General Information |
| Board Constituency: |
Developing Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: |
Yes |
| If yes, please enter your registration number: |
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| Organization Type - Primary: |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: |
Community-Based Organization (CBO) |
| Organization Description: |
| The institute for the Development of Educational and Ecological Alternatives (IDEAS) was organized and in the midst of the growing national calls for democratization in the Philippines. Registered in April 1985, IDEAS promote alternatives to the environmentally degrading policies, programs and projects of the government. It also sought to provide basic services to the marginalized sectors like indigenous peoples and poor farmers. Our interest in Tuberculosis stemmed from the increasing incidence of TB in our project communities especially among indigenous peoples. While we have been part of the anti TB campaign of the local government, we felt it imperative that communities must be empowered to be proactive in the promotion of anti TB initiatives. TB is also associated with HIV-AIDS being an opportunitistic infection that increases the vulnerability of HIV-AIDS positive. Indigenous peoples are no longer safe from possible HIV infection considering their increasing integration in the mainstream society especially in Palawan where there has been a recorded incidence of HIV which placed it in the HIV map in the country. |
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| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: |
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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: |
6 - 10 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: |
0 |
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| 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: |
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| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: |
Information on developments within the TB world |
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| 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 are member of the Task Force operating in the municipality of Quezon, Province of Palawan. Aside from this, we have initiated a campaign for the promotion of nutrition based on organic or natural foods locally produced. |
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Geographical Reach |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: |
Philippines |
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Philippines
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