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Organization Contact Information

Name: Ungan Family Practice
Street 1: Ataturk Bulvari 237/45 Kavaklidere
Street 2:
City: Ankara
Province:
Post Code: 06680
Country: Turkey
Phone: +903124276626
Organization Email: handan.ungan@gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.doctorun.com
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Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Dr
First Name: Handan
Last Name: Ungan
Title: Specialist, Family Medicine
Email: handan.ungan@gmail.com
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General Information

Board Constituency: Private sector
Is your organization legally registered in your country: Yes
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Organization Type - Primary: Private Sector
Organization Type - Secondary: Company
Organization Description:
UNGAN FAMILY PRACTICE is an affiliated office of Duzen Laboratory Group, where they occupy the 3rd floor and we the 4th floor of the same building, our family practice is able to offer many services to our patients. Our facility is able to perform physical examinations and various evaluations through Duzen Laboratory; We have pathology laboratory services especially for evaluation of Tuberculosis (TST test, Chest X-Ray, sputum smear, LJ Culture, DST), cervical (vaginal) smear samples and Tetra tone audiometer (hearing screening) and the Snellen vision tests (vision screening). Pre-employment health screening, and annual vision and health screening for drivers and food handlers at embassies and various companies are some of our regular services. We have all kinds of immunization (vaccination) facilities. We have been screening immigrant and refugees for the foreign embassies and international organizations. We are participants in the CME activities of the Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),USA.
 
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Specializations / Areas of Work

Advocacy
Delivery of health services and care
Research and Development
Technical Assistance

Other Organization Information

Total number of staff in your organization: 1 - 5
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: Attendance at a TB related event
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:
We perform mainly a predefined TB screening program in Ankara, Turkey(designed and updated by Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta). Those applicants for US immigration in the region are coming to Ankara or going to Istanbul for the medical screening before theri interview in h Embassy. At this point we diagnose/identify Latent TB, suspected TB cases, inactive or active TB cases and forward them to the DOT treatment centers making sure that they certify their proper treatment before they continue to their immigration process. The population is consisting of Turkish Iranian and Iraqi applicants.
 

Geographical Reach

Which country is your headquarters located in: United States of America
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in)
Turkey

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:

New Diagnostics:
we need to have practical new screening tools other than in our disposal at present, especially for quick and cheap and highly sensitive and spesific for TB cases. We are in screening part of Tb more than others, and we know what is the need for immgration and refugees, we may take part in research part of ew diagnostics and screening tools.

Fundamental Research:
we need to have practical new screening tools other than in our disposal at present, especially for quick and cheap and highly sensitive and spesific for TB cases. We are in screening part of Tb more than others, and we know what is the need for immgration and refugees, we may take part in research part of ew diagnostics and screening tools.

Declaration

Declaration of interests:
We have been screening immigrants and refugees from Iraq, Iran, Turkey to USA. So the information on those countries including alerts always should be on our desk to organize ourselves accordingly.

Application date: March 27, 2009
Last updated: July 4, 2018