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| Name: | AIDS AND TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION OF KWAZULU-NATAL |
| Street 1: | 400 Andrew Zondo Road |
| Street 2: | Amanzimtoti |
| City: | Durban |
| Province: | KWAZULU-NATAL |
| Post Code: | 4126 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Phone: | 0319034495 |
| Organization Email: | info@atbak.org.za |
| Web Site: | http://www.atbak.org.za |
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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: | |
| 1.Our mission is a TB Free South Africa. Based largely in KWAZULU-NATAL but with outreaches in the Eastern Cape and planned for both Freestate and Mpumulanga we focus on Tuberculosis education, screening and testing but with a core nutrition program to prevent latent TB from becoming active. 2.Both the Manager and Chairman have had TB, the Chairman currently in 3rd month of Treatment. 3.Our motto is "Fid, Treat and Feed" which encapsulates the basic work we do in the urban, rural and deep-rural areas. |
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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: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Attendance at a TB related event |
| 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: | Resource mobilization |
| 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: | |
| ATBAK volunteers are linked to their local clinic and assist both with DOT as well as tracing of defaulters. They also provide a nutritional base through one home one garden to help other family members build up their immune response and so prevent TB activation. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | South Africa |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
South Africa |
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: Training of DOT volunteers and setting up of DOT Support groups to assist DOT Volunteers in their work. Awareness and education in community groups including, church groups, Traditional healers, Traditional Leaders, Ward councillors, schools, businesses mothers groups, PWLA groups Drug-Resistant TB: Limited to support for the families of DR TB patients and supporting them with Home Gardens and the like. TB-HIV: Collaboration with HIV/AIDS groups, assistance and support with mobilisations, additional support through our Nutrition programs for those families infected of affected with HIV/AIDS and TB |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: There is no real, potential or apparent conflict of interest in anything we do with TB or HIV/AIDS that could constitute a threat or conflict of interests.Mike | |
| Application date: | September 19, 2014 |
| Last updated: | April 24, 2024 |