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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | OSSEDI Malawi |
| Street 1: | Falls estate area1, Lilongwe |
| Street 2: | P/bag 127, |
| City: | Lilongwe |
| Province: | central regional |
| Post Code: | 265 |
| Country: | Malawi |
| Phone: | 2651724862 |
| Organization Email: | ossedimalawi@yahoo.com |
| Web Site: | http://www.ossedimalawi.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| Organization for Sustainable Socio - Economic Development Initative Malawi works in seven districts in Malawi. The districts are from all regions of the country. The organization was registered in 2006 with Malawi government of 1962 Act. The organization was registered to enhance community participation in fighting against HIV and AIDS and Health, climate change,water and sanitation problems, food insecurity, reduce poverty among Malawians,community, women and girls empowerment. Major diseases are on the list of the MDGs so as the organization mission and aims to reduce and fight against health issues and HIV and AIDS. Tuberculosis is one of the major diseses that gives tough time to organization and civil society on ways af combating it. There are types of TB that are incureable and cureable so the organization want to be part and parcel of sharing and spreading the message to the masses in the rural and urban areas. There is still knowledge gap on information of TB to the people due to few organizations that are taking part in implementing the message of TB. Government health workers are few so that they can not reach out and mobilise the community to share the TB information. Ciurrently the organization conduct awareness meetings and mainstream about TB in all the meetings done in the target districts. We are soliciting funds from different organizations in order to reach as many people as we can in order to control TB in the rural and urban areas. We are planning to establisah committee who will operate on voluntary basis in the Community Based Organizations we are working with to workm in the areas of TB in sharing messages. TB have challenges where patients feel healed when they are health and leave the dosage un finished. | |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Delivery of health services and care 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: | 11 - 25 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Internet search |
| 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: | Technical assistance and advice |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | Malawi |
| 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: | |
| The organization have meetings with the TB control programme at national and district level. The organization plan to meet the TB Control Manager for the country in order to share its views on what can be done to control the disease. Initally OSSEDI Malawi has been in different committees for the city and district level. We have being advocating for presence of TB health workers in health centre where people have problems to acces treatment for TB and have tough times to access drug since there is inadequate drug and long distances traveled by TB patients for test of sputum and access machines. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Malawi |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Malawi |
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: OSSEDI Malawi has organised meeting with community leaders and key stakeholders on TB,OSSEDI Malawi conducted sensitization meeting with PLHIV and TB patients. OSSEDI Malawi has distributed posters and IEC materials towards infections patients with TB. Drug-Resistant TB: OSSEDI Malawi has done several meetings with TB patients on drug resistant. The meetings brought the awareness to guardians and patients that other types of TB are resistant to drugs. OSSEDI has being telling patients to report the problems they are facing with TB immediately to health workers. TB-HIV: OSSEDI Malawi had trained volunteers on TB drugs. OSSEDI Malawi developed referral mechanism and reporting system, OSSEDI Malawi has link up with TB and HV patients to sharing information. OSSEDI Malawi has encourage the TB patients to go on VCT. New TB Drugs: OSSEDI has shared the message to patients about the combination of the TB drug and period of taking the dosage. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: The inforamntion is correct and there are no known conflicts | |
| Application date: | October 13, 2011 |
| Last updated: | October 13, 2011 |