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| Name: | Organization for the Control and Eradication of Tuberculosis in Liberia (Ofcet-Liberia)/Sylvester Yarpah |
| Street 1: | 191 Embassy Drive, Apt 101 |
| Street 2: | |
| City: | Fort Mill |
| Province: | SC |
| Post Code: | 29715 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Phone: | 1855 6STOPTB (1855 6786782) |
| Organization Email: | SylvesterY@ofcet-liberia.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.ofcet-liberia.org |
| Other Online Presence: | Ofcet-Liberia Facebood group, Linkedin |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | None |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| If yes, please enter your registration number: | EIN no. 86-3019429 |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Foundation |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Private Foundation |
| Organization Description: | |
| 1. Mobolize International and national organization in collaborative humanitarian effort to control and eradicate Tuberculosis in Liberia; focusing on Tuberculosis awareness, testing and treating, lasty we aimed to renovate and matain TB facilitiesin communities with limited resources. 2. Because TB is the nunber one infectious desease Killer in Sub-Sahary Africa of which my native country is a part. Once Refugees, my partners and I experienced first hand how infectous and devastating TB can be in communities if it goes unchecked and treated. Along with my family were once tested positive for TB when we arrived in the USA as refugees. Luckily for us due to the availibility of resouces we were treated and cured. Now, looking back, how many of my countrymen and women and their children could bed getting inffected and dying as the result of the lacked of TB awareness, testing and treatment? These question promted my colleagues to organized in the last 2 to 3 years to do something to slow and eradicate TB in Liberia through public tuberculosis awareness and sentization activities in the Republic of Liberia. We are currently conducting Tuberculosis Awarenes, sentitization and education projects within communities; beginning with Montserrado County's General Markets, High school through our voluteers of doctors, nurses and social workers and ordinary Liberian. We are working to cover the most TB infected counties first as we progress. Withing the last two years we have on March 24th World's TB Day conducted public TB awareness and sensitization to commermorate Word's TB day in Liberia. Visit our webiste for some of our work on Tuberculosis awareness in Liberia, West Africa Ofcet-Liberia is a registered private foundation within Massachusetts, USA and a registered NGO in Liberia, West Africa working within Liberian communities to eradicate TB thorough awarenes, communication and sensitization |
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| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: | Yes |
Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Civil Society and Community Engagement Working on Key Populations related to TB |
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: | Unknown |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| 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: | N/A |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | No |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| We believe that our TB education and awareness activities is a first but essential preventive step to control the spread and deaths arisen from TB infection and desease in Liberia. Our Voluteer is arming the public with fundamental info that wouldn't have otherwise be known. Through awareness, we are helping to eliminate stigmas surrounding TB. We helping the public to understand and know what to do when they or their families are exposed or infected.Through Our medical professionals on the team Ofcet-Liberia prepared a comprehensive brochures to help communities understand more about TB in Liberia | |
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) |
Liberia United States of America |
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: In the last two years March 24th of 2022 and 20223 in observance of World's TB Day, Ofce-Liberia has commemorated the occasion by conducting awareness puting TB back on the public discourse. TB has nearly be relagated too national health priority as the result of the 14 years civil war, Ebolo epidemic and COVID 19 Pandemic. Also during the earlier days We distributed PPE masks to the TB annex and patients in Congo Town, Montserrado Liberia. We are advocating trhough our social media platform to encourage Young Liberian in diaspora and Liberia to colloaboratively work with us to Slow and erradicate TB in accordance with our Mission for Tuberculosis eradication. The mission which we at Ofcet-Liberia Foundation and organization believe is in comformity with the Global plan to Stop TB |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | April 30, 2023 |
| Last updated: | June 17, 2023 |