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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Society for Serving Humanity (SSH) |
| Street 1: | 1/3, Madurai Road |
| Street 2: | Sempatti |
| City: | Sempatti |
| Province: | Tamilnadu |
| Post Code: | 624707 |
| Country: | India |
| Phone: | 07402656405 |
| Organization Email: | brittoselvaraj2012@gmail.com |
| Web Site: | http://www.sshdgl.org |
| Other Online Presence: | ssh_ngo, Society for Serving Humanity - SSH |
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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: | 69/88 |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Organization Description: | |
| 1. Mission We work with the voiceless, vulnerable, unhealthy, socio economically downtrodden and elderly people, towards their holistic development and welfare, through an integrated approach and community participation. 2. Our target group includes people living with HIV /AIDS, Tuberculosis and other chronic diseases who are from the poor socio economic background. They are unaware of the diseases transmission process and its prevention and control strategies. There is a need for a early diagnosis, treatment and related management procedures to control the incidence of tuberculosis HIV/AIDS etc. 3. Right now, we are referring the suspected TB cases to sputum test in government primary health centre and at the community level, the field workers do the follow up services. what we are planning to do are as follows: - Community awareness creation on the diseases transmission process of TB - Training community volunteers for DOT clinics - Counselling and referral services to government hospital for the free regular treatment - Find cases and trace contacts in vulnerable populations - Reduce the potential for exposure to airborne infectious diseases - Provide additional diagnostic, nutritional, and vocational support to the victims - Mass campaign on TB awareness, prevention, diagnosis and early treatment - Provide advanced tests to detect drug resistance and susceptibility - Rehabilitation programme for the vulnerable TB patients |
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| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: | Yes |
Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Civil Society and Community Engagement Delivery of health services and care 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: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Media |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | Not applicable |
| 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 both Dindigul and Namakkal district among the people living with HIV/AIDS. TB is one of the opportunistic diseases where the target group are affected. We support then for their treatment of HIV/AIDS and TB through the government hospitals/health centres. The National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) is the government of India's program to prevent and control tuberculosis (TB). The program goal is to eliminate tuberculosis in both the districts. |
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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: | |
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TB Care Delivery: We are organizing advocacy conferences at the district level with government officials medical practitioners, social workers, NGOs, Women SHGs leaders, PRI leaders, media group etc for brining policy level /programme level changes. Drug-Resistant TB: We are identifying the drug resistance identify TB cases for their advance treatment in specialised health care centres TB-HIV: We are working with TB cases and HIV cases for their diseases free life New Diagnostics: We are working with the high risk groups for identifying the possible cases of HIV AIDS and tuberculosis and referring to the government hospitals for the treatment Research: We are carrying out action oriented research and community based researches for the improvement of Healthcare services in relation to HIV AIDS and TB free life |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | January 28, 2025 |
| Last updated: | January 28, 2025 |