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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Friends for International TB Relief (FIT) |
| Street 1: | Hügelstraße 4 |
| Street 2: | c/o Jörg Preuss |
| City: | Gräfelfing |
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| Post Code: | 82166 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Phone: | +498992821502 |
| Organization Email: | info@tbhilfe.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.tbhelp.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: | |
| Our vision is a world free of tuberculosis. The mission of our society is to promote the progress in the field of TB prevention and assist in inhibiting the spread of TB, especially of the resistant forms. The objectives of our work are to raise understanding and awareness about TB domestically and to provide financial support to development organizations on the ground overseas via funds raised through fundraisers and the collection of donations. In doing so we aim to maximize the impact of your committed funds by actively searching and conducting due diligence on potential partners for their effective and transparent use in TB care and control. The support we aim to provide is achieved in particular by raising funds and donations as well as through the implementation of public relations and awareness building work of all kinds. In light of these requirements we strive to conduct the following three core activities: • Awareness Events: The organization and execution of events to promote public education with respect to the subject of tuberculosis, the extent of the disease, the recognition of the symptoms and at the precautions against infections, which can easily occur on a vacation in one of the developing countries, for example. • Funding: Our second core activity is the collection of donations that we pass on to organizations involved in TB control that meet our requirements in terms of effectiveness, innovation and transparency. Donations that we collect throughout the course of the year, net of minimal administrative costs, are transferred to the recipient organization immediately by the end of the year. • Project Assistance: If our members are interested, we also try to facilitate local volunteering work in the developing countries. This is done by connecting those members to value-adding organizations that are willing to offer the posted person a valuable experience that takes advantage of their skills, experience and interests. Currently we are co-sponsoring and monitoring the implementation of |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Delivery of health services and care Funding, including innovative and optimized approach to funding TB Care |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| 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: | Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups |
| 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 the aforementioned grassroots pilot intervention in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, in the past 15 months of operations on our primary performance indicators we achieved a 15%+ year-on-year improvement in case detection and a 4-fold reduction of default rate to ~1%. Moreover, on our secondary performance indicators, we reached out to ~57,600 households with around ~261,000 people. We increased the monthly number of suspects tested by an average of 46% from ~136 to ~198 in our district of operations. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Germany |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Germany Viet Nam |
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: Pilot project (Project PROPER CARE) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to support NTP DOTS with active outreach, contact tracing and patient follow-up as described previously. Drug-Resistant TB: Pilot project (Project PROPER CARE) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to support NTP DOTS with active outreach, contact tracing and patient follow-up as described previously. Research: - Assessing the effectiveness and cost efficiency of targeted high-risk population screening in addition to contact tracing in urban areas of high-burden, low/middle income countries like Vietnam; - Assessing the effectiveness and cost efficiency of financial incentives for active outreach workers, private providers and pharmacies for referral of suspects and new case detection in HCMC, Vietnam; |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest identified. | |
| Application date: | June 26, 2015 |
| Last updated: | July 22, 2015 |