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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Bright Generation Community Foundation |
| Street 1: | Harper Rd Adum Kumasi |
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| City: | Kumasi |
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| Country: | Ghana |
| Phone: | 0244 757172 |
| Organization Email: | info@brightgeneration.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.brightgeneration.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing 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 Bright Generation Community Foundation is committed to ensuring sustainable development, eradicating all forms of poverty, women employment and empowerment. The aspects of self-help, community participation in development activities and resource conservation are extremely important concepts used in all BGCMs projects. We are interested in tuberculosis because TB remains an epidemic causing the deaths of several million people each year in developing countries. We contribute our quota to TB control through innovative activities in building capacity and creating awareness on its prevalence. |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Technical Assistance |
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 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Other partners |
| 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: | Technical assistance and advice |
| 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: | |
| Through our advocacy outreach and technical assistance | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Ghana |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Ghana |
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: We do stage ACSM and DOTS expansion activities in remote areas where they can hardly access healthcare.We also engage in community awareness creation on TB,TB Suspected Cases referrals, Sputum Collection and training and engagement of trained Community Based Volunteer TB-HIV: We are interested in understanding the effect of immune assault in relation to TB-HIV co-infection New Diagnostics: Referring of cases from the community to the clinics for sputum collection and testing. New TB Drugs: We will administer drugs to newly positive patients who have limited accesss to health facilities. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | July 12, 2013 |
| Last updated: | March 20, 2015 |