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Organization Contact Information

Name: Association of TB people .in
Street 1: Unit no. 402
Street 2: Gnanga Prestige Arcade, Laxmi Road Nana peth
City: Pune
Province: Maharashtra
Post Code: 411002
Country: India
Phone: 09871783166
Organization Email: tbassociation.in@gmail.com
Web Site:
Other Online Presence: @tbpeopleindia

Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Ms.
First Name: Mona
Last Name: Balani
Title: President
Email: monabalani1@gmail.com
Phone: 9354061797

Alternate Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mr.
First Name: Tarit
Last Name: Chakraborty
Title: Executive board member
Email: chakrabortytarit72@gmail.com
Phone: 9830024713

General Information

Board Constituency: None
Is your organization legally registered in your country: Yes
If yes, please enter your registration number: 697/2022 pune
Organization Type - Primary: Non-Governmental Organization
Organization Type - Secondary: Community-Based Organization (CBO)
Organization Description:
1.)-“ To unite to TB survivors and affected TB members to increase their transparent and constructive involvement to strengthen the response towards the TB care and treatment and to ensure all human rights of TB people in India.”
2.) Due to high burden in Country and need of the grass root community to prevent different section of society from TB
 
Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: Yes

Specializations / Areas of Work

Advocacy
Civil Society and Community Engagement
Delivery of health services and care
Engaging political leaders and ensuring inclusive leadership
Working on Key Populations related to TB

Other Organization Information

Total number of staff in your organization: 1 - 5
Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 0
Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
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: National Coaliation of People Living with HIV and GCTA, India
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: Yes
Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan:
We are working in area for People who have INCREASED EXPOSURE to TB due to where they live or work, People who have LIMITED ACCESS TO QUALITY TB SERVICES
 

Geographical Reach

Which country is your headquarters located in: India
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in)
India

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:
Contributing by engaging to the people for TB screening , Monitoring of the Anti TB treatment by peer support and community home visits under he pilot program. Investigate the opportunities to engage key vulnerable groups for Tb under the Guidance of Centre TB Division India

Drug-Resistant TB:
Advocacy for advance diagnosis and treatment for DR TB, innovative approaches for TB people as enhance efforts for more community program in field

TB-HIV:
Advancement for new diagnosis and treatment ,care and support , community support system strengthening , Advocacy within National programs to implement the program on involving the principle of Community Gender and Right based approaches.Investment in TB-HIV community champions
Enhancement of treatment literacy and home based care , side affect management
Redressal mechanism to address the stigma with TB
Roll out the short regimen treatment for DR/MDR TB
Ensuring the uninterrupted supplies of TPT and ATT at the grass root level
Strengthening the supply chain system at the central and state level
Additional nutrition support( Micro and macro needs) for economic weaker communities and their families
Enhance travel support for DR/MDR TB members as per geographical situations
Inclusive policy decision to have integrated services for nutrition, education support like M&CH program and Education services.


Laboratory Strengthening:
Advancement of diagnosis (The urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) test is especially
helpful in cases where the smear result is negative in a probable TB patient and also
in severely ill patients, regardless of HIV infection status, from whom it is difficult to
physically collect sputum)


New Diagnostics:
Demand generation for advance short regimen Tb treatment for the country through one one dialogs with State TB forum and at national level with Central TB division, Through more and more community engagement we need to demand for door step investigation and diagnosis facilities.

New TB Drugs:
Demand generation and community dialog to increase the domestic financing for central drug procurements and other related actions need to move from community mobilization ,More human faces as peer leader
Advancement of diagnosis (The urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) test is especially helpful in cases where the smear result is negative in a probable TB patient and also in severely ill patients, regardless of HIV infection status, from whom it is difficult to physically collect sputum)
Advancement of treatment for short regimen
Demand generation for TPT for preferred family members of TB-HIV co infected members
Community needs to generate demand for gender responsive interventions
Political commitment and administrative support


New TB Vaccines:
Advocacy through raising the community voices , attended the 5th Global Vaccination Global consultation and round table discussion done with the researchers

Fundamental Research:
We did a small survey for Injective Drug people and come with lot of need to have early diagnosis and treatment and post treatment follow up for care and support.

Research:
More and more community led social research needs to be design to avoid the stigma in various key population group among TB people, Gender base violence and and gender equity approaches need to enhance as per frame work of Global TB strategies.

Declaration

Declaration of interests:
This is hear by inform that as Association of TB people India , There are no known conflict of interest with Stop TB partners .

Application date: February 23, 2024
Last updated: February 23, 2024