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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute |
| Street 1: | Cnr Esselen and Klein Streets |
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| City: | Hillbrow |
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| Country: | South Africa |
| Phone: | +27113585500 |
| Organization Email: | ablack@wrhi.ac.za |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Technical agencies |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Academic / Research Institution |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Organization Description: | |
| The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute is one of the largest research Institutes of the University of the Witwatersrand Our vision is to create a society where sexual health is enjoyed without fear of disadvantage or disease. Our mission is to lead the way as an African academic institution acclaimed for: • pioneering research; • innovative services; • evidence based policy development and advocacy; • responsive technical support & training; in the field of sexual & reproductive health and HIV. The focus of the WRHI's work has always been to address the needs associated with prevention and management of HIV and reproductive health, with a focus on the intersection with infectious diseases especially tuberculosis (TB) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). WRHI has an extensive portfolio of research, programmatic support, policy development and technical assistance at district, national and international levels, and pursues a multidisciplinary approach, which encompasses clinical health systems and social and behavioural science often within the same projects. WRHI also has an extensive community engagement programme to impact the communities the Institute operates in, and training programmes which capacitate health care professionals nationally and on the continent in aspects of HIV management year on year. WRHI has both research and health systems strengthening capacity. TB/HIV is one of our areas of technical expertise. We support various health facilities to improve on their TB programme performance by capacity building, operational research and quality improvement. |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Delivery of health services and care Research and Development Technical Assistance |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 100 + |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Other partners |
| 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: | 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: | |
| Provide quality improvement, technical assistance and capacity building to the districts we support. Provide clinical services in complicated TB management. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | South Africa |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
South Africa |
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: Promote TB advocacy Drug-Resistant TB: Provide technical assistance and clinical services for patients with complicated TB, which includes patients with mono- and poly-drug resistant TB. Provide capacity building on drug-resistant TB TB-HIV: Provide capacity building and mentoring on TB/HIV integration Laboratory Strengthening: Reseach in novel TB diagnostics. Monitoring and Evaluation strengthening. Improving turn-around times for TB diagnosis New Diagnostics: Currently involved in operational research around the point-of-care use of Xpert Mtb/Rif.Previously involved in validation of Xpert Mtb/Rif. Research: Contact tracing, retention in care, health systems strengthening |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: None | |
| Application date: | June 26, 2012 |
| Last updated: | June 26, 2012 |