General Information |
| Board Constituency: |
Developing Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: |
Yes |
| If yes, please enter your registration number: |
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| Organization Type - Primary: |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: |
Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: |
IMA is a professional organization of doctors of modern medicine. Its area of jurisdiction is within the boundaries of Republic of India. Its membership of 165000 is spread over 27 states and 2 territorial branches through its 1700 local branches. IMA has a 3 tier organizational structure with the National Headquarters at Delhi, state branches in respective states and local branches in town and cities.
Public Private Partnership as a strategy to further national health programmes is not new. What is new is the dynamism with which it has arrived. With the government taking the lead, private practitioners across the country are rising to perform their national duty. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) with its vast network of branches is playing catalyst to this process. Public Private Mix (PPM) is no empty slogan. It is the surest way to reach out public health services to the most needy among the community. PPM as a strategy provides resources and public health outlook to the private sector while bringing in flexibility and momentum to government programmes. PPM-DOTS in the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) could bring in as much as 50% of TB patients early into the programme. From the patients’ point of view, this translates into better availability, accessibility and therefore, cost effectiveness of health care. Private practitioners are present even in difficult and remote places and in areas where the public sector is effectively absent. However, the charm of PPM is in conservation of national resources and effective utilisation of medical manpower.
IMA has understood the wisdom behind PPM. No other area in public health requires intensive and sustained PPM activities more urgently than TB control. Thus RNTCP is the appropriate platform for IMA to launch its activities as an effective facilitator of PPM. Dr. P V George, the IMA National President in 2004, declared IMA’s policy in this regard. The components of RNTCP were accepted by the Central Working Committee of the IMA in Ju |
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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: |
100 + |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
26 - 50 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
100 + |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: |
100 + |
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| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: |
Involvement in TB control provision |
| 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: |
India |
| 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: |
| Running the IMA RNTCP GFATM PPM project in 15 states, involving 150,000 doctors private doctors. They are all sensitized to RNTCP. Organizing training programmes in RNTCP for about 8000 doctors annually. Getting them involved in the National TB control programme. |
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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
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