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: |
| BNMT aims to assist the people of Nepal to improve their health through the realization of their health rights. With one of its major objective to assist Nepal Tuberculosis Center to eradicate infectious TB, BNMT is actively implementing its innovative approaches for control of TB in Nepal. |
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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: |
51 - 99 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
11 - 25 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
6 - 10 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: |
1 - 5 |
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| 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: |
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| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: |
Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups |
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| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: |
Nepal |
| 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: |
The Britain Nepal Medical Trust (BNMT) established as British charity in 1967 to assist the people of Nepal to improve their health through supporting sustainable health service delivery, capacity building and people's empowerment. Since its inception, it has been working with the National Tuberculosis Centre (NTC), Nepal to fight against Tuberculosis (TB) within the framework of National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP). It has played a pioneer role in establishing the National TB Programme and is actively supporting the NTC in achieving the NTP goal and objectives by implementing prevention and control programmes.
Vision, Mission, Purposes and Approach of BNMT
To improve health and wellbeing of Nepali people is the vision and working together with stakeholders in ensuring equity and access to quality health service and better livelihood options for disadvantaged people is the mission of the BNMT. Its purposes are:
1. To enhance the capacity and expedite the institutional strengthening process of the health service providers including government and non governmental organizations at all levels.
2. To contribute in empowerment of people at the community level in ensuring access to information, access & control over the locally available resources and their participation in all decision making process by organizing and developing assertiveness. |
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Geographical Reach |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Nepal
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