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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Medicines for Humanity |
| Street 1: | 800 Hingham Street |
| Street 2: | Suite 1800 |
| City: | Rockland |
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| Post Code: | 02045 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Phone: | 781-982-0274 |
| Organization Email: | timb@medicinesforhumanity.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.medicinesforhumanity.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developed 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: | |
| The mission of Medicines for Humanity (MFH) is to save the most lives possible with each donated dollar. The focus of many of our projects is on maternal and child health and child survival. It is here that we have encountered and responded to TB cases. Our experience is in developing partnerships with in-country healthcare providers who are implementing partners andcommitted to serving the most vulnerable. We collaborate with our partners in project plan, monitoring and evaluation, troubleshooting and providing technical assistance. We are working with our local partner in Nairobi, Kenya, with whom we currently have a community based healthcare project targeted to HIV positive orphans. We are attempting to expand this project to also prevent TB where possible, and to identify and treat it where we we find TB cases in the slums around Nairobi. We will do this with a combination of capacity building, creating a community health worker network focused on TB as well as HIV AIDS, and by creating some innovative mobile diagnostic teams (MDTs). | |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Delivery of health services and care Technical Assistance |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| 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: | Stop TB communications |
| 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: | Network with other partners |
| 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 work internationally in 8 countries. Our Country Coordinators are each informed about the national TB control plan. | |
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) |
Angola Cameroon Dominican Republic Guatemala Guyana Haiti Kenya Rwanda |
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-HIV: We have been involved with our partner, Nyumbani, in supporting a community-based HIV-AIDS program in Nairobi, Kenya since 2002. New TB Drugs: Since our founding in 1997, we have been involved in procuring and shipping high quality and low cost medicines to U.S. based NGO's for their projects in over 40 developing countries. THis has included medicines and medical supplies for TB programs. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | September 4, 2012 |
| Last updated: | September 4, 2012 |