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Organization Contact Information |
| Name: |
PATIENT AND COMMUNITY WELFARE FOUNDATION(PAWEM) |
| Street 1: |
chikhwawa-Khulubvi Highway(Nsanje) |
| Street 2: |
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| City: |
CHIKHWAWA |
| Province: |
SOUTHERN REGION |
| Post Code: |
27 |
| Country: |
Malawi |
| Phone: |
+2651420552 |
| Organization Email: |
pawem8@yahoo.co.uk |
| Web Site: |
http://www.pawem.org (Under Constrution) |
| Other Online Presence: |
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Focal Point Contact Information |
| Salutation: |
MR |
| First Name: |
RINGTON |
| Last Name: |
TAIBU |
| Title: |
DIRECTOR OF PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES |
| Email: |
ringtontaibu@yahoo.com |
| Phone: |
+265888865235 |
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Alternate Focal Point Contact Information |
| Salutation: |
MR |
| First Name: |
AMADE |
| Last Name: |
ALIDE |
| Title: |
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION |
| Email: |
amadealide@gmail.com |
| Phone: |
+265888374760 |
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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: |
Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: |
PAWEM IS A REGISTERED TRUST WHOSE MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR PATIENT AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITY GROUPS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN ENSURING THEIR WELFARE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF QUALITY AND EQUITABLE HEALTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. T IS INVLOVED IN ADVOCATING AND EMPOWERING PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS ENSURING PATIENT CENTRED COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT HEALTH OFFICIALS, NON-STATE ACTORS AND OTHER DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH INSTITUTIONS. IT WORKS AT THE COMMUNITY, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS. IT ALSO WORKS WITH HIV/AIDS SUPPORT GROUPS IN ENSURING ACCES TO EQUITABLE TRATMENT
PAWEM PROMOTES A CULTURE OF PATIENTS AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES EMPOWERMENT FOR THEIR ENGANGEMENT ,AMPLIFICATION OF VOICE,PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNANCE, HOLDING HEALTH OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE IN PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTHY NATION
TB SERVICES IN MALAWI HAVE BEEN PROVIDED USING VERTICAL APPROCH AND NO INTEGRATION WITH HEALTH OTHER SERVICE I.E HIV/AIDS AND YET THE THERE IS CO-OINFECTION. WE WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE AND ENSURE INTEGRATION OF THESE SERVICE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. BECAUSE OF ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HIV/AIDS THERE IS ALSO STIGMA WE WISH TO CREATE AWARENESS TO REDUCE THIS AND PEOPLE SHOULD SEE TB AS ANY OTHER DISEASE, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INVOLVE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL THE YOUTH, FAITH COMMUNITY,TRADITIONAL LEADERS AND LARGER COMMUNITY AWARENESS ON HOW TO DETECT TB,PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTARY COLLECTION OF SPUTUM AND ALSO MONITOR UTILIZATION OF TB RESOURCES AT THE HEALTH CENTRES. IN GENERAL WE WISH TO EMPOWER VULNERABLE COMMNUITIES TO TAKE PART IN DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF TB ACTIVITIES IN AN INTEGRATED MAANER.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH PEOPLE LIVING WITH HI/AIDS SUPPORT GROUPS IN ENSURING ACCES TO TRAETMENT AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN 4 HEALTH CENTRES IN CHIKHWAWA DISTRICT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE. WE WISH TO INTEGRATE TB SERVICES IN THIS INITIATIVE |
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| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: |
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Specializations / Areas of Work |
Advocacy
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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: |
6 - 10 |
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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: |
Technical assistance and advice |
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| 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: |
| we want to start being involved in tb activities considering our comperative advantage in working with communities at the grassroot level with techincal assistance from the District health Office. We have been in existence and operating since 2009 and our working with HIV/HIV support groups have motivated us to integrate TB as well cosidering the co-infection and also the vulnerable communities we serve most of whom are in hard to reach underserved areas. We are already using a Rights based approch and also gender mainstreaming we would want to also create awareness on the TB Charter |
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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
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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: |
TB Care Delivery:
WE WOULD LIKE TO INTEGRATE THIS WITH OUR ON GOING WORK ON COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT THROUGH RIGHTS BASED COMMUNITIES. WE WOULD WANT TO CREATE AWRENESS ON THE TB CHARTER AND ADVOCATE FOR INCLUSIVE APPROCH IN DEALING WITH TB ISSUES AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. CURRENTLY TB SERVICES ARE MORE AT THE DISTRICT AND NOT MORE INTEGRATED OR INTERNALIZED AT THE GRASSROOT LEVLES
TB-HIV:
WE ARE WORKING WITH HIV/AIDS SUPPORT GROUPS IN A 3 YEAR PROJECT ON EQUITABLE ACCES TO TREATMENT,CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ORDER TO EMPOWER THEM TO LIVE AN ACTIVE, HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES IN 4 HEALTH CENTRES AT THE GRASS ROOT . THESE ARE MARGINALIZED VULNERABLE PEOPLE. WE WOULD LIKE TO EMPOWER THEM WITH KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS, AND OPPORTUNITES TO DEMAND SERVICES AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM DUTY BEARES IN RELATION TO TREATMENT CARE, AND SUPPORT, AS WELL AS INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN HIV/AIDS AND TB POLICY AND DECISION MAKING TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MAINSTREAMING OF GENDER AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT. WE THEREFORE WISH TO INTEGRATE THIS PROJECT WITH TB ISSUES AT THE GRASSROOT COMMUNITY LEVEL. FURTHER WE WOULD LIKE TO ENGANGE THE COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP A CULTURE OF DETECTING TB AND ALSO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SPUTUM COLLECTION AND MONITORING TREATMENT ADHERENCE BY MEMBERES WITHIN THEIR COMMINUITES
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Declaration |
Declaration of interests:
No conflicts of interest were delacred.
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| Application date: |
September 21, 2012 |
| Last updated: |
September 21, 2012 |
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