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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) |
| Street 1: | Avenue de Budé 16 |
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| City: | Geneva |
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| Post Code: | 1202 Geneva |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Phone: | +41227100590 |
| Organization Email: | info@finddiagnostics.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.finddiagnostics.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developed Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Academic / Research Institution |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Organization Description: | |
| FIND is a non-profit foundation dedicated to accelerating the development, evaluation, and appropriate use of new and affordable diagnostic tests for infectious diseases to improve patient care and disease control. | |
| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: | Yes |
Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Provision of drugs, diagnostics and commodities Research and Development Technical Assistance |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 51 - 99 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| 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: | 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: | |
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Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Switzerland |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
India Switzerland Uganda |
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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Drug-Resistant TB: FIND develops and implements new tests for MDR-TB. TB-HIV: FIND is committed to developing tests that can better detect TB in people with HIV co-infections. In addition, FIND is developing an HIV viral load assay to be used in the same GeneXpert machine as the new Xpert MTB/RIF test Laboratory Strengthening: FIND has major activities in laboratory strengthening in a variety of countries. New Diagnostics: FIND co-chairs the New Diagnostics Working Group. Research: Part of FIND's value chain is to "Collect Evidence for Scale-Up". This work contributes to operational research goals. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
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| Last updated: | January 31, 2019 |