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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | TBNet/Health Network - Migrant Clinicians Network |
| Street 1: | PO Box 164285 |
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| City: | Austin |
| Province: | Texas |
| Post Code: | 78716-4285 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Phone: | 1-800-825-8205 |
| Organization Email: | hn@migrantclinician.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.migrantclinician.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: | |
| MCN functions as a global organization with more than 10,000 constituents whose work is overseen by a board of directors comprised of frontline clinicians, researchers, policy makers and academics with experience in and commitment to migrant health. MCN’s TBNet program is a multi-national tuberculosis patient navigation and bridge case management system designed to work with mobile, underserved populations. | |
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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: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in TB control provision |
| 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: | United States of America |
| 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: | |
| TBNet helps the national TB control plan by offering TB treatment providers at the local, state, regional, national and international level with a service that will help them maintain patients in care who are at high risk of abandoning treatment because of voluntary or required departure from the place of treatment initiation. TBNet helps patients find TB services when they migrate within the United States or to any country in the world. Once care is established TBNet follows-up with the patient and TB clinic to ensure the patient continues and completes TB treatment. | |
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) |
Belize Brazil Chile China Colombia Cote d'Ivoire Democratic People's Republic of Korea Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Ethiopia France Guatemala Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iraq Italy Jamaica Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Mexico Myanmar Nepal Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Peru Philippines Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Sierra Leone South Africa Thailand Turkey United States of America Yemen |
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: 3. Standardized treatment with supervision and patient support TB treatment and programme management guidelines, International Standards of TB Care (ISTC), PPM, Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL), community-patient involvement. Our TBNet program provides patients with support, and ensures that the patients receive supervised treatment regardless of their location, we also help to notify the NTP directors of each program for better continuity of care for each case. Drug-Resistant TB: Maintaining difficult to treat patients in care through to treatment completion via our network and case management which reduces potential of resistance developing. Research: We have participated in operational research developed by the CDC to evaluate binational case management and communication. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | March 4, 2013 |
| Last updated: | August 5, 2014 |