lead TB clinician; arranging internal clinical audit and internal peer review of TB cases and this is our continues advocacy year round in Ghana. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | April 9, 2016 |
| Last updated: | April 11, 2016 |