General Information |
| Board Constituency: |
None |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: |
Yes |
| If yes, please enter your registration number: |
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| Organization Type - Primary: |
Academic / Research Institution |
| Organization Type - Secondary: |
None |
| Organization Description: |
| The mission and focus of this organization is to build local capacity for the prevention and control of tuberculosis in southeast Nigeria. We are interested in tuberculosis because of the burden of the disease in Nigeria. Our efforts towards tb control aims at improving case detection and correcting the erroneous beliefs the local population has on the cause and spread of tb; that tb is not caused by the gods or witchcraft as commonly believed in southeast Nigeria and thus encouraging the local population to seek proper treatment in hospitals rather than traditional healthcare providers when tb symptoms are suspected |
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| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: |
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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: |
1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: |
1 - 5 |
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| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: |
Internet search |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: |
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| 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: |
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: |
| Our work is mainly focused in improving case detection and correcting the erroneous beliefs the local population has on the cause and spread of tb; that tb is not caused by the gods or witchcraft as commonly believed in southeast Nigeria and thus encouraging the local population to seek proper treatment in hospitals rather than traditional healthcare providers when tb symptoms are suspected. We also carry out prevalence surveys of tb in the region. With the collaboration of our oversea partners, we apply molecular epidemiological techniques to understand the transmission dynamics of tb in southeast Nigeria |
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Geographical Reach |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: |
Nigeria |
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Nigeria
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