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Organization Contact Information

Name: SAO PAULO CITY TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM
Street 1: RUA SANTA ISABEL, 181
Street 2: VILA BUARQUE
City: SAO PAULO
Province: STATE OF SAO PAULO
Post Code: 01221-010
Country: Brazil
Phone: 0055.11.3397 8307/08
Organization Email: smstb@prefeitura.sp.gov.br
Web Site: http://portal.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/secretarias/saude/vigilancia_saude
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Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Dr.
First Name: NAOMI
Last Name: KOMATSU
Title: PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST
Email: nkomatsu@prefeitura.sp.gov.br
Phone: 55 11 3397 8307

Alternate Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mrs
First Name: Eri
Last Name: Ishimoto
Title: public health specialist
Email: eishimoto@prefeitura.sp.gov.br
Phone: 55 11 3397 8308

General Information

Board Constituency: Countries
Is your organization legally registered in your country: Yes
If yes, please enter your registration number:
Organization Type - Primary: Governmental Organization
Organization Type - Secondary: None
Organization Description:
SAO PAULO CITY TB CONTROL PROGRAM - MUNICIPAL HEALTH SECRETARY - 11 MILLION OF INHABITANTS - MANAGEMENT OF A HEALTH SYSTEM COVERING 510 HEALTH CENTERS, 50 PUBLIC HOSPITALS, 17 HIV/TB AMBULATORIES AND 52 LABORATORIES.
 
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Specializations / Areas of Work

Advocacy
Delivery of health services and care
Funding, including innovative and optimized approach to funding TB Care
Research and Development
Technical Assistance

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: 1 - 5
Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: 0
 
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:
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: Brazil
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:
By providing trainning, planning activities, organising the laboratory network, monitoring and evaluating data and actions.
 

Geographical Reach

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

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:
Active case finding for expedite diagnosis; AFB microscopy of sputum smears of all identified TB suspects; Culture is not universal, but is available according the following criteria: retreatment after relapse or drop-out, HIV/TB coinfected patients, institutional patients (penal, homeless shelters, long-term hospitals, old age homes) and health-care professionals; DOT for all patients, incentives for those adhering to regular treatment, IPT for household contacts; Information System on line; Quarterly meetings for evaluation and monitoring of activities and indicators of Tuberculosis Control Programme (TCP); Annual meeting to award prizes to units with the best results in TCP performance; Elaboration and distribution of the Yearly Epidemilogical Bulletin for TB situation up-dating; Training of health-care professionals in DOTS; Partnership with STD/AIDS Control Programme, Social Assistance Secretariat and Penitentiary System; Advocacy and Social Mobilization Meetings, organization and participation in meetings to discuss TB patients legal rights, create awareness of communitary and religious leaders to disseminate TB information.



Drug-Resistant TB:
Surveillance and monitoring of multidrug resistance regarding to treatment schedule accuracy, patient follow-up and information system notification; Improvement of service network for drug-resistance attendance; Training of health-care professionals in drug-resistant patients; organization and monitoring drug distribution to MDR patients.

TB-HIV:
Improving of the attending network with the partnership of AIDS Control Programme; Training of professionals in conducting tuberculin testing; Expansion of HIV testing; Implementation of IPT (isoniazide preventive therapy); Training of physicians to attend coinfected patients (TB/HIV) with drug resistant TB; Expansion of DOT procedures.

Laboratory Strengthening:
Training of laboratory personnel for afb microscopy testing; Laboratory network composed of 49 units, all submitted to external quality control; From the above network, 28 units also produce micobacteria cultures; One central laboratory perform identification and susceptibility testing.

New Diagnostics:
Liquid media for micobacteria culture and implantation of rapid molecular test.

New TB Drugs:
None

New TB Vaccines:
None

Fundamental Research:
None

Research:
Tb X Diabetes

Declaration

Declaration of interests:
Nothing to declare.

Application date:  
Last updated: June 16, 2014