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| Name: | MILDMAY KENYA |
| Street 1: | OFF RIDDOCH ROAD |
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| City: | KISUMU |
| Province: | NYANZA |
| Post Code: | 40100 |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Phone: | +254 723251101 |
| Organization Email: | info@mildmay.or.ke |
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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: | |
| MildmayKENYA’s Identity MildmayKENYA is a locally registered Christian non -denominational national NGO in Kenya since 2003 with the NGOs coordination Board certificate: OP.218/051/2003/0154/2777 MildmayKENYA’s Vision MILDMAY KENYA’s vision is ‘A world where everyone with poverty and disease can have life in all its fullness’. MildmayKENYA’s Mission Our mission is to Support and scale up the delivery of sustainable comprehensive health services to communities through community participation and strengthened health systems. MildmayKENYA’s Core Values Our Core values are based on the Christian faith of the founders, trustees, executive directors and many staff past and present. They reflect the Christian values of care, compassion, mercy, truth, justice and honesty. We are committed to remaining non denominational. They comprise the following: • An unconditional, non-judgmental, holistic approach to caring for people marginalised and stigmatized by poverty and disease • All individuals deserve to be treated with respect and with due regard for their rights and beliefs-irrespectable of race colour, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, educational background and capacity • Good stewardship of resources (financial, material and human) • Honesty and Transparency in all our dealings • A participatory approach to planning and development • Personnel policies and practices that reflect justice and a non discriminatory approach with proper regard for health and safety and equal opportunities • A commitment to empowering and developing people to their optimum potential within resource constraints • Partnership based on mutual respect and shared values which may include people or organizations of similar, different or no faith) while remaining true to our core values at all times Strategic Objectives 1: Reducing morbidity and mortality among women of child bearing age. 2: Reducing morbidity and mortality among new-borns and children. 3: Scaling up effective re |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Delivery of health services and care |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 26 - 50 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| 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: | Network with other partners |
| 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: | |
| Mildmay Kenya is contributing to our national TB control plan through the Prention with positives implementation where community screening for TB is done and referred to care. This we are able to through our service providers and through community health workers in the community health strategy program. Mildmay Kenya is also a member of the technical working group on prevention with positives and the community health strategy. This are avenues to advocate for TB control. In the Prevention with Positives we have ensured that TB screenng is captures within the community PwP M/E tools. |
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Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Kenya |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Kenya |
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-HIV: Mildmay Kenya has contributed to the Global plan to stop TB through a) Training of health care workers on HIV/TB co-infection diagnosis and management in our CDC funded project named EXPANSION OF HIV/AIDS CARE TRAINING ACTIVITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA which ran from 09/30/2005 to 06/30/2010 b)Mildmay International through the ‘USAID Support for Strengthening of Home Based Care Services – Kenya Project’ has been implementing jointly the training programs with the Constituent medical training colleges and the provincial medical office. The program that started in 2007 through to 2011 targeted Kenya – Nyanza, Western, Nairobi, Central, North Rift Valley, Lower Eastern and Coast Provinces. The program was operational in the Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTC) in Kisumu, Kakamega, Nairobi, Thika, Machakos, Eldoret and Mombasa. The target beneficiaries included: Lecturers in the above colleges, PHMT, DHMT and MOH Health Care Workers in-training and working in the regions targeted. Others were APHIA II Partners working in the regions targeted and PLHIV and their families living and attending clinic in the regions targeted. Training on HCBC intergrated training on TB and STIs c)Training of community health care workers on HCBC to include referral of possible TB clients for care at facility as TB-HIV activities in the Global Fund project on the road ro zero HIV infections. In this project running from 2011 to 2015 includes HCBC training which intergrates TB d) In CDC funded Key affected population project which we are in a consotium with International Medical Corps, we are looking at Prevention with Positives of which key messages in the Evidenced Informed Behavioural Intervention we are looking at TB screening provision at community level. Also as part of the PwP TWG we have ensured that TB information and screening is captured in the M/E tools. e)USAID APHIAPlus Western running from Jan 2011 t0 Dec 2015 we are involved in dellivery of HCBC services through training of community health workers and ensuring complete referrals to facility include those who default on ARV and TB treatment. We also plan moving foward in incoming projects and proposal development to include TB-HIV collaborative activities to Stop TB. We also plan to enhance screening of TB at community level through the community health strategy with effective and complete linkage to care and treatment at catchment facilities |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | December 2, 2013 |
| Last updated: | March 20, 2015 |